Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
President of VU Amsterdam says it is not enough for institutions merely to say they are valuable
Prime minister pledges ¡°real terms increases¡± in investment and new fund to back emerging technology
Do mobile phones give you brain tumours? Don¡¯t ask the people in white lab coats, says Jennifer Rohn
London as an eco-village? Treehouses in Accra? Danny Dorling lauds beautiful and bold what-ifs
¡®Irreversible¡¯ damage to UK science from a hard Brexit will eclipse any harm caused in the US by a Trump presidency, says new Nobel laureate
One year shaved off time to degree under new national framework
Make appointing a chief scientific adviser on the EU ¡®a priority¡¯, Westminster committee tells the government
Work to attract more women into UK university engineering departments will be undermined by ¡®beyond belief¡¯ changes to A levels, senior academics claim
The next US president¡¯s scorn for American research bodies and his anti-climate change stance has worried many scientists
Book of the week: New sources yield fresh insights and oversights by the father of psychoanalysis, says Janet Sayers
Book of the week: A memoir wrestles with moral questions about using animals in research. Kristin Andrews writes
A clear-eyed study of shiny and new inventions calls for better oversight, says Richard Joyner
Marcus Chown on a deeply political study that explains why inequality exists and that while ending it will not be easy, it is not impossible
Leading scientist savages the widespread hostility to serious scientific evidence
Blow your mind by travelling to the bizarre yet beautiful frontier of physics, says Tara Shears
Five engineers set out why engineering is part of our everyday lives and what universities can do to change the way it is taught
New Hong Kong centre for leading Swedish university will aim to build medical research links across continents
In liberal arts and technical disciplines alike, we must help students develop a quantitative mindset, argues Anthony Monaco
Starting out as a principal investigator in your postdoctoral institution can make sense, but you need to make sure you stand apart from your former boss, says Laura Piddock
Cait MacPhee delves in to the stories we use to explain the simple and complex world around us
Saul Perlmutter tells THE World Academic Summit that there is a ¡®fundamental misunderstanding¡¯ of the purpose of research
Academic journal editor-turned-lecturer Hilary Hamnett explains the most common reasons why papers are rejected
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world¡¯s media
Antonio Melechi examines how enhanced interrogation techniques came to be introduced at War on Terror ¡®black sites¡¯
Chancellor Lizhong Yu tells Jack Grove about how NYU Shanghai hopes its model will turbocharge international mobility
David Matthews reports from Canada on the Trudeau government¡¯s plans to convert academic research into commercial gains
The eminent physicist plays a valuable role as provocateur, challenging those in his field to defend and hone their theories, says Marcus Chown
More funding is needed to keep scientific research in the Netherlands strong, warn universities
Neonatal consultant was an ¡®inspirational and gifted teacher¡¯ at the University of Leeds
Why are postgraduates and postdocs so expendable and professors so untouchable, asks a geneticist subjected to a paranoid boss¡¯ abuse
Funding bodies must foster a long-term vision for public awareness if research is to gain a place in the cultural mainstream, say Sam Illingworth and Andreas Prokop
The region¡¯s reputation for excellence could be threatened by funding cuts and restructuring
The separation of science and medicine from universities is halting the country¡¯s progress, says international higher education scholar
Book of the week: If all-seeing ¡®miracle¡¯ tech is making the decisions we must demystify the tricks, says Danny Dorling
A crow named Betty is one of the highlights in a fascinating study of an exciting area of research, says Tim Birkhead
Eight scientists share the secrets of being a successful principal investigator
South Korea and Japan lead Reuters¡¯ Asia innovation ranking
As ?650m institute opens, Jack Grove hears from those leading Europe¡¯s largest single biomedical research institute
As the ?650 million Crick Institute officially opens, here are some key facts about Europe¡¯s largest biomedical research laboratory
Fragmented images and light and shadow haunt a study of grief and memory, says Janet Sayers
New app helps people ¡®move beyond the headlines¡¯ about climate change
From climate change to artificial intelligence, constructal law has a theory, says Richard Joyner
Helen Bynum on a study of current immunisation practices in North America and the rise of the home-grown expert
Trends in international mobility may explain why fewer women are reaching the top ranks of academia, a Spanish study suggests
The founder of the University of Leicester¡¯s astronomy department, who had a minor planet named in his honour, has died
Book of the week: Fred Inglis delights in a grafting of art, lore and literature that logs our lives with natural wonders
A leading physicist, activist and author has died
A new book by Bruno Lemaitre considers whether science is suffering from being led by the self-obsessed
An academic described as a ¡®giant in theoretical physics¡¯ has died
The discipline has promised big advances in many areas, but is it failing to live up to the hype? Three neuroscientists consider the state of their field
Sophie Cohen reports on a groundbreaking cross-border science project that aims to emulate Cern in bringing nations together despite their history
Do universities need to rethink what they do and how they do it now that artificial intelligence is beginning to take over graduate-level roles?
Book of the week: Meet the human computers in heels who juggled science and family, says Margaret A. Weitekamp
Janet Sayers on what inner speech can tell us about our brain processes
Idea is mooted at EuroScience Open Forum but event is also warned that privileging researchers could be seen as ¡®elitist¡¯
A leading authority on the application of solar energy has died
Felipe Fern¨¢ndez-Armesto on a revealing study focusing on the evolution of unleashed canines
Knowledge of our genetic code has been used for good as well as ill, Charalambos Kyriacou says
Marcus Chown on the individuals and theories that expanded our view of the universe
Book of the week: There¡¯s a strong political current running through a bold study skewering myths, says Louise Whiteley
