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Early career publishing success is a reliable guide to whether scientists will succeed long term, concludes international study

Science and Technology Facilities Council chair Michelle Dougherty confirms ‘top-up’ funding will enable more postdoc recruitment than anticipated

Congress likely to once more block plans to cut billions from agency budgets, but experts fear they will have long-term impact anyway

Scientists celebrate impact of pioneering space flight, with data and samples gathered predicted to shape studies for decades to come

Universities launch new programmes to train engineers after coming under pressure to better meet continent’s skills needs

London institutions urged to work together as they double down on widening participation efforts that help serve pipeline for â€˜frontier’ jobs

Asian universities achieve new milestones in STEM subjects, but they are rising fastest in humanities and social sciences, reports Patrick Jack

We haven’t always got it right, but we should not apologise for trying to build a better society, no matter how powerful our detractors, says Keith Burnett

More people sceptical that science makes life better compared with pre-pandemic, and public also doubting contribution to economic growth

Across schools and universities, students must be taught how the scientific method reveals workable policy options â€“ not diktats, says Peter Calow

Our symposium illustrates the contribution that students outside the scientific mainstream could make if given the chance, says Iván Moya

Many graduates are catapulted into health leadership roles without the necessary perspective, vocabulary or skills, say Meike Schleiff and Kabir Sheikh

Federal government says it is ‘doubling down on science’ with one of the largest recruitment programmes of its kind in the world

Epilepsy pioneer vows to target ‘negative view’ of discovery science and ‘mindset’ of expecting the outcomes in advance

Director of Universal says he wanted to respond to ‘undercurrent of anti-intellectualism’ with his exploration of how academics deal with a potentially explosive discovery

University promises new school will produce graduates who are ‘ethically grounded, clinically outstanding and technologically adept’

Strong levels of ‘instinctive’ backing for UK research cannot be taken for granted given lack of personal connection, warns science campaign group

To fulfil its deal with the US, the country needs professionals who know where minerals are and how to extract them responsibly, says Sabin Zahirovic

City leader outlines how government is making help available for universities to recruit top scientists and researchers

US climate scientist wins Maddox Prize after highlighting attempts to downplay findings about human-caused warming

Tech tycoon agrees to fund big expansion of site now being overseen by former University of Michigan president Santa Ono

Curtailing competition, reducing waste and drawing more on industry and philanthropic sources seen as ways to fill gaps left by NIH retreat

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi honoured for development of metal-organic frameworks

John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis share 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for work on quantum tunnelling

Scientists who identified body’s ‘security guards’ that protect cells when others are being attacked first to be honoured in this season’s awards

Not our role to ‘police the personal political opinions of individual fellows,’ says president

Researchers replicate impact of Trump’s cuts on previous decades, identifying steep drop in medical innovations

Migration of talent ‘already under way’ as experts predict decision will still delay development of vaccines that could save lives

Researchers observe shifts in behaviour among mathematicians as they approach breakthrough point

The failings of peer reviewers, editors, journalists and authors led to a 15-year struggle to retract an article that should never have been published in the first place. But does the withdrawal of a paper for reasons other than misconduct set a dangerous precedent? No, says David Sanders