By synthesizing norethindrone, one of the first active ingredients in birth control pills, Luis Miramontes helped usher in the sexual revolution.

A new Eurobarometer survey on ‘European citizens' knowledge and attitudes towards science and technology' shows that 9 in 10 EU citizens (86%) think that the overall influence of science and technology is positive.

Every year, the SNSF receives around one billion francs from the federal government. In 2019, a total of 22.9 billion Swiss francs was available for R&D in Switzerland. The country ranks seventh in terms GDP share spent on R&D.

Open peer review has been growing steadily but its implementations take many different forms. This post takes a deep dive into the question of whether reviewers should be openly identified.

Official engagements this October have delayed Maria Leptin's move to become president of the European Research Council, by one month. Leptin will now step into the post on 1 November, leaving ERC without a president for two months. Until then, ERC's vice presidents will cover for her.

Governments are hungry to deploy big data in health emergencies. Scientists must help to lay the legal, ethical and logistical groundwork.

In this article the decision to collect gender data for Royal Society journals with the aim to identify and respond to potential biases in the peer review process is discussed.

Children worldwide worry about the future and feel let down by governments, a huge study on attitudes towards climate change has found.

Switzerland is to draw on its science diplomacy experience to help steer the construction and governance of the South East European International Institute for Sustainable Technologies (SEEIIST), the first large research infrastructure in the Western Balkans.

New music download patterns appear to closely resemble epidemic curves for infectious disease, study finds

Scientists welcome the move, but say the funder should have gone further by also reconsidering grant applications previously ruled ineligible.

For women in science and engineering, careers in the academic world tend to appeal for their flexibility and potential to make a difference. 

Far from being inferior, smaller universities can outstrip elite ones in research training and promoting inclusivity.

Millions of people around the world have received the BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19. Now the team behind BioNTech is receiving Germany's biggest award for medicine.

Medical research and practice have long assumed a narrow definition of the 'default' human, badly compromising the care of anyone outside that category. How can this be fixed?

Switzerland has unveiled details of a funding scheme through which Horizon Europe applicants will still be able to carry on with their projects, despite the country's uncertain status in the EU research programme.

The First Time A Public School Is Number One.

Anyone who'd rather have COVID-19 than get vaccinated is taking two gambles: that immunity will stick around, and that symptoms won't.

Tools and bones in Moroccan cave could be some of earliest evidence of the hallmark human behaviour.

The Breakthrough Prize Foundation and its founding sponsors today announced the winners of the 10th annual Breakthrough Prizes, awarding a total of $15.75 million to an esteemed group of laureates and early-career scientists.