Katharine Sanderson

Westminster debate highlights concerns around research funding and international student fees

Representative highlights “progress in recent years” following nominations reform, despite women missing out in 2026

Tony Blair Institute says proof-of-concept funding should hit £100 million annually

Report tracks China’s doubling of fundamental science spend in five years and booming research workforce

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