The Lars Løkke Rasmussen government is moving to cut funding for universities and the student financing system and increase political control over higher education institutions.

Today, a scientist's most desired citation may be from a publication not often thought of as prestigious: Wikipedia.

Investigators are now required to disclose all clinical trials, whether successful or not.

NIH wants to expand the sharing of summary data from clinical trials, such as test results being reviewed here at NIH’s clinical center.

Critics say the big new building will ruin the city's historic skyline

Proposed law would ban the practice

Long-awaited plan would exempt computer-aided harvesting from EU copyright law.

A group of research funders, sector bodies and infrastructure experts are working together in partnership to promote the responsible use of research metrics. 

As part of its update of EU copyright rules, the European Commission today proposed a copyright exception that would permit researchers to analyse on a large scale scientific data to which they have lawful access.

A look at the literature reveals shortcomings in the way OA and subscription models are being compared and suggests how future studies could build on existing research to provide a more accurate picture

Ruth Hubbard, 92, of Cambridge, who died Sept. 1, first female biology professor to be awarded tenure at Harvard University, and also was an anti-war activist, a cautionary voice about privacy and gene research, and a prominent feminist critic of discrimination women face in sciences.

The 20-page report has an explicit message: The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the position of the president’s science adviser should be retained.

But UK students at universities abroad will lose out from the falling pound