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European Commission Wants to Suspend Israel from Parts of Horizon Europe

European Commission Wants to Suspend Israel from Parts of Horizon Europe

The European Commission has suggested blocking Israel from a grant targeting start-ups, as EU outrage grows at Israel's food blockade of Gaza, which has begun to cause widespread starvation in the besieged territory.

Where Congress is Splitting from Trump on Science Funding

Where Congress is Splitting from Trump on Science Funding

Top appropriators in both parties have signaled disagreement with Trump's proposals for deep cuts and indirect cost caps.

NSF Scientists Denounce Trump Administration Policies

NSF Scientists Denounce Trump Administration Policies

National Science Foundation employees are among the latest federal scientists to issue a statement expressing concern over the Trump administration’s actions. The statement refers to “a series of politically motivated and legally questionable actions by the Administration that threaten the integrity of the NSF.”

Communicating Science is an Uphill Struggle for Europe's Researchers

Communicating Science is an Uphill Struggle for Europe's Researchers

Communicating science to the public has been a part of the job for academic researchers for years, but the rise of social media and growing misinformation about science has raised the stakes. As national funders take steps to better prepare their researchers for public engagement, EU programmes are struggling to meet demand for support.

Silent Power Guzzlers: Switzerland's Booming Data Centres

Silent Power Guzzlers: Switzerland's Booming Data Centres

Data centres are popping up across Switzerland, driven in part by demand for AI. They come at a cost: by 2030, the centres could consume 15% of the country's electricity.

Democrats Cite More Science Than Republicans in Policy Documents

Democrats Cite More Science Than Republicans in Policy Documents

Analysis of U.S. policy documents reveals very little overlap in the science that Democrats and Republicans cite, deepening concerns over shared facts.

New Research Shows That Powerhouse Institutions Play an Outsized Role in Scientific Innovation and Discovery

New Research Shows That Powerhouse Institutions Play an Outsized Role in Scientific Innovation and Discovery

Where does scientific discovery happen, and why does it matter? A recent analysis by Amitabh Chandra, Harvard Kennedy School professor of Public Policy, and Connie Xu, a Harvard PhD candidate in health policy, finds that strong scientific institutions play a significant role in output in the life sciences.

Six Months of Trump: Six Ways the Research World Has Changed

Six Months of Trump: Six Ways the Research World Has Changed

The administration has slashed federal science budgets, pulled grant funding and pressurised universities.

Commission Puts Forward €175B Budget for FP10

Commission Puts Forward €175B Budget for FP10

The European Commission has presented plans to almost double Horizon Europe's budget to €175 billion under the next long-term budget for 2028-34. The tenth Framework Programme for research and innovation will remain "standalone" within a wider €409 billion European Competitiveness Fund (ECF).

Towards Responsible Artificial Intelligence in Education: a Systematic Review on Identifying and Mitigating Ethical Risks

Towards Responsible Artificial Intelligence in Education: a Systematic Review on Identifying and Mitigating Ethical Risks

Large study of scientists who move their labs reveals how location drives productivity

Large study of scientists who move their labs reveals how location drives productivity

Concentrating funding at high-powered universities can maximize output, paper argues, but may sacrifice broader benefits

US Senators Poised to Reject Trump's Proposed Massive Science Cuts

US Senators Poised to Reject Trump's Proposed Massive Science Cuts

Committee gives first hint that policymakers might preserve, rather than slash, funding for US National Science Foundation and other agencies.

China's Shift Towards 'organized Research': How Can Coordination and Innovation Co-exist?

China's Shift Towards 'organized Research': How Can Coordination and Innovation Co-exist?

Beijing's reorganization of science is a broad, systemic effort to reshape how research is conducted, applied and evaluated nationwide.

Quality of Scientific Papers Questioned As Academics "Overwhelmed" by the Millions Published

Quality of Scientific Papers Questioned As Academics "Overwhelmed" by the Millions Published

Widespread mockery of AI-generated rat in one paper brings problem to public attention.

European Leaders Cobble Together International Coalition for Ukrainian Science

European Leaders Cobble Together International Coalition for Ukrainian Science

The European Commission has joined various EU countries to launch an international coalition aimed at raising money and know-how to put science, research and innovation at the core of Ukraine's reconstruction and long-term development.

Associated Countries Weigh Up Leaked Plans for Next Framework Programme

Associated Countries Weigh Up Leaked Plans for Next Framework Programme

Non-EU countries associated to Horizon Europe have reacted warily to leaked draft proposals for the bloc's next research Framework Programme. 

EU Commission Draft Proposal for FP10 Leaked

EU Commission Draft Proposal for FP10 Leaked

Collaborative research in Horizon Europe is set to be rebranded after 2028 and will be managed through a "steering mechanism" and a "competitiveness coordination tool" which will be detailed in the regulation of the European Competitiveness Fund (ECF), a leaked FP10 proposal has revealed. 

Ruse or Reform? Scientists Debate Trump's 'Gold Standard Science' Order

Ruse or Reform? Scientists Debate Trump's 'Gold Standard Science' Order

Scientists are mulling whether the effort has merit or is simply an attempt to undermine independent science.

‘I don’t want my training to go to waste’: the Argentinian scientists working side jobs amid Milei’s sweeping cuts

‘I don’t want my training to go to waste’: the Argentinian scientists working side jobs amid Milei’s sweeping cuts

Javier Milei’s government’s punishing budget cuts have forced researchers to take up work as electricians, school teachers or Uber drivers

EU 'Lagging Behind' on New Approaches to Research Funding

EU 'Lagging Behind' on New Approaches to Research Funding

EU countries and the European Commission aren't experimenting enough with new ways to fund research, according to a member of the expert group advising the Commission on how to design the next Framework Programme."EU countries are lagging behind somewhat in adopting or understanding or applying novel approaches to science funding," said Sylvia Schwaag Serger, president of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science, at a conference in London this week on the study of science, known as metascience.