Switzerland has been excluded for now from the EU's key Horizon Europe research programme. This is a big blow for Switzerland's research landscape.

The president's blunt statement capped weeks of frustration in the White House over the spread of vaccine disinformation on Facebook and other platforms.

Cases, hospitalizations and deaths remain far below last winter's peak, but the director urged people to get fully vaccinated.

The Swiss Academies has published the first comprehensive report on science communication in Switzerland - and formulated 20 recommendations for improving it.

A century of science has pushed the boundaries of human reproduction even beyond writers' imaginations.

On July 4, 1971 Michael Hart posted the first ebook file on the ARPANET and transformed content distribution.

World Health Organization committee says it's too soon to allow heritable gene editing, but points to paths forward for other applications.

The investments are promising but won't fix the primate shortage, experts say.

For the first time prestigious funder has explicitly told academics they must not include metric when applying for grants.

Switzerland has been locked out of the EU's flagship Horizon Europe research and innovation programme until further notice.

The number of people who are against getting a COVID-19 vaccine seems to be going up, even as ever more people get vaccinated. What do they base their arguments on?

A thriving relationship needs clearer rules around data ownership and intellectual property - and public trust in the process.

But for maximal benefit, more of these academic administrators need to get involved in the scholarly aspect of research.

Scientists who plan to partner on a research project should start by identifying pressure points and devising ways of tackling them as a team.

This year will be crucial for the future development of the European Research Area (ERA), but one of its fundamental principles is being neglected: academic freedom. Academic freedom is under threat and Europe needs to act.

Researchers in Mali have been working for decades on the treatment that's now in the final phase of clinical trials.

Everything became imbued with a sense of vitality and life and vividness. If I picked up a pebble from the beach, it would move. 

Researchers behind estimate say more needs to be done to raise public awareness of link

The proposals, expected Wednesday, are likely to be more ambitious and specific than other countries' efforts to fight climate change and may include a border tax on imports deemed to be polluting.

Lewontin was a groundbreaking geneticist, best known for bringing molecular tools into evolutionary biology and for his advocacy against the use of science to rationalize structural inequity.