A US science institute is on the verge of achieving a longstanding goal in nuclear fusion research.

The most vulnerable developing countries plead for action after a stark warning from a UN panel.

Scientists are increasingly concerned climate change is making fires more frequent and more intense.

Separate collisions of a neutron star and a black hole are detected in a short space of time.

It's got a bigger space budget than ever before but does the EU have the necessary ambition to match?

Boris Johnson says the country will be able to "breathe life into more breakthroughs".

Stunning images as Nasa's Perseverance continues its mission to seek signs of past microbial life.

Black people in the US are subject to double the level of heat stress in cities than whites.

Universities are urged to block a science research website, which police say could put data at risk.

In this spookily prescient booklet, people are advised to keep six feet apart, avoid shaking hands and only send one person per household out to do the shopping.

Sixteen thousand academics urge EU leaders to increase investment over the next seven years.

US President Donald Trump reportedly is considering skipping regulatory steps to get out a vaccine.

Scientists say the microbe - found in the wild near Lake Victoria - has enormous potential.

June Almeida was a pioneer of virus imaging who was largely forgotten until the current outbreak.

Nasa says major decreases in nitrogen dioxide levels are "at least partly" linked to the outbreak.

The future scientific relationship is the European Research Council's biggest challenge, new head says.

Nearly a third of universities have used non-disclosure contracts for student grievances since 2016.

The government is being told to act over a "lack of visible role models for girls" in science. Here's a whole array they could use.

The British government hails the UK as "open to the most talented minds" with quicker route in for scientists.

Hospitals trial intelligent machines to improve cancer detection and results so far are promising.

A Nobel laureate is being praised for retracting a scientific paper that was not reproducible.

Exhausted delegates postponed tricky issues. The weak rules on a market based mechanism, promoted by Brazil and Australia, that would have undermined efforts to reduce emissions have been shelved and the fight can continue next year at COP26 in Glasgow.

The first figures emerge demonstrating that Brexit uncertainty has adversely affected UK research.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants a new fast-track visa system to attract leading scientists to work in the UK.

Wellcome Trust chairwoman warns Boris Johnson that Britain will lose out if it "amputates" the EU.