New metric identifying “persistently disruptive” papers offers a “bright spot” amid signs of declining innovation.

From astronomy to history, researchers in the Netherlands from all branches of science are feeling the impact of the assault on academic freedom in the United States.

Michael Kratsios says DEI has led to a loss of public trust in universities

Long-term budgets will “provide certainty” and “unlock vital business investment”, says Patrick Vallance.

A group of Belgian universities has joined calls for EU cooperation with Israel to end, and criticised Brussels for its inaction. 

Up to a fifth of researchers in top US universities have previously studied in Europe; they might be persuaded to return.

Princeton University and 15 other leading research institutions and academic associations have filed a lawsuit against the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Initiative backed by £50mn in government money comes as US administration seeks to cut funding and suppress research.

Agency will make researchers outside United States seek grants of their own rather than “subawards” from U.S. scientists.

World’s largest public funder of biomedical research cites national security concerns for move.

EU’s R&I programme should aid society, alliance says, including through collaborative and multidisciplinary funding.

In this interview with Peter Suber, the Senior Advisor on Open Access at Harvard Library and Director of the Harvard Open Access Project at the Berkman Klein Center discusses the current alarming developments taking place in the US research landscape – and offers valuable advice to colleagues from abroad.

Academy highlights “urgent and unparalleled opportunity to attract the smartest minds leaving the United States”.

“I have done all I can,” says Sethuraman Panchanathan, a Trump appointee who has led agency since 2020