Over the past two decades, Sub-Saharan Africa has stepped up its scientific production and its investment in higher education.

Life scientists are often oblivious to the risk of creating deadly new pathogens that could escape from the lab, a new World Health Organisation (WHO) report has warned, as the body draws up new global safety guidelines.

The world has changed a lot since our last global survey of PhD students in 2019. This year's survey includes master's students for the first time.

The Swiss National Science Foundation's 'narrative' template seeks evidence of applicants' wider contributions to science.

Member states are set to adopt a position backing research assessment reform in Europe - but they'll stress that any reforms must take into account the diversity of research systems in the EU, according to a draft document seen by Science|Business. Research ministers will meet in Luxembourg on Friday to sign off Council conclusions for research assessment reform in Europe, alongside conclusions on open science, international cooperation and Horizon Europe missions.

A collaboration between scientists and Native American tribes finds tree density in parts of the Klamath Mountains is at a record high, and at risk of serious wildfires.

Discrepancy between aesthetic value and extinction vulnerability could have repercussions

Amogy, a startup founded by four MIT grads, has transformed a John Deere into the world's first zero-emission, ammonia-powered tractor.

In the global supply chain of scholarly communications, we share a responsibility for accurate metadata that represents the publication lifecycle -- from preprint to version of record, and everything in between.

As eLife moves towards a 'publish, review, curate' model that puts preprints first, the two initiatives will work together to promote diversity in open scholarly review.

Firing of funding agency board alarms research sector.

The UK is working on a "bigger, better" rival to the European Research Council as part of an alternative to the Horizon Europe, in response to growing fears that the country will not associate to the framework programme.

The country has been increasing research funding for decades, but its rigid, time-bound approach to research assessment is stifling basic science.

A coalition of research funders has been advocating for free, unrestricted access to publications since 2018. The SNSF is now joining them and adapting its Open Access requirements.

Lisa Jones-Engel quit her work as a lab researcher when she began to see how 'like us' monkeys are

Vice-chancellors ask both sides to work together to save the UK's role in a multi-billion-pound scheme.

New framework aims to improve inclusion and ethics in global research collaborations amid wider efforts to end exploitative practices.

A wave of departures, many of them by mid-career scientists, calls attention to widespread discontent in universities.

Leipzig researchers have found an enzyme that rapidly breaks down PET, the most widely produced plastic in the world. It might just eat your old tote bags.

Firm launches 'healthier world' accord in Davos and speaks to other drugmakers about similar steps

A second consecutive winter heavily influenced by La Niña weather patterns threatens violent storms.

The Emirates Mars Mission says it's a first: They have spotted a worm-like aurora that stretches halfway round Mars. It looks like our northern lights.

As inflation rates soar, new data on the finances of US graduate students spark calls for action.

Newly calculated figures illustrate the sharp decline in contributions from EU programmes to Swiss institutions between 2014 and 2017. They also attest to the relevance of Switzerland and the UK in terms of scientific excellence.

The world's largest online encyclopedia mirrors society's bias towards male achievements. Employers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine can help to change that.

With the new Elizabeth line now open, we've delved into the Underground's rich research history.

The invasion of Ukraine has helped open the door for Japan, Canada, South Korea and New Zealand to join Horizon Europe, according to Brussels lead negotiator Signe Ratso, as the EU tries to bolster research ties with likeminded democracies. Last year, it appeared that the Commission's efforts to convince these science powers to associate had stalled.

A new report from Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy details how Russia dominates the supply chains of nuclear power around the globe.

In an interview with CSIS Freeman Chair Jude Blanchette and Brookings Senior Fellow Ryan Hass, Yangyang Cheng discusses the role of science in U.S.-China relations and the need to examine who benefits and who experiences harm from advances in scientific inquiry.  

Krimsky warned strenuously about the corrupting power of money in science.