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Commission considers ‘lottery’ awards for Horizon Europe

Research Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva speaking on September 16 during the Commission’s Research & Innovation days. Photo credits: Ekaterina Zaharieva / LinkedIn The European Commission is considering introducing randomisation, or lottery funding, in the next Horizon Europe programme after observing national funders pilot the approach. Under this model, proposals that meet a quality threshold are entered.

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Kubota unveils unmanned fuel-cell farm tractor

Osaka (Jiji Press) — Kubota Corp. unveiled a concept model of its unmanned agriculture tractor powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, at the World Exposition in Osaka, a city in western Japan, on Monday. It was the first time for a hydrogen-powered farm machine with a self-driving function to be unveiled. The machine will be

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Tech giants help lift US stocks to fresh records

NEW YORK, United States – Gains by tech giants Nvidia, Apple and Oracle helped propel US equity indices to fresh records Monday, overcoming early weakness and concerns the market could be overvalued. For the third straight session, all three major indices powered to new all-time peaks, led by the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index, which finished