In 2015, GM crops were grown in 28 countries and on 179.7 million hectares – that is over 10% of the world’s arable land and equivalent to seven times the land area of the UK. The USA, Brazil and ...

At a meeting this evening of the Royal Society, Fellows agreed on the need to stand up for science and for scientists around the world in the face of the growing challenges science faces. Concern was ...

Jon Bushell looks at the Royal Society's portraits of Edmond Halley, and a diagram of Halley's curious model for the internal structure of the Earth. RS.9284, with a close-up of the paper in Halley’s ...

Royal Society report says, where geology, industry and regulation align, natural hydrogen could be a viable low-carbon resource Naturally occurring hydrogen could become a valuable component in the ...

A high-level group of hydrogen experts in a workshop convened by the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering has proposed that the UK government should commit to a comprehensive roadmap for the ...

Three world-class scientists have been awarded Royal Society Research Professorships, the Royal Society’s premier research awards. These prestigious appointments provide long-term support for ...

The Royal Society and the Wolfson Foundation have announced the third round of outstanding scientists receiving Royal Society Wolfson Fellowships and Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellowships in 2025 ...

Paul Nurse has been confirmed as President Elect of the Royal Society. He will take over from Adrian Smith, the current President, on 1 December 2025. The result of a ballot of the Fellowship was ...

Seventy one exceptional researchers have been awarded funding through the Royal Society’s flagship early career schemes. Each of the schemes will provide the freedom and flexibility to pursue ...

Professor Sir Ian Chapman, the Chief Executive Officer of the UK Atomic Energy Authority, is a leader in the field of fusion energy. Together with his co-editors, Professor Sir Steven Cowley and ...

This animation and briefing on making better decisions in groups is based on the research work of Dr Dan Bang and Professor Chris Frith FRS, (Making better decisions in groups, Dan Bang and Chris ...

Fifteen entrepreneurs, senior scientists and business leaders have been awarded a place on the Royal Society’s Entrepreneur in Residence scheme. They will help translate cutting-edge research into ...