Three scientists who unravelled how our bodies tell time have won the 2017 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

The Society has published new evidence on international mobility and collaboration, to deepen our understanding of how, where and why researchers move to and from the UK.

Journals are exploring new approaches to peer review in order to reduce bias, increase transparency and respond to author preferences. Funders are also getting involved.

Biologists are posting unreviewed manuscripts in record numbers. But many are still not sure it's a good idea. A survival guide for scientists.

Physicist Alexander Sergeyev gets nod from Vladimir Putin.

An analysis of a popular reputation metric concludes it relies too heavily on social interaction.

A movement to make the fruits of research available without charge has helped students and faculty members gain access to an increasing number of academic articles.

Adjunct professors in America face low pay and long hours without the security of full-time faculty. Some, on the brink of homelessness, take desperate measures.

The upcoming referendum is unsettling researchers.

What exactly are the Ig Nobels? And what can we learn from the Journal of Irreproducible Results and the Annals of Improbable Results?

The Golden Goose Award honors federally funded, often odd-sounding scientific research that yields significant benefits.

With the aim of maintaining the competitiveness of Swiss research, the SNSF is launching a new career funding scheme at assistant professor level.

Lawmakers criticize how the NIH manages the $500 million program.

“We do have a major diversity problem in the tech industry,” president’s daughter adds.

Mountains, lakes, chocolate, fondue and banks? Right? Only partly.

Experiment traces how online encyclopaedia influences research write-ups.