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Some scientists say the European Commission’s Data Act would favour businesses in its aim to expand access rights to big data, and fear that publicly funded science will suffer.
Brussels hopes that getting scientists from different fields to work together on big issues will bring innovations such as viable hydrogen energy infrastructure to the market more quickly.