British scientists get stripped of leadership roles for pan-European projects, in fresh evidence of how Brexit collisions wreak havoc on vital research cooperation.
The EU told an astrophysicist at the University of Cambridge studying the Milky Way that it couldn’t be in charge of a new project – because the UK is not part of of The £80 billion Horizon Europe program.
Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal was meant to save participation – pool talent and ideas to achieve scientific breakthroughs – but his plans tear up Northern Ireland protocol keep blocking it.
