The 44 percent drop in funding is disproportionately large compared to overall reductions in government spending.

Newer universities excel when it comes to internationalisation, Times Higher Education’s 2017 ranking of the world’s top young universities shows

Cheap, stripped-down microcontrollers are allowing users to pack huge amounts of computing power into tiny spaces.

New tool joins a growing collection of software for accessing fee-for-view scientific literature.

The Hungary-born philanthropist's university says planned new laws will make it impossible to operate.

The upcoming March for Science is frequently described as the first time U.S. scientists will take to the streets.

Tim Berners-Lee just received the prestigious Turing Award that comes with a million dollars. Now he plots a radical overhaul of his creation.

MIT Professor Tim Berners-Lee has won the most prestigious honor in computer science, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) A.M. Turing Award. Often referred to as “the Nobel Prize of computing,” the award comes with a $1 million prize provided by Google.

A proposal by President Trump to cut federal spending for biomedical research by 18 percent has run into a buzz saw on Capitol Hill, with Republicans and Democrats calling it misguided.

Berners-Lee says Web access is a human right—and the technology he created needs a rethink.

Study of doctoral students in Belgium highlights the mental health struggles that many in academia experience.

It’s obvious that computers have become indispensable problem-solving partners. But it’s suddenly not enough to be a fluent user of software interfaces. Understanding what lies behind the computer’s seeming magic now seems crucial.

Planning an Open Organization Identifier Registry.

ESF kicks off a career tracking survey of doctorate holders with nine research performing and funding organisations on board.

After years of austerity, researchers fear that the latest dramatic cut will destroy the country's science.

Without input from other disciplines, new technologies will fail to improve lives, report warns

When a German retiree proved a famous long-standing mathematical conjecture, the response was underwhelming.

Funnel plots are a popular tool in spotting when scientists in a field leave out negative study results, but one researcher says the method is flawed.

SpaceX launched a commercial satellite into space on Thursday with the boost of a partly used rocket, a feat that may open an era of cheaper space travel.

The European Commission, which spends more than €10 billion annually on research, may set up a “publishing platform” for the scientists it funds, in an attempt to accelerate the transition to open-access publishing in Europe.

New research shows large spillover from the lab to commercial activity.

Papers from 2015 are a tougher read than some from the nineteenth century — and the problem isn't just about words, says Philip Ball.

More than 30% of biomedical studies funded by the US government are later cited in commercial patents.

Several pricey drugs projected as best-sellers have flopped, unnerving the industry. Is the era of the biotech blockbuster over?

Behavioral and computer scientists are working together to combat the spread of bogus stories.

With the small number of tenure-track faculty positions available and the large number of Ph.D. holders in career limbo, many are advocating for increased numbers of staff scientist positions.

These are the 2017 winners of the Vizzies Challenge.

The Trump administration is proposing a $1.2 billion cut this year to the NIH (National Institutes of Health) budget, targeting research grants.

The World Health Organization says cases are climbing where immunisation coverage has dropped.

New machine-learning algorithm lets computers “talk” to one another, win cooperative games.