On 23 July, around 4500 scientists and friends of science will assemble in Manchester, UK, for the opening of the EuroScience Open Forum, Europe's largest interdisciplinary research conference.

Chemist Claudio Bifano tells Nature about daily life in a country gripped by hunger, scarcity and violence.

Recall of those studying abroad is latest step after forced resignations and firings.

Political turmoil spreads to education sector.

Scientific awards, medals and prizes awarded by the Royal Society in 2016.

The pilot focuses on replicating studies that have a large impact on science, government policy or the public debate.

Race not gender appears to be the most significant factor influencing the award of a National Institutes of Health Research Project Grant, according to a new study led by a University of Kansas economist.

European Investment Bank provides surprise loan to halt startling brain drain.

Reshuffled UK administration signals change for research and science policy.

These are dark times for science so we asked hundreds of researchers how to fix it.

Researchers had rebelled against shift to online-only reviews.

Thomson Reuters agreed to sell its intellectual property and science business to private equity firms Onex Corp and Baring Private Equity Asia for $3.55 billion in cash.

The publicly funded agency responsible for policing scientific fraud is keeping secret the details surrounding these researchers. Their names, where they worked, and what they did wrong is protected under privacy laws.

Doubts over the UK’s ability to win future project grants mean some EU partners are avoiding working with British researchers.

The goal being to avoid contributing further to the inappropriate focus on journal IFs.

Reforms by nation’s lead biomedical funder draw harsh critique.

Senior staff at Nature, Science and other journals want to end inappropriate use of the measure.

Launch expected later this year.

Federal government will create 1,000 professorships.

The Times Higher Education Latin America University Rankings 2016 use the same 13 performance indicators as the THE World University Rankings, but have been recalibrated to reflect the qualities of Latin America’s institutions.

Wellcome Trust looks to save money and time communicating the research it funds.

The apparent trend has been on the rise over the past two decades.

A survey suggests research misconduct in the UK is higher than previously feared. Joanna Williams and five other academics ponder the results

The European Commission recently held an open consultation seeking views on the role of publishers in the copyright value chain, including potentially expanding neighbouring rights to publishers. LIBER's Executive Director Susan Reilly recently attended a high-level working lunch with MEP Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, to present the view of research libraries on this issue.

Scientific advances have always drawn on the work of non-professionals. Even more so now, thanks to technology.

Swiss-EU talks reveal determination of EU to make no concessions to UK over Brexit terms.

A week on from the vote, reassurance, rage and racism all feature.

Users urge caution in revamp of service at the heart of physics.

Heads of research agencies from nearly 50 countries — large and small, with developed and emerging economies — adopted a Statement of Principles and Actions Promoting the Equality and Status of Women in Research at the Global Research Council's fifth annual meeting last month in New Delhi.

'Trap’ URLs can help publishers to catch automated downloading, but critics say that the approach is clumsy.