Ethics should be at the centre of the development of artificial intelligence (AI), a UK parliamentary report has said.

The University of Cambridge has launched a new public policy institute to address inequality and social unrest across the world, after receiving a “major gift” from a philanthropist.

Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods Market last year heralds a new era in the food sector. Up to now there’s always been a seeming incompatibility between the food business and Amazon’s traditional business model: People often buy small quantities of fresh products frequently, and they like to be able to see — and feel — the fresh products they are buying.

A boundary that divides the humid eastern U.S. and the dry western Plains appears to have shifted 140 miles to the east over the past century due to global warming, new research suggests

Nicole Grobert is German, but she has spent almost all of her career in Britain, developing tiny nanomaterials and figuring out how to use them in everything from artificial bones to super-efficient batteries.

A researcher who created a fake video of President Obama has defended his invention at the latest TED talks.

How Lawrence University, without a mega-endowment, is raising money to join a small group of institutions.

Female chemistry PhD students are 50 per cent more likely to gain a permanent job in academia if their supervisor is a woman, a new study indicates.

Backers say Westlake University, in Hangzhou, will use its autonomy to challenge leading Western science and technology institutions.

Champlain College Online, a leader in career-focused adult higher education, today announced that it will reduce its online undergraduate tuition by 50 percent to $318 per credit, effective Fall 2018.