The Latest Breaking News from STEM

As Washington makes it harder for foreign talent to enter the country, Beijing is going the opposite way by changing its visa rules for first time in over a decade. Shweta Sharma reports

Ministers agree Australia's "broken" environment system needs fixing but land managers criticise continued funding of damaging projects.

Lab-grown brain tissue is too simple to experience consciousness, but as innovation progresses, neuroscientists question whether it's time to revisit the ethics of this line of research.

Forget prevention, containment is key to protecting OT systems

A new study suggests that a group of cells, key for the health of blood and the immune system, are vulnerable to aging-like processes after spending time on the ISS.

Employers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics – commonly called the STEM industries – continue to struggle to attract female applicants. In its 2024 jobs report, the National Science Board found that men outnumber women almost 3-to-1 in STEM jobs that require at least a bachelor’s degree and over 8-to-1…

The UN Commission on Human Rights has found that authorities used schemes to divert public money.

Six-year-old Jaxon McKenzie, from West Lothian, died last December just eight months after being diagnosed with a brain stem tumour.

Stem cells age faster and become functionally exhausted in low Earth orbit, making crewed long-duration space travel even more challenging.