As the transnational European university alliances enter their fourth year, the European Commission is pumping in an extra €384 million to keep the initiative going. But the current alliances say the goal should be long-term sustainable support. The fourth call for proposals launched this week, will back existing alliances to expand and to launch new ones, as the scheme edges towards the goal of having 60 alliances with more than 500 member universities by mid-2024.

Ahead of the annual Nobel Prize Ceremony, past laureates presented Ig Nobel Prizes to unlikely discoveries that are both peculiar and profound.

Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and double winner Barry Sharpless devised way to click molecules together.

I took part in an experiment to decipher my inner thoughts.

Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti is the fifth European to take command of the ISS. She says the space station gives her hope for peace on Earth.

Targeted financial help to support researchers in Ukraine would get cash strapped institutions in the west of the country back up to speed and have a more immediate impact on the research system as a whole.

The CERN Council established a new open science policy for the organisation with immediate effect during its 209th Session in September.

Christian Grubak from ChronosHub and Josh Brown from MoreBrains share their thoughts on the transition to open access and the needs for its formalised management and collaborative community actions

This morning, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a long-awaited AI Bill of Rights.

Nusrat Ghani faces pressing issues such as the future of funding for Britain's researchers.

Science|Business has published an exhaustive but unapproved draft Horizon Europe work programme detailing the calls for climate and mobility projects for the next two years and an early draft outlining bioeconomy, food and environment calls.

Its enzymes degrade polyethylene within hours at room temperature and could 'revolutionise' recycling

Climate activists say Egypt should reverse its decision because of Coca-Cola's plastic pollution.

An ongoing narrative seeks to shift the blame away from the government for mismanagement of the pandemic, by depicting it as beholden to all-powerful scientists.

During its 209th Session in September, the CERN Council approved a new policy for open science at the Organization, with immediate effect. 

The White House sent a report to Congress urging that the US do a better job supporting international research collaboration - and saying that currently it is losing out to China and other competitors because of poor organisation.