The Treasury has taken back £1.6bn that it had allocated to UK involvement in a EU science research programme.

A JRC report analyses the most spread narratives, their consequences, factors predicting how likely people are to believe or share them, and the most efficient ways to counter them.

Marc Lemaître, the new chief of the EU's research directorate takes office today, he will apply his experience in Cohesion policy to promote greater coordination between research funding and regional development funding, increasing the impact of both.

Two years ago, this journal pledged to report on the diversity of sources in our journalistic content. The first results are now in.

Now is not the time to undermine positive moves over the future of EU-UK science collaboration.

Sweden kicked off a five-month push to deepen EU cooperation on research infrastructures and open data sharing, at an informal meeting of research ministers in Stockholm on Wednesday. The six-month Swedish presidency of the EU isn't introducing new topics to the table but homing in on two that have been discussed for years: research infrastructures and open science publishing.

Group leaders voice their struggles with mental health to remove stigma and bolster institutional support.

As we approach a year since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Ian Sample talks to physicist Professor John Ellis, and Arctic governance expert Svein Vigeland Rottem, about how the world of science has had to adapt

Former universities minister Michelle Donelan is appointed head of newly-created Department for Science, Innovation and Technology in mini-reshuffle.

Data sharing has been a success for large collaborations like CERN and LIGO. But what about small research groups with bespoke experimental setups?

Researchers are excited but apprehensive about the latest advances in artificial intelligence.

Approaches to capturing the benefits of research on society are improving, but huge challenges remain.

Horizon Europe is heading into its third year, and the latest statistics offer a glimpse of how the EU is spending its €95.5 billion research funding pot.

In an effort to get its big-spending programmes working better together, the European Commission named Marc Lemaître, currently head of its regional development funding, to run its big research and innovation programme.

New technologies might provide more potent or broader immunity - but will have to fight for market share.

In 2022, we saw climate change wreak havoc on the world, and as a result 2023 will be defined by a Pandora's box of climate technologies

The government is considering spending over 300 million USD on a new research station in Antarctica. The old Troll station is 32 years old and will be demolished.

Peter Hotez says anti-science sentiments fueled by twitter are being weaponized by businessmen and politicians seeking profits and power.

Switzerland's president has discussed Horizon Europe association and Erasmus+ membership with Commission president, as the two sides try to revive broader negotiations that could unlock talks about the research programme. 

Experts say artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT are changing the way students are taught and study. These "language model" AIs can write flawless-looking academic essays. Is it a threat or opportunity, or both?

The targeted research Missions set up under Horizon Europe are turning three years old this year, and their ambitious logic is facing its first test in an upcoming review at the midpoint of the EU's €95.9 billion research programme.

A network of academics are attempting to use a relatively new type of Horizon Europe funding to create grant calls open to both UK and EU applicants while the UK is not associated to Horizon Europe.

Heavy workloads, bullying and a lack of support add to falling job satisfaction for postdocs, junior faculty members and other young scientists.

The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) recognizes the need to improve the ways in which the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated.

Locked out of key European research and education programmes, Swiss universities are forging another path via alliances with European universities.

Eighty stakeholders from twenty major biomedical research institutions across the globe have agreed upon a list of 19 open science practices to be implemented and monitored.

Biden’s choices for National Science Board boost presence of women and minority scientists.

At least four articles credit the AI tool as a co-author, as publishers scramble to regulate its use.

A new global organisation is trying to prevent dramatic advances in bioscience from unleashing engineered pathogens from the lab, and wants research funders, scientists and journals to help. The International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for Science (IBBIS) warns that scientists might be able to order the DNA of dangerous pathogens like smallpox from unregulated companies, and wants much tighter screening of the industry.