France could become the latest European country to set up a new innovation body after a government-commissioned report recommended it create one “within months, not years.”

Sorbonne University plans to leave the Times Higher Education Rankings. According to its president, most of these rankings are "black boxes" whose methods raise ethical questions.

Billion-euro plan includes greater oversight for national research institutes and the creation of a top-level council to advise the president on science

Campaign-trail debates about research reduced to a sideshow as Ukraine, government finance, health and energy dominate.

Marine Le Pen is promising to repeal unpopular changes to research institutions. But the wider impact of her presidency would be catastrophic.

As he was re-confirmed on February 9 as head of France's biggest research organisation, Antoine Petit floated a few attention-getting ideas in parliament - such as the possibility of starting a television channel for science.

France is now working with the European Commission and science and university associations to push for a new system of evaluating research in Europe, launching the Paris Call on research assessment.

Project aims to show that clean fusion power can be generated at commercial scale

Agreement allows yearlong delay before papers become free to read.

France’s new national plan to activate Open Science - presented by the French Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, Frédérique Vidal, at LIBER’s 2018 Annual Conference.

Fourteen climate researchers, including six from U.S. universities, have been selected for French President Emmanuel Macron’s “Make Our Planet Great Again” initiative. The scientists applied to move to France to carry out climate science projects in the country’s top research laboratories.

Negotiations between the publisher and a national consortium of academic institutions have reached a stalemate.

In an interview with WIRED, French President Emmanuel Macron describes his plans to enhance the country's AI efforts—and differentiate them from those in the US.

French president announces ambitious plan to boost artificial intelligence research and lure talent to France.

Computer scientist Antoine Petit, 57, is the new head of Europe's largest research organization. On Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron named Petit as president of CNRS, France's national research agency headquartered in Paris.

The French government must mitigate the risks in its legal imposition of vaccinations by promoting more coherent and proactive vaccine policies.

French President Emmanuel Macron will award U.S. climate scientists with grants to conduct research in France for the remainder of President Trump’s current presidential term.

The awarding of the grants comes as the Trump administration has proposed slashing federal science budgets and has dropped out of the Paris climate accord.

COOPETIC-Recherche, a platform supporting scientists selling their research skills and knowledge to academic and industry clients.

President Emmanuel Macron’s 2018 draft budget would raise research funds by 6%.

Researchers had complained about proposal review process, success rates.

Macron's promise to ring fence university funding did not last two months, says the National Union of Higher Education.

Michel Aubier downplayed the health risks of air pollution while on oil company Total's payroll