Wellcome Trust chairwoman warns Boris Johnson that Britain will lose out if it "amputates" the EU.

Deaf student Liam Mcmulkin has created more than 100 signs for words used in science.

The £50 note gets a makeover with the image of a computer pioneer.

Women are protesting against the slow pace of change, calling for "more money, time and respect".

Men reach more senior levels than women, even after parenthood is accounted for, research suggests.

A fungus has been genetically modified with spider venom to kill the mosquitoes that spread malaria.

Academics are thronging to university counselling rooms to seek help for mental health problems and stress, a report suggests.

Critical scientific assessment of humanity's impact on nature to be released after Paris negotiations.

Sensitive research and personal data is obtained in test cyber-attacks on UK universities.

Techniques used to analyse data are producing misleading and often wrong results, critics say.

A new journal will allow academics to publish controversial articles under a pseudonym.

A top UK university is planning a 'unique' post-Brexit arrangement with a German university in which staff will be appointed jointly by both institutions, with the aim of keeping access to EU research funding for UK academics.

Scientists discuss a report aimed at keeping global temperature rise under 1.5C this century. The report will be the guiding light for governments as they decide how to develop their economies in the face of rising temperatures over the coming decades.

One of the UK's leading female astronomers is to donate her GBP2.3M winnings from a major science prize she was awarded. The sum will go to fund women, under-represented ethnic minority and refugee students to become physics researchers.

The Prime Minister makes the strongest commitment yet to "fully associate" the UK with the EU's GBP68bn research programme post-Brexit.

A new movement calls for tech investors to back more start-ups led by women and people from ethnic minorities.

The Chancellor Philip Hammond has made investment in research the centrepiece of his budget.

Three scientists who unravelled how our bodies tell time have won the 2017 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

Why has the UK government returned to an industrial strategy abandoned in the 1980s?

The online encyclopaedia is inaccessible under an official order, but no reason for this is given.

More than one billion people in the poorest countries are affected by treatable diseases.

The Hungary-born philanthropist's university says planned new laws will make it impossible to operate.

The World Health Organization says cases are climbing where immunisation coverage has dropped.