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.
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Far-right Gains in European Elections: What They Mean for Climate Goals
Far-right Gains in European Elections: What They Mean for Climate Goals
A shift to the political right in Europe could make it harder to bring in more ambitious green policies, but key net-zero commitments should remain.
Why AlphaFold 3 Needs to Be Open Source
The powerful AI-driven software from DeepMind was released without making its code openly available to scientists.
Research Funders Have No Excuse to Shun Volatile Countries
Buffers against economic and political turbulence can be built into project support, says Hannah Ngugi
Cybersecurity Centre Gets Ready to Direct EU Research
Following its formation in 2021, the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (ECCC) is on the verge of operating autonomously and is poised to take on the management of Horizon Europe grants in this area.
Science Can Differ, Complicating Animal Welfare Issues
While you may be able to prove a point while using scientific information, people with differing opinions can often prove their points by using another set of scientific information.
China's Top Science Institute Restructured to Focus on Research Frontiers
Chinese Academy of Sciences undergoes organisational overhaul as Beijing pushes original innovation in bid to become tech superpower.
FP10 Needs More Innovation Competitions and Fewer Grants
The successor to Horizon Europe should feature more competitions between teams of innovators, with only those that hit early milestones winning full funding, an influential German politician has argued.
Unpacking climate policy
As temperatures and evidence of climate impacts mount, so too do pressures to enhance climate policy ambition and implementation.
What's the Best Way to Tackle Climate Change? An 'Evidence Bank' Could Help Scientists Find Answers
A Scientist For President
If elected, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo would bring an extensive background in science and engineering to Mexico’s presidency. But many researchers are anxious about how she would govern.
Biden’s Science Adviser Explains the New Hard Line on China
Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, discusses Washington’s newly tough consensus on China.
CERN's $17-billion Supercollider in Question As Top Funder Criticizes Cost
Germany has raised doubts about the affordability of the Large Hadron Collider's planned successor.
Commission Under Pressure to Give Guidance on R&D Collaboration with Israel
More universities are seeking official guidance from the European Commission as they struggle to assess whether Israeli institutions are still eligible to join Horizon Europe projects, as the Israeli war against Hamas is raising ethical questions across academia.
Science Centre Cancels Event Discussing Sex and Gender After Public Feedback
Some Facebook users said on Science Centre's post that they were "disappointed" and "appalled" by the event.
'Junk Science' is Being Used in Australian Courtrooms, and Wrongful Convictions Are at Stake
'Junk Science' is Being Used in Australian Courtrooms, and Wrongful Convictions Are at Stake
Expert opinion is necessary as part of the justice system - but nobody is asking if the experts are fit for the task and if their evidence is reliable.
Building Trust in Science is a Social and Technological Project
Research integrity and trust in science have made global news this year. Building trust in science requires commitments to social and technical means of ensuring transparency and reproducibility across scientific processes.
Tiny Number of ‘Supersharers’ Spread the Vast Majority of Fake News
Tiny Number of ‘Supersharers’ Spread the Vast Majority of Fake News
Less than 1% of Twitter users posted 80% of misinformation about the 2020 U.S. presidential election
Software That Detects ‘Tortured Acronyms’ In Research Papers Could Help Root Out Misconduct
Software That Detects ‘Tortured Acronyms’ In Research Papers Could Help Root Out Misconduct
Generated by plagiarism disguisers, these red flags can point to deeper problems with a paper
Biomedical Paper Retractions Have Quadrupled in 20 Years - Why?
Unreliable data, falsification and other issues related to misconduct are driving a growing proportion of retractions.
Nature's Message to South Africa's Next Government: Talk to Your Researchers
Nature's Message to South Africa's Next Government: Talk to Your Researchers
The young nation faces some deep-rooted challenges. Solutions informed by science could make a difference.
Japan's Push to Make All Research Open Access is Taking Shape
Japan will start allocating the 10 billion yen it promised to spend on institutional repositories to make the nation's science free to read.
What Associated Country Status Means for UK Social Sciences and Humanities Researchers
What Associated Country Status Means for UK Social Sciences and Humanities Researchers
On 1 January this year, the UK became an associated country to Horizon Europe, the EU’s flagship research scheme, and to the EU’s Earth observation programme Copernicus. Linda Hantrais and Anouska Nithyanandan consider the broader implications of association for the social and human sciences and review the preparations that UK social scientists should be making to re-establish their international reputation for research excellence post-Brexit.
EU Convenes Key Israel Council As Gaza Boycotts Spread
More European universities have announced they will suspend ties with Israel over its military campaign in Gaza, as EU foreign ministers decided to convene a meeting of the Association Council that governs relations between the bloc and Israel.
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