A wave of departures, many of them by mid-career scientists, calls attention to widespread discontent in universities.

Leipzig researchers have found an enzyme that rapidly breaks down PET, the most widely produced plastic in the world. It might just eat your old tote bags.

Firm launches 'healthier world' accord in Davos and speaks to other drugmakers about similar steps

A second consecutive winter heavily influenced by La Niña weather patterns threatens violent storms.

The Emirates Mars Mission says it's a first: They have spotted a worm-like aurora that stretches halfway round Mars. It looks like our northern lights.

As inflation rates soar, new data on the finances of US graduate students spark calls for action.

Newly calculated figures illustrate the sharp decline in contributions from EU programmes to Swiss institutions between 2014 and 2017. They also attest to the relevance of Switzerland and the UK in terms of scientific excellence.

The world's largest online encyclopedia mirrors society's bias towards male achievements. Employers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine can help to change that.

With the new Elizabeth line now open, we've delved into the Underground's rich research history.

The invasion of Ukraine has helped open the door for Japan, Canada, South Korea and New Zealand to join Horizon Europe, according to Brussels lead negotiator Signe Ratso, as the EU tries to bolster research ties with likeminded democracies. Last year, it appeared that the Commission's efforts to convince these science powers to associate had stalled.

A new report from Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy details how Russia dominates the supply chains of nuclear power around the globe.

In an interview with CSIS Freeman Chair Jude Blanchette and Brookings Senior Fellow Ryan Hass, Yangyang Cheng discusses the role of science in U.S.-China relations and the need to examine who benefits and who experiences harm from advances in scientific inquiry.  

Krimsky warned strenuously about the corrupting power of money in science.

A year since the launch of Horizon Europe, the European Commission says its research partnerships with industry and member states are showing first signs of contributing to EU's green, digital and health policy goals.

The EU today launched a pilot project aiming to help regions coordinate regional, national and EU research and innovation policies, and to bridge the many gaps in Europe's fragmented innovation ecosystems.

Authors will be prompted to provide details on how sex and gender were considered in study design.

NSF Engines, a new programme of the US National Science Foundation, aims to spread the tech wealth more broadly across the nation – tackling a regional policy problem common to many countries

Scientists have grown plants in soil taken from the lunar surface. It's a sign that people could one day live on the moon, grow food and produce water.

A UK study says record-breaking temperatures in NW India and Pakistan are now 100 times more likely.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has urged universities in the US to provide the expertise in defence, cybersecurity, aeronautics and healthcare that is needed to rebuild his country's war-torn economy and infrastructure.

This article reports on the results of a study looking at the benefits and problems of remote and hybrid conferences, and what the changes in recent years will mean for meetings going forward.

The long read: Thanks to a savvy California lawyer, Albert Einstein has earned far more posthumously than he ever did in his lifetime. But is that what the great scientist would have wanted?

A proposal to change how academic performance is measured at an Australian university spurred one department into action.

Scientists say little is being done to address declining research funding, low morale and job insecurity.

Europe's universities and research organisations are going green, with some bidding to be at the forefront of Europe's 2050 net zero ambition.

Omicron relatives called BA.4 and BA.5 are behind a fresh wave of COVID-19 in South Africa, and could be signs of a more predictable future for SARS-CoV-2.

The world's most powerful rocket will make a trip around the Moon in 2022 - a step towards landing people there in 2025, and part of the US Artemis programme.

The European Innovation Council's (EIC) Accelerator funding for start-ups continues to be held up as the Commission's directorates fight over how to manage the new equity fund. The delays are affecting companies selected to receive 'blended finance' - a mix of grant and equity funding - following the June cut-off date last year, the first under Horizon Europe. But the impact may soon be felt by those next in line, which were selected for funding following the October cut-off.

Research on Wuhan patients reveals effects of long Covid, with 11% still not having returned to work.

The European Commission officially launched a €25 million direct aid package of Marie Skłodowska-Curie grants for researchers from Ukraine, as it announced a €562 million increase for the Horizon Europe budget in 2022.