US-based Robert Hall and Michael Woodward share prize for work on macroeconomic stabilisation

Ideas intended to fill “gap” in Commission’s proposal for EU’s next R&I programme

Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai win prize for bringing laboratory reactions closer to life’s selectivity

Scientists are working on a class of materials that could skirt the sun and not vapourise, or seamlessly fit to replace human bone.

But winner Francis Halzen emphasises role of collaborators and of “luck”

University groups call for “bold” changes to European Institute of Innovation and Technology

Commission says “additional funding” is a response to record demand for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions scheme

Commission says EU R&I programme now unable to fund 75 per cent of high-quality applications

EU governments also asked to restore country’s access to Erasmus+ and €4.2 billion cohesion funds

Earth contains more than enough heat to power humanity many times over, but so far only a few lucky places have been able to exploit it. Now we may have a way to tap this vast clean energy source almost anywhere

As the toxic legacy of ‘forever chemicals’ grows, researchers are racing to develop safer alternatives. As the toxic legacy of ‘forever chemicals’ grows, researchers are racing to develop safer alternatives.

Relatively high levels of micro- and nanoplastics around brain tumours might indicate breakdown of the blood–brain barrier. Relatively high levels of micro- and nanoplastics around brain tumours might indicate breakdown of the blood–brain barrier.

In the US and the Global South, local ‘microgrid’ power networks are being adopted in neighbourhoods battling rising heat

Hopes of securing a United Nations treaty on plastic pollution are fading after the final round of negotiations ended without an agreement. Hopes of securing a United Nations treaty on plastic pollution are fading after the final round of negotiations ended without an agreement.

As heatwaves become more common around the world, researchers are racing to understand how best to cool classrooms

These plastic particles smaller than a human hair can pass through cell walls and enter the food web These plastic particles smaller than a human hair can pass through cell walls and enter the food web

Metal-organic frameworks were the next big thing in chemistry when they were invented more than three decades ago. Now, these intriguing materials are becoming commercial tools for capturing carbon dioxide and harvesting water from the air. Metal-organic frameworks were the next big thing in chemistry when they were invented more than three decades ago. Now, these intriguing materials are becoming commercial tools for capturing carbon dioxide and harvesting water from the air.

Big data is key for the quality control needed to advance the field. Big data is key for the quality control needed to advance the field.

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun identified a class of tiny molecules that have a crucial role in controlling gene expression. The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to two geneticists who discovered microRNAs, a class of tiny…

Earlier this month, the editors at the linguistics journal Syntax publicly announced their resignations in response to changes to the manuscript-handling process imposed by its publisher, Wiley. “We have come to the conclusion that our position as…