Professor Philip Nelson will serve as the Executive Chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) when it becomes part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

Five years ago Homi Kharas and Andrew Rogerson looked at major trends and forces affecting the “aid industry” over the 2025 horizon. That horizon has arguably become even more uncertain. They revisit it in a new paper that asks which of the forces they analyzed have enduring power, which may turn out to be ephemeral, and what they missed... but may have lasting implications.

Researchers have compiled and analysed 115 years of malaria data in Africa, providing the most detailed picture yet of where efforts to control malaria infection are being won and lost across the continent.

Government ministers, scientists, industry, and civil society leaders met in Berlin for an international conference to discuss how to accelerate efforts to tackle rising drug-resistant infections – which already kill 700,000 people a year worldwide.