Which researchers excelled? What were the milestones in the development of our teaching? The annual report 2020 describes ETH's achievements and performance in a challenging year.

Florida is poised to pass a bill allowing students to record classes for personal use -- and to complain about professors who violate students' free expression.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Thursday that it would donate COVID-19 vaccine for 800,000 people via the COVAX dose-sharing facility.

Astronomer Geoff Marcy and geneticist Francisco Ayala risk losing their spots in prestigious scientific institution.

From disturbing the gut microbiome to lingering in the brain, there are many ways the coronavirus might cause lasting symptoms.

A Guardian investigation exposes the breadth of state-backed manipulation of the platform.

A steroid commonly used in asthma inhalers has the potential to prevent severe COVID-19 symptoms. It could treat the illness early on and help to reduce pressure on hospitals.

It’s time to use a term that more than 13,000 scientists agree is needed.

White House requests big funding increases for research agencies.

This factsheet is a result of the 57th online seminar "Practical Steps Towards Open and Reproducible Research" (10 February 2021), organised by the Helmholtz Open Science Office.

Tracking how factors such as biases and conflicts of interest creep into editorial boards requires better data.

Early-career researchers bring energy, talent and diverse voices to leadership and advisory roles.

Even before the pandemic, many female scientists felt unsupported in their fields. Now, some are hitting a breaking point.

The EPA approved Oxitec's mosquitoes for release this spring. Some scientists and locals want to halt the deployment.

French lawmakers voted late on Saturday to abolish domestic flights on routes than can be covered by train in under two-and-a-half hours, as the government seeks to lower carbon emissions even as the air travel industry reels from the global pandemic.

The push to remove journal paywalls officially started this year. Here's how it works.

Peter Armstrong, 81, has been critical of management's financial competence and 'bullying' tactics

Collaborating with devoted colleagues, Dr. Kariko laid the groundwork for the mRNA vaccines turning the tide of the pandemic.

Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles - even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.

As the National Institutes of Health begins implementing Trump-era guidelines, researchers voice concerns over transparency and racial profiling.

The company's explanations have been confusing and inconsistent, but there are finally some answers.

In 2019, I made a painful decision. But to the algorithms that drive Facebook, Pinterest, and a million other apps, I'm forever getting married.

Critics say editors have asked authors to scrub the term racism from their articles even as they publish others that include racist notions.

Rejection of mainstream science and medicine has become a key feature of the political right in the U.S. and increasingly around the world

Study finds 34% developed psychiatric or neurological conditions after six months.

The Baltimore plant that recently had to scrap up to 15 million ruined doses had flouted rules and downplayed errors, according to internal audits, ex-employees and clients. Other doses had to be scrapped last year.

President and lawmakers push proposals to add technology directorate and boost budget.

A new formulation entering clinical trials in Brazil, Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam could change how the world fights the pandemic.

Search-engine co-founder Anurag Acharya explains why it now tells authors when their papers should be made free to read.

President's infrastructure plan would boost spending at several federal research agencies.