More than one in ten ERC funded researchers have either created companies, transferred the results of their research to pre-existing companies, or both.

US-based research administrator Peter Highnam will lead the newly established agency, which the government says will fund science with minimal bureaucracy.

There's too much secrecy behind ARIA, the United Kingdom's ambitious planned agency for high-risk, high-reward research funding.

This post describes a new research project which will look at the impact of open access on print monograph sales, particularly in light of the free access provided early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

EU member states have voted to break the political deadlock that has been holding back the European Innovation Council's (EIC's) 2022 work programme. 

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change needs to do more to include the expertise and voices of women, even as numbers and policies improve.

The vast majority of research-focused EU bodies have never had a top leader from central or eastern Europe finds a new report that is demanding "affirmative action" to broaden the distribution of jobs across the bloc. This is a problem across the whole EU apparatus and risks bolstering political parties in central and eastern Europe that are hostile to Brussels, the report warns.

Chincha people put their dead back together after colonisers disturbed graves when looting silver and gold, research says

A bird's eye view of the Earth could help identify the issues causing the climate crisis, space experts said at the 14th European Space Conference last week.

A report by activists found that half of debunked online disinformation targeting three prominent scientists remains live and unlabelled.

You might think we have definitive evidence we're not in a simulation. That's impossible.

Education's digital transition has allowed students to study and researchers to work remotely throughout the pandemic, however we need to ensure te...

Disagreements persist over the use of lump sum funding in Horizon Europe, as the European Commission gears up for broader implementation over the next couple of years. At a meeting organised by the European Parliament's panel for the future of science and technology (STOA), Horizon Europe rapporteur Christian Ehler MEP debated the pros and cons of lump sum funding, with policymakers in the Commission. Meanwhile, research stakeholders continue to call for caution and a slower rollout of the new system.

It's not easy to demonstrate research impact, says Katherine Andrews - even when there's a clear clinical need, as in malaria drug development.

The Open Research Data (ORD) Action Plan specifies the measures of the ORD Strategy published in July 2021. It represents a further step for Swiss institutions towards facilitating access to research data and thus Open Science. 

Advocates of responsible science practises representing over 50 countries join the eLife Community Ambassadors programme to learn from each other and create change across the global research community.

A group of tech founders, crypto billionaires, and star scientists is launching a fleet of science labs.