Switzerland has so far refused to strengthen scientific cooperation with Taiwan, citing respect for the One China policy and fearing economic repercussions. But this hampers relations with the world’s largest producer of semiconductors.  

Behind a guard shack and warning signs on the sprawling campus of Los Alamos National Laboratory is a forested spot where scientists mimic the first moments of a nuclear detonation. Here, in the Dual-Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test (DARHT) facility, they blow up models of the bowling ball–size spheres of plutonium, or “pits,” at the heart of bombs—and take x-ray pictures of the results.

For a lot of fields other than computer science, open science is not a norm.

Large language models seem startlingly intelligent. But what's really happening under the hood?

The Foundation for Polish Science recently extended its For Ukraine programme, launching a third call, open for proposals until 4 April from pairs of scientists working in tandem, one from Ukraine who can be living anywhere, and one employed in Poland.

Arati Prabhakar speaks to Nature about innovation, science's role in political decision-making and taking the reins after scandal.

The deployment closely integrates the key issues of basic disciplines including mathematics, physics, chemistry and astronomy.

AI-powered chatbots get science facts basically right, but their reasoning is still shallow.

At the intersection of academia, industry, and the old underground culture of cannabis are people like Samuel Haiden, a botany graduate student at the University of Connecticut who spent 10

More than one year into a devastating war with Russia, Ukraine's scientists both at home or abroad are still struggling to carry on their work.

A new study has found that human health is in grave danger because of plastics across their entire lifecycle.

Thousands of experts from all around the world are involved in the drafting of IPCC reports - and some of them even work at the European Commission.

Latin American scientists and journals are strengthening research, evaluation, publication, and communication systems to help redefine ideas of professional success that have largely been determined by the Global North.

In 2019 the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) set up a new service, the Competence Centre for International Academic Cooperation (KIWi). It's been hugely popular, and the DAAD believes it's time to give it a boost.

Facing tighter restrictions on access to key technologies and an increasingly competitive global scientific landscape, China has launched a major shake-up of its research organizations in pursuit of “self-reliance” in science and technology.

And what does it mean for academic libraries?

Successes in life sciences and international collaboration could be key to boosting the country's high-quality output.

A raft of think tanks have hired dedicated science and technology experts in the last year.

A new assessment of Britain's research capability concludes it has "serious and longstanding problems".

Many have sought to copy the IPCC. A new book explains why the panel's all-encompassing scientific assessments are hard to replicate.

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) recently conducted a survey of federal scientists to ask about the state of science, and the results are in. This is our tenth version of the survey since 2004 and, to our surprise and delight, while challenges remain, the widespread consensus is that scientists in the federal government feel more positive about their workplaces now than they have at any other time we have administered the survey.

Podcast: After years of being publicly shamed for “fleecing” the taxpayers with their frivolous and obscure studies, scientists decided to hit back with  … an awards show?! This episode, we gate-crash the Grammys of government-funded research, a.k.a. the Golden Goose Awards.

EU countries want to ensure the scientific publishing industry is fair and sustainable as it moves towards open access models, according to the first draft of council conclusions seen by Science|Business.

Negotiations on Horizon Europe dragged on - and UK-based researchers came up short.

Nature analysis suggests that Russia is increasing partnerships with China and India.

Studies involving hundreds, even thousands, of scientists are on the rise, but how do such large groups coordinate their work?