The pandemic and political tensions might slow the march towards more globalized science.

Science Europe launches its 2021-2026 strategy in order to support its Member Organisation in their mission to create world-class scientific knowledge, delivering more benefit for our societies.

By bringing rigorous review and editorial oversight to clinical preprints, eLife hopes to make peer-reviewed preprints a currency of trust in medicine.

A specialist in diversity and inclusion lays out the science funder's plan for promoting equity.

Regulators have asked residents to start conserving energy after demand hit a June record just one week into the month.

Production of chemical could help make recycling more attractive and tackle global plastic pollution

Scientists who plan to partner on a research project should start by identifying pressure points and devising ways of tackling them as a team.

The SNSF is launching a new pilot project: researchers will be able to publish their open access articles via the ChronosHub platform, thereby saving a lot of time and effort.

Developed by Australian and European researchers, the film works by converting infrared light into light visible to the human eye

Gemma Derrick revisits calls for a better research culture.

A research team that set sail for the Arctic has warned that the tipping point for irreversible global warming may have already been triggered.

Studies and surveys confirm that during the COVID-19 pandemic, women's workload at home has increased. Does that mean women researchers are also submitting fewer proposals to the SNSF? Analyses show that, with one exception, their share has remained stable.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs says "forced" consensus on climate change is not favorable to Russia.

Obstacles to finalising association agreements for EU's research programme now removed, say continental observers.

Parliamentary resolution seen as culmination of a campaign against gender, race and migration scholarship.

Mass vaccination drives in several countries are providing new data on the extent to which adult vaccination protects children - but the conclusions are mixed.

The pandemic forced science museums to reach out to their communities, and some built a wider following.

The annual European Research and Innovation Days bring together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and citizens to debate and shape the future of research and innovation in Europe and beyond.

Florida has become the latest state to ban critical race theory, continuing the growing charge by Republican lawmakers against schools teaching about systemic racism.

Nature examines arguments that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 escaped from a lab in China, and the science behind them.

Australian scientists develop a microscope that works with 35% more clarity, raising hope for improvements in medical imaging.

Europe’s research labs scrambled to make the best use of their resources and offered remote access for researchers during the pandemic. Some of these changes are set to become a permanent feature.

Professor Tim Whitmarsh looks at the origins of classics as an academic discipline and how it is studied in the 21st century.

Professor Heino Falcke discusses how our discovery of the black hole feeds our hunger for looking further, for collaboration, and for hope.

Scientific publishing needs to stop treating error-checking as a slightly inconvenient side note and make it a core part of academic research.

There are significant gaps in what teachers in Ghana know about ozone depletion and climate change, even though these subjects are in the science curriculum.

This evidence snapshot represents just the tip of the iceberg of the many studies of climate change that have seen climate change transition from a scientific curiosity to a global environmental, socioeconomic, political, and technological grand challenge.

Lake Constance forms a natural border between Germany, Austria and Switzerland - and its ecosystem is changing. Newly arrived aggressive residents include spiny-cheek crayfish, zebra mussels and killer shrimp. Will they displace native species?

Pressing global challenges including the climate emergency, biodiversity loss, food security and future global health crises will require collaboration.

Postdocs and PhD students around the world require professional training to prepare them for a possible career outside academia, finds the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.