- February 16, 2026
Why Europe barred China from flagship Horizon research programmes
Credit: Cheng Xin/Getty Chinese research organizations can no longer take part in most of the research grants funded by Horizon
escaping Myanmar’s military leadership for a PhD abroad
Many health-care workers in Myanmar joined the Civil Disobedience Movement to protest against a coup by the nation’s military.Credit: Ya
Dozens of researchers will move to France from US following high-profile bid to lure talent
French President Emmanuel Macron has launched Choose France initiatives to attract both foreign investors and scientists to his country.Credit: Gonzalo
US grant applicants surge at prestigious European research agency
Money could become harder to come by for European scientists if the overall European Research Council pot does not dramatically
Efficient near-telomere-to-telomere assembly of nanopore simplex reads
Overview of hifiasm (ONT) The existing hifiasm assembly toolkit consists of three approaches: the original hifiasm6, hifiasm (Hi-C)8 and hifiasm
This robot hand detaches and walks by itself
Human hands are incredibly dexterous tools — but they have their limits. They are asymmetric, they have only a single
Five ways to make the academic workplace happier and healthier this year
Many doctoral students and early-career researchers do not feel empowered to report poor working conditions or supervisor misconduct.Credit: Getty When
Exceeding 1.5 °C requires rethinking accountability in climate policy
Around ten years after the Paris climate agreement was adopted, the world is again at a crucial moment. In 2015,
key NIH review panels due to lose all members by the end of 2026
Membership at many of the high-level advisory coucils for the US National Institutes of Health is dwindling ― a decline
How six US researchers plan to protect science amid chaos and cuts
When Donald Trump won the US presidential election in November 2024, Nature asked six leading biomedical researchers to outline their