With the UK leaving the European Union and eyeing new trade opportunities beyond the EU, it should also be looking for ways to take forward its policies for reducing greenhouse... more

Political turmoil threatens a disastrous crash out of the European Union more

In 2018, two anniversaries and a crucial decision loom large in the UK. We... more

A coalition from the UK’s health sector say Brexit negotiators have a responsibility to protect 500 million patients on both sides of the Channel.... more

A new study has shown that use of antidepressants have risen in England after the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. There has also been a sharp fall in prescription of other medications, the... more

Boeing on Tuesday insisted it would share any information to emerge from an investigation into the crash of one of its newest planes in Indonesia last month, amid... more

South Korean budget carrier Jeju Air has ordered 40 airplanes from US manufacturer Boeing for $4.4 billion, the airline said on Tuesday, one of the country's largest-ever aircraft... more

An appeals court in Brazil on Monday overturned an order blocking a proposed $4.75 billion tie-up between US aerospace giant Boeing and the civilian business of Brazilian plane-maker Embraer. more

NASA will launch an intensive safety review of SpaceX and Boeing, the two companies contracted to fly agency astronauts to and from the International... more

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine himself ordered a safety review of SpaceX and Boeing after seeing Elon Musk's behavior on a podcast this past September, according to The Atlantic. more

The plant hormone jasmonic acid also performs a function that was previously unknown. It ensures that the leaf pores close when leaves are injured. For the plant, this could be an emergency signal. more

The US space agency has ordered a sweeping safety review of operations and workplace culture, including drug-free policies, at Boeing and SpaceX, two companies working to send astronauts to space, US media... more

U.S. space agency NASA said on Tuesday it would review the workplace safety culture at SpaceX and Boeing... more

The European Social Policy Network, which is funded by the European Commission and managed jointly by LISER, Applica and the European Social Observatory, has just published a Synthesis Report describing the main features of... more

Steroids are essential molecules for life in all complex organisms such as animals and plants. Researchers from the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, the University of Technology Sydney Climate Change Cluster and the... more

Feedbacks between plants and soil microbial communities play an important role in vegetation dynamics, but the underlying mechanisms remain unresolved. Here, we show that the diversity of putative pathogenic, mycorrhizal, and saprotrophic... more

A newly named plant-eater from the Late Triassic was surprisingly hefty. more

In canteens and supermarkets, plant-based substitute products for chicken escalopes and beef steaks have become standard fare. more

Hongyacha, a new type of wild tea plant from the mountains of southern China, contains little or no caffeine, according to a... more

The use of phytosanitary projects to combat weeds and other pests that affect the crops has led to an increase in the productivity of European agricultural crops in the last 50 years. Their use... more

Researchers at Shinshu University in Japan have discovered that editing the chemical properties of fusicoccins, a kind of toxic organic compound produced by fungus to blight plants, can transform them into chemicals with anti-tumor properties in... more

A new study finds pesticide residues in the soils of 11 European countries in six different cropping systems. more

Ecologists have shed light on the relationship between the slender pitcher plant and its 'tenant', the crab spider Thomisus nepenthiphilus, providing insights to the little known... more

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the WHO Regional Office for Europe release the latest data on the HIV... more

Frogs from groups exposed to a deadly virus are breeding at younger ages, new research suggests. Scientists studying European common frogs in the UK compared groups... more

Cancer Research UK and AstraZeneca have announced today (Monday) that they are opening a new center in the UK, dedicated to realizing the full potential of functional genomics... more

Canadian auto workers walked off the job in protest Monday as General Motors said it would shutter a plant that has been a fixture of Oshawa, Ontario since... more

Two recent studies by ecologists from the National University of Singapore (NUS)... more

In the UK it is illegal to deliberately kill or injure red squirrels, disturb them while they are using a nest, or destroy their nests. Yet,... more