Dr. Francis Collins, a holdover from the Obama administration, will remain director of the National Institutes of Health, the White House announced.

Analysis backs controversial proposal to cap grant funding for bigger labs

With algorithms in hand, scientists are looking to make elections in the United States more representative.

Why are science and maths teachers more likely to leave the profession?

NSF’s Directorate of Biological Sciences just announced that they are getting rid of the Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG) program.

Long-time physician-scientist retains job he has held since 2009.

The rules fail to make data sharing mandatory for papers to be published, which raises the prospect that some authors might decide to ignore the hint.

Academic journals don’t select the research they publish on scientific rigour alone. So why aren’t academics taking to the streets about this?

Researchers refuse to sit on evaluation panels after government bans international participation.

Fresh concerns over reliability of papers published in journals as suspicious statistical patterns prompt investigations into some of the identified trials

Ahead of his address at Going Global 2017, Phil Baty looks at the relationship between the world’s best universities and their place in the world

Analysis of THE data and latest autonomy scores for Europe suggests ability to hire best staff drives research strength

White House wants to reduce indirect payments from 28% to 10%.

The open access contracts between the Dutch universities and publishers Elsevier and Springer have to be publicly disclosed. That is the verdict of the committee charged with considering the appeal of the publishers against a freedom of information request.

The Research Council of Norway is announcing a record-high amount of funding for Innovation Projects for the Industrial Sector.

A group of EU government agencies, law enforcement groups and academic researchers are partnering on a new digital currency surveillance project.

Experts debate whether technology is useful for curbing climate change.

New project, partly designed by a University of Cambridge researcher, aims to improve transparency in science by sharing ‘how the sausage is made’. 

A new book by actor Alan Alda is all about communication — and miscommunication — between doctors, scientists and civilians.

Free movement and ECJ jurisdiction seen as potential stumbling blocks at Russell Group's meeting with MEPs

President Donald Trump's administration has brought a long-simmering debate over how the U.S. government supports university research back to a boil.

Oxford’s decision on compulsory retirement raises pressing questions about fairness – and what is best for academia as a whole.

Publons wants scientists to be rewarded for assessing others’ work.

We’re moving the online journal forward, and we hope you’ll join us on our journey.

Striking a Balance: Embracing Change While Preserving Tradition in Scholarly Communications

Private firm says its watchlist of untrustworthy journals will be objective and transparent — but not free.

Horizon 2020 found to be meeting its objectives, but is underfunded

Race-blind reviews very difficult and may not help, researchers say

Thousands of open access papers have mistakenly asked readers to pay access fees, but publishers are correcting the errors.

Confidential feedback from many interacting reviewers can help editors make better, quicker decisions.