The Academy of Medical Sciences, the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the Royal Society have today, 3 November 2023, published the joint statement below on the outcomes of the Global AI Safety Summit.We are now in an era in which AI

His Majesty King Charles III has presented the 2022 and 2023 Queen Elizabeth Prizes for Engineering (QEPrize) during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. The presentation on 12 October was followed by a Gala Dinner at the recently transformed Old War Office i

Training children and young people with bilateral cochlear implants to locate sounds in virtual reality (VR) games could help them learn how to filter out distractions and perform better in the classroom and in everyday life, according to scientists.

The Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing, convened by the UK Royal Society, UK Academy of Medical Sciences, US National Academies of Sciences and Medicine, and The World Academy of Sciences, was held to discuss progress, promise, and challen

Prof. Michael Norton, EASAC’s Environment Director: “To claim that the threat to food security due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine means we have to stick with conventional chemical-dependent agriculture is unjustified. There is plenty of evidence that pro

On World Chocolate Day 2022 (Thursday 7 July), a team of researchers and chocolatiers from Nottingham are exhibiting at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition (6 – 10 July), sharing their research into the fermentation processes of cocoa beans to fin

Dr Emily Shuckburgh is Director of Cambridge Zero, an ambitious new University climate change initiative aimed at transitioning to a zero carbon world. She shares why she believes this is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for us to create a sustainable a

A national academy of sciences is being launched in Ethiopia on Saturday 10th April 2010, making it the world’s youngest science academy. The Ethiopian Academy of Sciences (EAS) will be the first independent, merit-based academy of science in Ethiopia an

Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor has been awarded the Royal Society’s King Charles II Medal at a ceremony in London today. She has been recognised for her extraordinary contributions to the promotion of science and science in society. Chancellor Merke

This week began with the Ferrier prize lecture by Professor Colin Blakemore FRS (pictured) on Monday (15 March). The lecture discussed plasticity of the brain, and how it could be the key to human development, cognition and evolution.

A technician who has made scientific instrumentation that has been sent into space since the earliest days of the ‘space age’ and a chemistry teacher who has inspired hundreds of postgraduates to do outreach work are just some of the individuals awarded a

Foreign Secretary David Miliband spoke at the Royal Society on Tuesday. Speaking to top scientists from across the world, who gathered for the InterAcademy Panel, he called for a greater connection between the worlds of science and politics. The report on