Large language models are beginning to enter peer review. Yet this use creates a security problem: the manuscript being judged can also contain hidden instructions that shape the model's judgment.

The European Research Council recognises the need, but questions the approach and budget implications.

Emerging challenges are exposing limits to a system that was not designed to withstand. Peer review is at an inflection point. 

New government in Budapest lays out plan to revamp Hungary’s R&D system and regain access to EU grants.

Start-ups and SMEs should set innovation priorities alongside government, says Innosuisse chief.

A radio telescope in the UK could be at risk of closing because of proposed cuts in national science funding.

Gdańsk declaration sets out infrastructure, brain drain and grant office measures. But Ukraine is far short of R&D spending targets

The week ended on a Friday afternoon last spring with two emails from Northwestern University's Sponsored Research office telling a researcher that two of his National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants had been terminated.

Government shutdown, staff shortages have complicated effort to meet 30 September deadline to spend funds.

Cross-sectoral joint statement says planned introduction of political priorities risks missing out on future talent.

The rise of adjunctification in higher education around the world signals how universities have become less about a stable community of scholars.