Science

Brian Cox urges institutions to work with local providers to widen participation

Surge in interest in STEM subjects prompts reopening of course from 2015

The public have been asked to help shape the new science and innovation strategy due out in the autumn

The academic who developed genetic fingerprinting has won what is believed to be the world’s oldest scientific prize

Draft judging criteria for a science competition worth £10 million that aims to find a solution to antibiotic resistance have been announced.

Young people visiting London for an international science forum have aired concerns about the cost of a university education in the UK

Former International Aids Society president Joep Lange among those killed

Leeds v-c and former Hefce head Sir Alan Langlands ‘worried’ by George Osborne’s comments on science in the North

A $1 billion buyout of a UK biotech firm netted founder David S. Latchman just $709. He offers advice on seeking investors

A cross-party group of MPs is keeping a “close eye” on the development of the multi-million pound Francis Crick Institute

A committee of MPs has written to David Willetts over the potential risks to UK science of the proposed takeover of AstraZeneca by US giant Pfizer.

Signatories commit to greater transparency to assuage public concerns

Behind the scenes at science plays: the writers, their intentions and what they achieve

Academic proposes biomedical public-private partnerships to protect the ‘R&D ecosystem’ from commercial affairs

But Cable warns that intervention options are constrained by law

The government has launched a campaign to attract more women into careers in science, technology, engineering and maths.

A committee of MPs has slammed a new government “horizon scanning” programme for not sufficiently utilising the Government Office for Science.

CaSE report kicks off lobbying for research ahead of next spending review

Businesses are to be included alongside scientists in a new consultation on how to spend £7 billion in capital funding for the next Parliament.

College’s output of female scientists has the caught the attention of the White House

Scientists have reacted angrily to changes in A-level content announced by Michael Gove.

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

Six publicly funded research institutes have won Athena SWAN awards for promoting good employment practices for women in science.

How do you prepare students for the impossible? asks Kevin Fong

By joining forces, scientists and politicians can pack a policy punch, argues Keith Humphreys

Pro v-c ‘deeply disappointed’ after diary column on scientists’ appearance on Newsnight

The government will outline options to increase postgraduate student numbers later this year, according to today’s Budget statement.

The UK is to commit £290 million to three international microscope and telescope projects.

Comedians and academics aim to make scientific principles exciting and fun

Chancellor George Osborne has announced a £67 million investment for four science business incubator projects in the Oxford area.

Milton and Alex Mermikides’ AHRC-funded work fuses music, dance and medicine

How has 16 years of growth in enrolment affected the fortunes of different disciplines?

A group of scientists remain trapped on a boat in the Antarctic after another attempt to rescue them stalled due to poor weather

Russell Foster on how to reply to the question ‘And what do you do?’ at Christmas cocktail parties

Forcing students to choose sides leaves them, and society, poorer, says Christopher Bigsby

Enthusiasm for ‘neuroeducation’ risks blinding people to its potentially limited efficacy, argues Steven Rose

Bird numbers in Britain and Ireland - monitored with the aid of citizen scientists - are falling. Tim Birkhead calls for action

Peers criticise ‘ad hoc’ spending announcements on infrastructure

But niche learning may not play well in jobs market, expert warns

Symposium considers drawing’s role in refining and communicating knowledge, from geology to surgery to unicorns

In Cara lecture, Iraqi-born physicist calls for revival of region’s thirst for knowledge

Our cultural values, media and education system are pushing science to the margins, Dame Athene Donald warns

2013-14 figures assuage fears of course closures

Engineering departments bidding for £200 million of new capital funds for teaching should only be eligible if they are signed up to Athena SWAN

The extraordinary forgotten story of a university science club which put the first Arab rockets into space is the focus of a new documentary film.

Nicolas Gompel explains how his pet obsession has inspired his investigations into biological diversity

The UK is the “biggest biosciences cluster in Europe” a report by the BioIndustry Association has said.

Scientists need to lose their “excessive fastidiousness” to make London the scientific capital of the world, the city’s mayor Boris Johnson has said.

Three scientists have won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for laying the foundations for the computer modelling of chemical processes.

Scientists who developed a theory describing the origin of mass have won the 2013 Nobel Prize for physics.

Three scientists who elucidated a fundamental process in cell physiology have been awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

Schools should teach the limits of scientific certainty so the public better understand scientific debate, says president of the Royal Society

Earthquake experts must communicate public risk more effectively to avoid a repetition of the Italian media fiasco that a year ago culminated in jail terms for the academics involved

Fee loans will be offered to students studying engineering and technology part time as second degrees in a bid to attract more women to the subjects.

Scott Armstrong’s 2013 Max Perutz Prize-winning essay on xenon’s potential to save lives

A career in science is built on hope and naviety as well as intellect, argues Russell Foster

A university has asked for a journal paper to be retracted after an investigation found no evidence that the study it described had been carried out.

Half of scientific papers published in 2011 can be accessed online for free, a new study has suggested. 

In a significant victory for data miners, the open access publisher BioMed Central is to waive all copyright over datasets it publishes.

Smart thinking on efficiencies funnels cash to research