There have been many initiatives to combat the distorting effect of research assessment exercises. The latest looks like it might work.

Four researchers describe how they found different ways of responding to the planet's biggest threat - from quitting tenure to overhauling their academic programme.

Clarivate Analytics announced changes to selection of journals getting an Impact Factor.

Uncertainty in British politics is a headache for UK researchers

US lawmakers have warned that fake research papers risk compromising trust in the entire scientific system, as Artificial Intelligence makes it ever easier for so-called paper mills to fool journals into accepting made up articles.

Horizon Europe is a new type of beast. While building on previous EU research programmes, it is doubling down on making an impact on major societal and technological challenges facing the bloc. Research stakeholders fear this shift will take money away from laboratory bench research and are calling on the European Commission to ensure it is clear which parts of the Horizon Europe pot impact-driven funding is coming from.  

Natural History Museum scientists seek to unlock mysteries of deep sea but some fear activity will disturb diversity of the depths

Scientists can reclaim public standing with better communication.

BigScience is a global effort to build a more transparent, accountable AI, with less of the bias that infects so many Big Tech initiatives

Impacts on research are being felt more widely than just in Ukraine and Russia.

For sea life, the ocean is becoming an intolerable racket.

A majority of the DNA that has been sequenced for research comes from donors of European ancestry. That causes a knowledge gap about the genome of people from the rest of the world.

A new in-depth analysis of all research projects funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under Horizon 2020, reveals 55% of all grants combined went to the UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands.

Universities are terminating workers on fixed-term contracts - but unions say the actions do not reflect the purpose of employment laws introduced 10 years ago.

Community engagement enabled Jessica Eise to boost the relevance of her research. Here are her six tips for how to do this.

The friar's experiments laid the groundwork for genetics - and his understated approach to his work is inspirational.

With the easing of the global COVID-19 pandemic, conference organizers now have the option to return to in-person conferencing once again. 

An inquiry into a university lecturer found he breached policy in an unprofessional relationship with a student. 

Supporting and enhancing pollinators could help stabilise the production of important crops like oilseeds and fruit.

After four years at the helm of the European Commission's research directorate-general, Jean-Eric Paquet is now getting ready to become EU ambassador to Japan on 1 September. Paquet has been steering the directorate-general since three months before the Commission published its proposal for the Horizon Europe programme.

Assessing the environment in purely monetary terms can harm people and the planet.

A year-long international dialogue to define "principles and values" in research has kicked off, with almost 50 countries attending an EU-convened conference to start what could be a contentious discussion.

Press release: Hugo Duminil-Copin, Full Professor in the Section of Mathematics at UNIGE, has been awarded the prestigious Fields Medal. The Lake Geneva region has been recognised twice: Professor Maryna Viazovska of the EPFL is also a medalist.

The height of the pollen season has passed, and if you lived in Barcelona you might have had an easier time managing your allergies. In fact, thanks to a citizen science initiative run by the city in collaboration with the students of two schools, residents can access information on the Planttes app and get suggestions.

In recent years, the world's leading industrialised nations have been moving to defend their science and technology from perceived threats from China, Russia and elsewhere. Now, they're trying to counter another risk: that their security measures could harm their own science.

Europe may be missing out on lucrative new products, start-ups, and even potential unicorns.

Jonathan Park's scientific interests changed after caring for a cancer patient. He ended up bidding an amicable farewell to Mark Gerstein, a supportive supervisor who had taught him a lot.

The role of bibliometrics, such as impact factors and h-indices, in shaping research has been well documented. However, what function do these measures have beyond the institutional contexts in which, for better or worse, they were designed? 

What makes pre-trained AI models so impressive-and potentially harmful.

Maryna Viazovska has received a Fields Medal, a prestigious honor often described as the Nobel Prize of Mathematics, for her work on the sphere-packing problem in 8 and 24 dimensions. Previously, the problem had been solved for only three dimensions or fewer. Another Fields Medal is awarded to University of Geneva mathematician Hugo Duminil-Copin.