Marc Lemaître, recently installed as head of the EU research directorate, is ready to lead the charge as the European Commission starts laying the foundations for the next Framework research programme. 

Some students at UK universities may not receive their grades this summer because of a marking boycott by staff, affecting exams and assessments. The boycott is part of action being taken by members of the University and College Union (UCU) at 145 UK institutions, in a dispute over pay and working conditions.

Bid to boost agricultural innovation faces skeptics in the European Parliament.

Sudden move could derail collaborations that have taken decades to build, scientists say. International-development researchers in Sweden are in turmoil after the country’s government decided to cut all further public research funding for the field.

Scientists including the physicist Brian Cox have reacted with a mixture of caution, anger and relief that the UK appears set to rejoin the EU’s flagship £85bn Horizon science research programme after a protracted Brexit row.

The modern education system seems designed to squelch curiosity.

The US Supreme Court has struck down colleges’ and universities’ right to use race as a factor in deciding which students they admit.

The White House has published its very first scientific integrity policy to serve as an example of what other agencies should strive for when developing or updating their own policies this year.

South Africa’s Lise Korsten to lead unsettled continental science body. The African Academy of Sciences has elected a new governing council headed by a woman—the first in the organisation’s 37-year history.

A new version of the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity has been published that includes guidance on artificial intelligence (AI), navigating EU data protection laws and how to approach changes to research impact assessments.

A new study shows that the publication records of research groups are not impacted following big changes in lab safety protocols.

We must develop a science-policy engagement forum to popularise the breakthroughs in Indian labs.

New research suggests that women remain underrepresented in STEM fields in federal jobs. But one factor seems to make a difference in women's STEM employment levels: more women in supervisory positions.