Molecular geneticist and university administrator Frédérique Vidal is France’s new minister for higher education, research, and innovation.

Investment also planned in artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and other fields.

NIH director avoids criticism of his political bosses, touts value of NIH-funded research.

Some of the world’s largest research funders and NGOs today agreed to adopt the WHO's strong standards on clinical trial transparency.

A team of researchers suggest that the increasing complexity of managing data may be one reason that reproducibility has fallen off.

Government may delay decision pending court decisions.

China has a lucrative market for fake research reagents. Some scientists are fighting back.

New technologies could deliver the benefits of nature without the hassle of life

We describe the mathematical foundations and structure of TrueReview, an open-source tool we propose to build in support of post-publication review.

The case of Colombian scientist Diego Gomez — on trial for copyright violation for sharing a research paper — is likely to reach a head later this month.

Add another high-profile departure to the list of people leaving Verily, the Google-spawned health science company: Thomas Insel, a neuroscientist and former head of the National Institutes of Mental Health who was leading Verily’s mental health initiatives.

Researchers and manufacturers face possible jail time — or execution — for fraudulent submissions to nation's drug agency.

Technologist argues that artificial intelligence could make publishing decisions in milliseconds.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced plans last week to impose a new grant scoring system that would cap how much support an investigator can receive from the agency.

Analysis of scholarly publishing’s ‘Napster’ shows that academics are not prepared to wait to access research. 35 per cent of articles downloaded from Sci-Hub were less than two years old when they were accessed.

Rise in copyright breaches prompts industry to discuss ways to allow ‘fair sharing’ of articles.

New York City investor organized discussion to explain biomedical “ecosystem” to Trump officials

A $2 million crowdfunding campaign will finance an ambitious series of studies—designed under the watchful eye of the FDA—into psychedelics as treatment.

At the halfway point of the EU’s biggest research and innovation funding programme, Horizon 2020, we explore a selection of EU-funded projects whose breakthroughs could help to shape Europe during the next 60 years.

It's hard to believe how "far ahead" China is on this front until you see it with your own eyes.

An analysis shining light on institutions that have thought outside the box on research collaboration and funding.

Researchers await detailed policies while applauding his defeat of Le Pen

The “swarm” of insights picked the top four finishers last year. Not this year.

Here’s how the agency is trying to change that

The winning entries from the first SNSF Scientific Image Competition offer a view of science that is aesthetic, nuanced and complex.

Funders should force universities to support laboratories’ research health

Negotiators fail to reach a deal with Oxford University Press (OUP) over transition to open access

The "Doing the Right Thing Award" honors anyone involved in science — publisher, author, editor, whistleblower — who has fought the good fight for scientific integrity.

Louisiana State University (LSU) takes Elsevier to court in an attempt to settle a disagreement with the publisher about its $1.64 million contract.

The Open Science FAIR 2017 is proud to hold its inaugural international conference on all topics related to Open Science during 6-8 September, Athens.