Francis Halzen wins the 2026 award for his work on a neutrino observatory at the South Pole that has helped to unlock mysteries of the Universe.

Mark Chen discusses how the Hugging Face cybersecurity incident prompted a pivot to safety — and giving AI models a sense of ‘taste’.

BGS scientists were part of an international team that has solved a 178-year-old mystery surrounding one of the earliest recorded examples of space weather affecting technology.

A reported 1841 train delay in England attributed to geomagnetic disturbance is inconsistent with the opening date of the railway affected The integration of contemporary observations and archiva...

Nature examines whether the technology might spell the end for humans, and why AI companies are calling for a slowdown.

Controversy around OpenAI’s claim to have solved the Navier–Stokes problem highlights how researchers could be inadvertently sharing — and absorbing— ideas through chatbots.

Fear of a possible ‘negative’ leap second is accelerating plans to abolish the practice.

The country singer was an advocate for vaccines, public health, literacy and marginalized communities.

The move is likely to do little to tackle the rise of ‘AI slop’ in academia, say researchers.

Funding is being terminated for projects including a future CERN experiment and the iconic Lovell Telescope.

The surprising science of how drought affects the health of our soils.

‘Kimi K3’ can match or outperform cutting-edge models, says Moonshot AI. But its large size might limit uptake.

PsiQuantum has ambitious goals to build a useful quantum machine by late 2027 — and has raised more than US$1 billion to do it.

The United Kingdom is gaining influence through its growing AI-safety ecosystem.

Scientists observed a mid-ocean ridge widen in real time, recording several metres of sea-floor motion and huge lava outflows.

Kathleen Fisher reveals the recipe for funding innovative science that she brings to the UK Advanced Research and Invention Agency.

Darío Gil knows that researchers are sceptical of the massive US artificial-intelligence push — he’s asking them to keep an open mind.

An under-appreciated research powerhouse, Europe has a responsibility to champion democratic science that is accessible to all the world’s research talent.

Amid chaos in US science and geopolitical turmoil, Europe wants to position itself as a research haven — but questions about funding and innovation remain.

Two research teams have created a new, long-awaited type of timekeeper.

Global research and collaborations have been expanding at unprecedented levels over the last decades. However, Brexit—the UK’s decision to leave the European Union may represent a unique case within t...

The UK's share of EU research funding is climbing, but lost networks will be harder to recover.

Commonwealth Fusion Systems published several papers detailing the design of its ARC fusion power plant.

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Science publishing giant Elsevier has joined a class-action lawsuit against Meta that alleges the reproduction of copyrighted works in developing the Llama AI model.

The tough new policy was introduced to curb submissions, but drew criticism from researchers.