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Member States Call for a Greater Role in Shaping FP10

Member States Call for a Greater Role in Shaping FP10

Member states have laid out their broad plans for the next framework research programme, FP10, calling for EU governments to be more involved in strategic priority setting, and for the creation of 'Collaborative Research Actions' to support basic research.

UK General Election: Five Reasons It Matters for Science

UK General Election: Five Reasons It Matters for Science

Visa rules, funding and evolving net-zero targets are among scientists' concerns as UK citizens prepare to vote next week.

How I'm Using AI Tools to Help Universities Maximize Research Impacts

How I'm Using AI Tools to Help Universities Maximize Research Impacts

Artificial-intelligence algorithms could identify scientists who need support with translating their work into real-world applications and more. Leaders must step up.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Other Sexual and Gender Minority Health Disparities: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Other Sexual and Gender Minority Health Disparities: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians

LGBTQ+ populations in the United States continue to experience disparities in health and health care. In this position paper, the American College of Physicians (ACP) reaffirms and updates much of its long-standing policy on LGBTQ+ health.

What Are the Three Main Political Parties Promising on Science at the UK Election?

What Are the Three Main Political Parties Promising on Science at the UK Election?

The Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats have all recently outlined plans for research in their manifestos.

Negotiations Advance Towards Global Intergovernmental Science-policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution Prevention

Negotiations Advance Towards Global Intergovernmental Science-policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution Prevention

Governments gathered in Geneva have advanced in the process to establish a science-policy panel on chemicals, waste and pollution prevention

'It Can Feel Like There's No Way Out' - Political Scientists Face Pushback on Their Work

'It Can Feel Like There's No Way Out' - Political Scientists Face Pushback on Their Work

In a year in which numerous countries are going to the polls, many election-watching scientists are under pressure.

EU Commission Blames Low R&D Investment for Economic Stagnation

EU Commission Blames Low R&D Investment for Economic Stagnation

The European Commission is blaming the EU's economic stagnation on low investment in research and innovation, in the European Semester report, the bloc's main policy tool for coordinating economic and fiscal policy across the 27 member state, which was published on Wednesday.

Do Universities Anchor Innovation or Just Organise It?

Do Universities Anchor Innovation or Just Organise It?

Universities are often invoked as vital drivers of local economic growth, innovative technologies and businesses. However, as James Evans discusses their influence on local innovation may be overestimated in comparison to the role they play in organising and helping these businesses develop.

How's This for a Bombshell - The US Must Make AI Its Next Manhattan Project

How's This for a Bombshell - The US Must Make AI Its Next Manhattan Project

A new essay on the rise of superintelligent machines pivots from being a warning to humanity to a rallying cry for an industrial complex to bolster American military defence

Scientists Might Have Found a Way to Overcome One of the Biggest Problems with AI

Scientists Might Have Found a Way to Overcome One of the Biggest Problems with AI

Scientists may have created a way to help overcome one of the biggest problems with popular artificial intelligence systems.

US Lawmakers Aim to Limit Citizens of China and Russia from Accessing DOE Labs

US Lawmakers Aim to Limit Citizens of China and Russia from Accessing DOE Labs

Legislation advancing in the Senate and House would restrict Chinese and Russian citizens from using national labs of the Department of Energy.

Misinformation Might Sway Elections - but Not in the Way That You Think

Misinformation Might Sway Elections - but Not in the Way That You Think

Rampant deepfakes and false news are often blamed for swaying votes. Research suggests it's hard to change people's political opinions, but easier to nudge their behaviour.

Make EU Research and Innovation a "Collective Priority", Draghi Says

Make EU Research and Innovation a "Collective Priority", Draghi Says

The EU must make research and innovation a "collective priority", Mario Draghi said on Friday as he outlined some of the key points from his highly anticipated report on EU competitiveness, set to be submitted to the Commission next month.

How Climate Change is Hitting Europe: Three Graphics Reveal Health Impacts

How Climate Change is Hitting Europe: Three Graphics Reveal Health Impacts

A growing body of research reveals the deaths and diseases linked to rising temperatures across the continent.