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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Surveys conducted in Germany suggest that public trust in science rose after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, while revealing different patterns of trust among different subpopulations.

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 ...

GERMANY is the birthplace of 100 Nobel laureates. From Max Planck and Albert Einstein to Werner Heisenberg and Otto Hahn, the list of scientists who honed their craft, and made their breakthroughs and ...