To combat COVID and future pandemics, governments need to heed the lessons of social interventions and not just the technological ones.

Study shows collaboration between civil society and academia achieving progress toward the goals of the UN Ocean Decade

Rather than causing a backlash, vaccine mandates promote vaccination uptake, according to research from the University of Pennsylvania.

The successor to Francis Collins will need to be steadfast, nimble and creative in how they run the world's largest biomedical research agency at a pivotal time.

The world's youth movements are following the science of climate change. It's high time that world leaders did, too.

The EU has wrapped up Horizon Europe negotiations with Israel and hopes to sign it up as an associated country before the end of the year, despite pressure from pro-Palestinian academics and objections in Brussels to the country's settlement policies. While the association was expected, the breakthrough comes as uncertainty clouds the status of the UK and Switzerland, two other major potential partners of the research framework.

Since 1996, the Internet Archive has been capturing the World Wide Web but also doing so much more to preserve our digital world behind the scenes.

As the world marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, DW examines the rising rates of breast cancer in Nigeria, Uganda and Malawi. Lifesaving information is often scarce, and many patients lack access to adequate treatment.

The scholar-led.network is an alliance of Open Access stakeholders that was constituted at the beginning of 2021 as a “digital focus group” in the context of the project “open-access.network”.

The OECD has published a study that makes nine recommendations to improve the situation of academic careers.

A decrease in Earth's reflectance shows our planet is absorbing more solar radiation, but it's not clear if the trend will last.

NASA's Lucy is the first spacecraft to head to the two giant clumps of space rocks that tag along in Jupiter's orbit.

Experts warn findings do not prove cholesterol-lowering drugs can reduce death rates.

The Board of Regents has given its universities the power to fire tenured professors without faculty input. Now some fear that academic freedom is threatened, too.

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Dozens of researchers tell Nature they have received death threats, or threats of physical or sexual violence.

Are social media bad for your mental health?

A Facebook robot that wraps fiber-optic cables around power lines could help bridge the digital divide by expanding internet access.

Study investigates the importance of tasks associated with data sharing, and researchers’ satisfaction with their ability to complete these tasks.

Concerns about a "new Cold War" over science and technology are a major reason behind the creation of a new think tank that looks out for future advances and development.

Stefano Sandrone's Nobel Life features interviews with 24 prizewinners on everything from handling rejection to seizing the moment.

As more publishers semantically enrich documents, Todd Carpenter considers whether links are the same as citations

Largest study of its kind also finds vaccines appear to protect against worst effects of Delta variant

If the eyes are the window to your soul, the face is the frame. Facial expressions may say more about you than you realize. Even neutral expressions do.

The actor who played Captain Kirk in the classic TV show is due to launch above Earth for real within hours.

Nearly half of undergraduate tutorials are delivered by staff who lack proper contracts, research shows.

Erica Gillis describes the strong connections with residents that helped her colleagues keep working when they couldn't travel.

UK Research Supervision Survey raises concerns about increased demands during pandemic.

Universities in Europe 'strongly regret' that finalisation of association is still elusive 10 months after Brexit agreement.

Scholarly publishing powerhouse purchases editorial services group raising questions about industry comfort with using publisher owned services.