News archive
Shenzhen and Guangzhou fight it out for top campuses
15 November 2017
Hepeng Jia
The upstart wants to copy its neighbour's academic success.
Europe opens arms to post-Brexit research migrants
8 November 2017
Anna Petherick
For centuries a hub of ideas and trade, London is embracing ambitious developments to boost research and local connections, despite the uncertainty caused by Brexit.
Beijing and Shanghai are in a league of their own
1 November 2017
Hepeng Jia
China's political and economic centres connect on a scientific level.
The 7 ingredients for building a science city
30 October 2017
Nature Index
What does it take to create a metropolis of knowledge and innovation?
Spain's science rivalry
27 October 2017
Monica G. Salomone
Barcelona lures scientists while Madrid is bound by bureaucracy.
On the biotech block
26 October 2017
Alexandra Ossola
New York's expensive office and lab spaces have deterred innovative life science firms, but with growing support for start-ups, the scene is changing.
Where the streets are paved with ideas
24 October 2017
Richard Florida
COMMENT: Most of the world's research and entrepreneurship is concentrated in a few megacities.
Destination Daejeon
20 October 2017
Mark Zastrow
A focus on basic research is shifting scientific resources from Seoul to South Korea's central city.
Metropolis of minds
19 October 2017
Smriti Mallapaty
Nature Index 2017 Science Cities looks at the challenges for established science cities and highlights some rising hotspots.
