Flights from six countries will be banned as officials review travel measures after scientists voice concern over variant.

Researchers are racing to determine whether a fast-spreading variant in South Africa poses a threat to COVID vaccines' effectiveness.

The SNSF Starting Grants 2022 target researchers who wanted to apply for a 2022 ERC Starting Grant or for an SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship. Consequently, there will be no Eccellenza call 2022.

The move is intended to encourage greater endorsement of open science and ensure research findings are beneficial to all.

Gallup survey reveals the two countries have the world's highest levels of trust in scientists, with 62% saying they trust them 'a lot'.

Ahead of COP26 - the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow - the Cambridge Zero Policy Forum hosted a panel discussion on the role of local authorities in tackling climate change. The online event was part of the second annual Cambridge Zero Climate Change Festival.

Jen Lewendon's move from the United Kingdom for a postdoc restricted her travel and led to extended stints in quarantine. Here's what the experience taught her.

Researchers have come up with a new method for measuring the impact of an innovation.

Archaeologists say neolithic version of energy bars may also have been eaten at midwinter feasts

Studies of MDMA, ketamine, psilocybin mushrooms and other psychedelics have shown tremendous potential for therapeutic applications

The UK announced a safety net to make sure Horizon Europe grant winners receive funding if association to the research programme remains on ice.

About 38 million people live with HIV, the virus that leads to AIDS. Since the first cases in 1981, almost an equal number have died with it. Where to now?

Twice a year, members of the Research Data Alliance come together for a plenary meeting that brings together active working groups, interest groups, and communities of practice. Phill Jones virtually attended the 18th plenary from the comfort and (COVID) safety of his home office. These are some of his observations about research infrastructure, data standards and persistent identifiers.

There are so many paths for using your expertise, energy, and passion to make this world a better place -- my reflections on 17 years as executive director of UCS, and a lifetime of public service.

Nature's salary survey finds that industry researchers are more positive about their careers. Academia must raise its game.

What we eat needs to be nutritious and sustainable. Researchers are trying to figure out what that looks like around the world.

The training course adds to ongoing efforts to promote greater diversity in scholarly review.

The data are growing that booster jabs enhance protection - but their durability, impact and ability to quash the new variant are unknown.

COVID researchers are working at breakneck speed to learn about the variant's transmissibility, severity and ability to evade vaccines.