If everyone ate just 20 percent less beef, deforestation rates by 2050 could be half as bad.

Switzerland is currently considered a non-associated third country in Horizon Europe, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. On 4 May 2022, the Federal Council adopted extensive measures to bridge the gap arising from this situation.

Developers of artificial intelligence must learn to collaborate with social scientists and the people affected by its applications.

The BBC gets an exclusive look at a new project to help students deal with rising climate anxiety.

The Biden Administration is planning a campaign to attract Russian scientists and engineers to the US, in an effort to further weaken Russia's science and technology base. It also plans to help Russian physicists at the CERN nuclear lab continue working there, rather than return home when their normal visas expire, if they wish.

New measures to reward scholars in the Netherlands could widen gender inequality if they are not designed and implemented correctly, warn four academics.

The OSTP is without a leader in the wake of a scandal. It's time for the White House to think about getting a new kind of director.

EMBO will accept first author refereed preprints in applications for postdoctoral fellowships in a four-month trial.

Metadata for the (currently 26,000) grants that have been registered by our funder members is now available via the REST API. This is quite a milestone in our program to include funding in Crossref infrastructure and a step forward in our mission to connect all.the.things. This post gives you all the queries you might need to satisfy your curiosity and start to see what's possible with deeper analysis. So have the look and see what useful things you can discover.

The unit will instead mimic Finnish and Israeli agencies. But some researchers worry Canada might be too big and regionalized for the scheme to succeed.

These leaders are in the vanguard of efforts to fight global warming. 

The European Court of Auditors criticised the EU for "shortcomings" in its system to protect industrial designs, trademarks, and unique agricultural products  - and, the auditors added, appears to charge too much for the service.  

But some question whether a statement from the government will deter scientists from carrying out research that violates ethical norms.

Coronavirus-related research funded by the SNSF is successfully delivering fast and beneficial results.

UK-based researchers have been awarded 45 grants in the European Research Council's (ERC) latest funding round for experienced researchers, but in the absence of UK association to Horizon Europe, it is on the condition they move to institutions in the EU.

SNSF-funded research produced a total of 13,938 publications in 2020, 63% of which are freely accessible. Upgrades in monitoring capabilities make the positive trend towards more Open Access (OA) more readily visible.

"Shifting baselines syndrome" means we could quickly get used to climate chaos.

Adjuncts across the region are protesting what they say are unfair working conditions

Russia will move forward with lunar exploration without its European partners.

The departure of Jean-Eric Paquet, the head of the European Commission's directorate general for research and innovation, has not been officially confirmed as yet, but the Brussels rumour mill is already churning out potential replacements.