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 ...

THE fact that every year more than one hundred and fifty American students are pursuing their post-graduate studies in German universities is very significant, and it is well worth inquiring why they ...

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 ...

Sebastian Steudtner already holds the world record for the largest wave ever surfed, but as the giant wave season begins, the German is looking to science and technology to chase a new high.

A German science experiment that began 132 years ago has gotten an update. A woman in Australia found a message in a bottle that began its voyage in the 19th century as German scientists were studying ...

Ask any German researcher why the country's science base is blooming, and they are bound to mention Chancellor Angela Merkel. The world's most powerful woman, they say, has not forgotten her roots as ...

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 ...

Since 1933 some scientists have left Germany, others have stayed there and kept quiet, and still others have chimed in with the Nazi idea that German science should be distinct from the brands of ...

Robert Kuttner, a professor at Brandeis University, argued on Monday that even Adolf Hitler "knew to support German science," while attacking President Donald Trump’s latest spending cut target.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Scott L. Montgomery is a geologist who writes about energy issues. Modern science has yielded immense benefits to society, yet it ...