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

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

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.

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

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

Carbon-neutrality institutes, and other initiatives to support a pledge to achieve net zero by 2060, are popping up like mushrooms across China.

Most scientists love what they do, but job satisfaction levels hit a new low, Nature's survey finds.

Preprint data show that a three-dose combo of Soberana jabs has 92.4% efficacy in clinical trials.

Must we always follow reason? Do I need a rational argument for why I should fall in love, cherish my children, enjoy the pleasures…

Programme to allow those with prestigious global prizes to get fast-track visas dismissed as 'elitist' and a 'joke'

After climate change, the next 100-year threat is asteroids. But NASA's got a plan: A mission called DART. DW talks with the space agency's Thomas Zurbuchen.

Manuscript handwritten by physicist and a colleague in 1913-14 fetched nearly four times estimate.

A new US strategy to expand international science diplomacy gathered speed, as the Biden administration announced collaborations with the Swiss and Canadians, and upcoming discussions with France, Japan and other science partners.

An open letter signed by 145 female scientists from across the world expresses concern over recent dismissals of women leaders.

The aim is to help Swiss and US researchers carry out projects with partners in the respective countries.

A COVID-19 commission must be created by the U.S. government, experts argue in the latest issue of Science. Members of Obama's PCAST offer recommendations for such a commission to examine to prepare for future pandemics.

A professor at the University of Copenhagen conducted genetic research with the Chinese military without disclosing the connection. This ist the latest example of how China's pursuit of military-civilian technology is tapping into Western academia in the strategically sensitive area of biotechnology.

Research in science and technology studies (STS) goes beyond the traditional books and academic papers. It also includes the practical application of STS and how researchers are bringing those theories and knowledge to the public.

Fewer than half of respondents to Nature's 2021 salary and satisfaction survey feel positive about their prospects.

Academic mobility has long been trumpeted as the secret to forming international research networks, but support has led to one-way flows. Now, the EU is considering how to balance out the movement of researchers around the bloc.

This year's budget waltz is over. After months of haggling, MEPs scored a last-minute deal last night on the 2022 budget, convincing member states to allocate some extra cash to Horizon Europe, though in the end the increase was far lower than the European Parliament was bidding for.

Sarah Ketchley and Lindsey Gervais discuss the value offered by programs in the digital humanities.

When Hurricane Elsa hit her home nation, Sheri McDowell turned to her newly formed support committee.

Switzerland should agree to a timeline for ironing out broader political disagreements with the EU, the European Commission announced on Monday, signaling a long road ahead for Swiss association to Horizon Europe.

The largest psilocybin treatment trial to date suggests that the psychedelic drug can help people with treatment-resistant depression.

Russia has acknowledged destroying a satellite in a missile test, as the US had reported. But the Kremlin denies creating a risk to others in space - and says the US is being hypocritical on space safety.

Privately funded Toliman telescope to be launched into low-earth orbit to search Alpha Centauri star system.

Manuscript Exchange Common Approach (MECA) committee members champion the benefits of standardizing the transfer of papers between journals.

Let's not beat around the bush: science policy is political.

University and College Union general secretary says sector leaders who focused on turnout were 'not listening to a consistent message that staff have been delivering to them'.