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EU Needs to Experiment with New R&I Funding Mechanisms, Heitor Report Says
The way the EU funds research and innovation isn't really working, and the European Commission needs to experiment with new ways to do it, according to a new influential report on the future of the EU's research and innovation framework programmes.
Call for Dedicated Fund for Civil Security Research and Deployment
AI Is Revolutionizing Science. Are Scientists Ready?

Scientists Highlight Three Ways to Accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals
Scientists Highlight Three Ways to Accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals

Research Assessment Has Always Been Controversial, Yet It Necessarily Persists
Research Assessment Has Always Been Controversial, Yet It Necessarily Persists
Arguing about research assessment has been a central feature of seventy-five years of higher education policy.

As Men Dominate Nobels Again, One of their Selectors Still Sees Some Slow Progress toward Greater Diversity
EU and Egypt Launch Formal Horizon Association Talks
Association would open up funding opportunities to the North African country
Commission Prepares to Bundle All Research and Innovation Money into Competitiveness Fund
Science Diplomacy and the Rise of Technopoles

Congo Calling
A dearth of local scientists is holding back research on the world’s second largest rainforest.
EU MEPs Reject Cuts to Research and Innovation
Western Balkans Research Sector Looks for Closer Relations with EU
Science for the People

Trump and Harris Are Sharply Divided on Science, but Share Common Ground on US Technology Policy
Trump and Harris Are Sharply Divided on Science, but Share Common Ground on US Technology Policy

Improving Opportunities for Female Scientists in Central Africa
Improving Opportunities for Female Scientists in Central Africa

A Multi-model Assessment of Inequality and Climate Change
A Multi-model Assessment of Inequality and Climate Change

Climate Scientists Express Their Views on Possible Future Climate Scenarios in a New Study
Climate Scientists Express Their Views on Possible Future Climate Scenarios in a New Study
A new survey of climate experts reveals that a majority believes the Earth to be headed for a rise in global temperatures far higher than the 2015 Paris Agreement targets of 1.5 to well-below 2°C.
In the Authoritarians' New War on Ideas, Biology Might Be Next
The debate over the teaching of history in schools portends a future war on ideas that includes the natural sciences.

Research Organisations Call for More Funding for Marie Curie Actions
Nearly 50% of Researchers Quit Science Within a Decade, Huge Study Reveals
Racial Bias Can Taint the Academic Tenure Process — At One Particular Point
Why CERN Wants to Build a Giant Particle Collider

How to Win a Nobel Prize: What Kind of Scientist Scoops Medals?

Swiss Alps Supercomputer to Leverage AI for Science

Singapore 'Respects Human Rights' Claims the Commission in 'Sensitive' Horizon Europe Document
Singapore 'Respects Human Rights' Claims the Commission in 'Sensitive' Horizon Europe Document
What Harmful Microbes Are Lurking in the World's 7 Billion Tonnes of Plastic Waste?
What Harmful Microbes Are Lurking in the World's 7 Billion Tonnes of Plastic Waste?
