For high-quality research output in Europe, which in the Nature Index includes the United Kingdom and Switzerland, Germany is the heaviest hitter. It is ranked third in the world after the United ...

Science budgets in Germany have flourished under the current government led by Chancellor Angela Merkel. And despite the gloomy economic climate, the 27 September parliamentary elections seem unlikely ...

Young people in Germany are less proficient in mathematics, reading and science as compared to 2018. This is revealed in a PISA study. About one-third of the 15-year-olds tested achieved only a very ...

At the turn of the 20th century, German scientists led the world. Four decades later, their nation’s reputation in the field was only a husk of what it had been. The cause of this transformation was ...

Research-oriented gender-equality standards developed by the German Research Foundation (DFG) have been accepted by the foundation's General Assembly. DFG is Germany's largest research-funding ...

Germany showed how scientific communication can be vital in fighting pandemics. Its health minister's status rose; its chancellor, Angela Merkel, (herself a scientist) broke down complex scientific ...