Alan Cooper was dismissed as the leader of a prestigious genomics centre, following an investigation.

World's second-biggest publisher says proposals to accelerate switch to open access would not be sustainable for many titles

An analysis of submissions to two top journals showed that scientists in the U.S. were highly likely to be working during holidays.

Balancing Dominic Cummings' agenda with industrial strategy approach, and deciding on geographical focus for increased investment, seen as key challenges

The 2010s have seen breakthroughs in frontiers from gene editing to gravitational waves. The coming one must focus on climate change.

Articles in high-impact journals are by definition more highly cited on average. But are they cited more often because the articles are somehow "better"? Or are they cited more often simply because they appeared in a high-impact journal?

Irina Dumitrescu's tips for 'upward toxicity' was THE's most-read article of 2019. But it doesn't have to be this way, says John Tregoning

Navigating the turbulent waters of the doctoral voyage

Letters blast rumored shift to immediate open access for taxpayer-funded studies

The findings mark a step forward in using space technology to detect leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from oil and gas sites worldwide.

NIH gets 7%, NSF only 2.5%, as Congress ignores Trump's proposed cuts.

Ten people who mattered in science in 2019 according to nature.

American pigs are raised on a liberal diet of antibiotics, fueling the rise of resistant germs. Danish pork producers are proving there's a better way.

Exhausted delegates postponed tricky issues. The weak rules on a market based mechanism, promoted by Brazil and Australia, that would have undermined efforts to reduce emissions have been shelved and the fight can continue next year at COP26 in Glasgow.

Economic and Social Research Council may provide four years of PhD funding amid concerns over stress caused by three-year model

How will climate change shape the Earth's surface? What are the long-term health effects of food additives? How can online tools change political advocacy and what does this mean for democracy? These are just some of the questions that researchers from around Europe have proposed to explore, and will now be able to, thanks to newly-awarded EU funding.

Agreement allows yearlong delay before papers become free to read.

Promises to raise research spending and take action on climate change overshadowed by scientists' fears about leaving the European Union.

Leading scholars and publishers from ten countries have agreed a definition of predatory publishing that can protect scholarship. It took 12 hours of discussion, 18 questions and 3 rounds to reach.

Academics can excel in many areas, but thus far they have primarily been assessed based on research achievements. From now on, the public knowledge institutions and research funders want to consider academics' knowledge and expertise more broadly in determining career policy and grant requirements.