A language barrier can be a challenge, but there are better ways to spend your resources, says Zhanna Anikina.

There's a new epidemic, this time among birds. An illness is infecting them in the US capital ― and it's spreading. Experts say the cause is unknown.

The pandemic was a big social experiment that sent asthma attacks plummeting.

Early research shows that 15 to 80 percent of people with certain medical conditions, such as specific blood cancers or organ transplants, are generating few antibodies after receiving coronavirus vaccines.

Vaccines are still beating the variants, but the unvaccinated world is being pummeled.

Doctors say children haven't been exposed to range of bugs due to lockdowns, distancing and sanitiser and their immune systems are suffering.

Research combines data from fossils with climate models, revealing the effect of climate on body and brain size.

Scientists hope Maria Leptin will bring stability to the European Research Council after predecessor Mauro Ferarri's controversial tenure.

Supporting information access in low- and middle-income countries: the latest analysis of the Research4Life user experience.

Switzerland is mounting a campaign to convince Brussels its participation in Horizon Europe should not be confounded by broader political tensions, but member states say it may time take to patch things up after Switzerland unilaterally withdrew from talks about its overall relationship with the EU.

But for maximal benefit, more of these academic administrators need to get involved in the scholarly aspect of research.

Six scientists explain how COVID-19 has affected their fieldwork and research, as well as opportunities for junior researchers.

Researchers have developed a tool to assess wildlife markets for risks of zoonotic outbreaks. It can help governments decide on courses of action, with strict veterinary requirements potentially more effective than bans.

The drive for more women and greater diversity in the space sector will lead to new ideas and innovations, from spacesuits to toilets and beyond.

A marine biologist at the University of British Columbia estimates that last week's record-breaking heat wave in B.C. may have killed more than one billion intertidal animals living along the Salish Sea coastline.

"It was insane": Placer County floodplain restored by beavers in just three years

The British Academy, jointly with the University Council of Modern Languages, will next week convene a new Strategic Committee for Languages in Higher Education.

Smartphones, sensors and consumer habits reveal much about society. Too few people have a say in how these data are created and used.

In unprecedented comments ahead of federal elections in September, Anja Karliczek applauds university that shuttered its institute.

Conservators seek ways to stop cultural artifacts from oozing and crumbling to dust.

But critics worry the metrics remain prone to misuse.

Knowing which signatures in the blood predict protection against COVID-19 could speed the development of new vaccines.

By adopting the Open Research Data (ORD) Strategy, swissuniversities has taken a further step towards Open Science and follows on the existing Open Access strategy.

The long wait for a new ERC president is finally over, with the head of the European Molecular Biology Organisation, Maria Leptin appointed as president.

The Black in X network mobilized last summer to bring attention to racism in STEM. This week, they're holding their first conference to talk about what's next.

Policy makers and lobbyists in Brussels want to explicitly limit access for scientists in countries that flout academic freedom and intellectual property rights.

To help planners adapt to a warming world, find ways to make predictions practical.

Separate collisions of a neutron star and a black hole are detected in a short space of time.

Remains of man found in Latvia had DNA fragments and proteins of bacterium that causes plague

A new study of grants awarded to early-career researchers by Europe's premier science agency is reviving an old controversy over the way governments decide which scientists get research money, and which do not.