A dispute between Australia’s major research funding agencies and universities over the definition of research misconduct has revealed global inconsistencies in the way misconduct is defined and regulated, as well as its ambiguous legal status.

German universities demand open access and fair pricing from academic publishing house Elsevier.

Six drug firms are paying to sequence the genes of every volunteer in the UK Biobank.

New figures show a 19 per cent increase in departures of European staff from UK universities last year compared to before the EU referendum, and a 10 per cent rise from some 2130 resignations in 2015-16.

To correct gender disparities in academia, the Max Planck Society and the Australian government are taking the uncommonly direct approach of affirmative action.

In a gender discrimination lawsuit against the Salk Institute, a female scientist alleges that biologist Inder Verma was dismissive of his female colleagues.

An EU-funded platform is helping to generate answers from known cases by enabling scientists to pool and compare genomic and clinical data.

Scholars and political leaders describe increasing concerns about Chinese government influence over teaching and research in the U.S. and Australia.

Elsevier is allowing researchers in Germany to access its paywalled journals without a contract until a national agreement is hammered out.

The results of the latest public opinion survey undertaken by Research!America showed that 67% of respondents had a positive image of science and indeed thought that public policy should be based on the best science available.

Strategy for gender balance and equal opportunities for women and men at the ETH Domain.

The pre-print database for scientists to test the peer-review waters was set up in 1991 as a relatively simple electronic bulletin board on a single computer. Twenty-six years later, the site arXiv.org has surpassed a full billion downloads of papers and receives more than 10 million submissions each month.

They’re not hiding behind language - they’re acting in plain sight.

The National Institutes of Health will again fund research that makes viruses more dangerous.

But final deal on a 2018 budget could bring substantial spending increases.

Cosmic convergence confirmed astrophysical models, revealed origins of heavy elements -- and, yes, created gravitational waves.

Some 300 scientists and environmental protection specialists have departed the agency during the Trump administration.

The drop in the UK’s share of EU funding for research and innovation has been steepest in the more collaborative parts of the Framework programme.

It’s not because they turn down talks more often, or because there aren’t enough women to invite.

Melbourne researchers warn government: don't publish data down to the individual, ever.

Science funding in Brazil appears frozen at 2017 amounts - its lowest level in 10 years, despite promises of a 40% increase.

Leaked emails reveal that the foundation is actively making offers of grants to officials at the WHO as well as people in India and abroad without explicitly revealing its single source of funding – Philip Morris International.

Tuition tax out, but orphan drug credit reduced.

The number of women in scientific research continues to lag behind the number of men, even though women make up half the nation's workforce. The question is, What difference does it make?

Schools must encourage young people to question gender norms and behaviours, and ensure that sex education goes beyond biology

The Hanson Robotics headline maker is now pushing for women's rights in a country that granted her more rights than it grants most human females.

The future of automated scientific writing is upon us—and that's a good thing.

Philip Campbell to continue at publisher Springer Nature.

Lack of international representation on scientific journals' editorial boards has persisted since 1985.

Current trends say generating new bitcoins will use all the power in the world by 2020.