A new book advocates for the importance of basic research and the pursuit of curiosity-driven knowledge at multiple venues and public events across the country and in the United Kingdom.

Scientists in Brazil have been deeply affected by the recent cuts in research funding that were announced in order to combat the growing fiscal deficits.

The results, from a survey of UC Berkeley students in the physical sciences and engineering, highlight a stumbling block for diversity and inclusion efforts—but also offer a potential bright spot

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine says that the US research community needs to do a better job of both investigating misconduct allegations and promoting ethical conduct.

Critics of the March for Science have a point. But those scientists who will protest and speak up globally for research have the chance to make a greater one.

Contaminated samples, faulty studies and inadequate training have created a crisis in laboratories and industry, slowing the quest for new treatments and cures.

An extensive Survey of Peer Review Guidelines.

Highly anticipated independent review also calls for better oversight and coordination of government research spending.

The synthetic biology community is divided.

We’re collaborating with the China Go Association and Chinese Government to bring AlphaGo, China’s top Go players, and leading AI experts together for the “Future of Go Summit.”

Altmetrics is a novel method to track and measure the social impact of scientific publications and also the influence of a researcher.

Scientific output in Japan has seen a sharp decline in the last decade due to years of inflation, government debt, rising commodity prices and a series of natural disasters.

Justin Trudeau, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada, answers the question "What is your stance on AI research given Canada's privileged position in the field?" in an online forum.

Scientific American graphic about slumbering research papers wakes up for an award.

€540 Million from EU to 231 Senior Researchers.

Today, four-in-ten Americans have a great deal of confidence in the scientific community.

Optional license allows students, researchers, and staff to make scholarly articles freely available.

U.S. taxpayers pay $30 billion a year to fund biomedical research aimed at finding better treatments. But competition for scarce funding and tenure may be prompting some scientists to cut corners.

A new survey provides an updated view of how and why researchers are using scholarly collaboration networks.

Entrepreneurs are betting on apps that improve—or just replace—prescription medication.

The science publishing world is a complex one, but the pendulum is currently swinging away from the paywalled mega-journals of the last decade to a more open model.

Academics protest over government's 'dual use' research programme — which received a big funding boost.

US Food and Drug Administration says firm can provide consumers with information on genetic risks.

Initiative for Open Citations makes citation data free for all

A coalition of scholarly publishers, researchers, and nonprofit organizations launched the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC), a project to promote the unrestricted open access to scholarly citation data.

A series of journalism conferences on obesity received covert funding from Coca-Cola.

PLOS now partners directly with protocols.io to provide authors better ways to share methodological details about their work, practical tools to reduce wasted research efforts and persistent, citable identifiers for laboratory methods.

eLife now accepting manuscripts in R Markdow at innovation@elifesciences.org.

€50 million for the European Research Council (of which €16.7 million were already included in the 2017 budget).

Most academics are keen to access other researchers’ material but a third are yet to share their own.