This week’s budget contained the usual announcements about new research facilities. But behind the welcome news, concerns continue to mount

Old-fashioned ways of reporting new discoveries are holding back medical research. Some scientists are pushing for change

A new forum hopes to bring Africa’s scientific researchers together

Mobile health apps are becoming more capable and potentially rather useful

Inspiration from influential European academics on Open Access & what still needs to be done

Scientists and journalists share similar skills and challenges in digital storytelling, especially when it comes to researching an unfamiliar field. Current tools for searching information from the academic world in particular can be difficult and time-consuming. PubMed and Google Scholar, for example, present searches linearly—a long list of things to sift through. And if you [...]

It is now easier to obtain a clear and transparent overview of the thousands of scientific research projects funded by the SNSF. Its P3 database has been redesigned to display information interactively.

Scientists are designing cells that can manufacture drugs, food and materials and even act as diagnostic biosensors.

Peter Maloca from University of Basel is one of the winners of the Wellcome Image Awards 2016.

A new study shows that p-values have become more popular — and more meaningless — over time.

It could be possible to publish quickly online without alienating oneself from the traditional journal system.

The solution to a 300-year-old mystery has landed Oxford University Professor Sir Andrew Wiles the top international prize for mathematics.

A proposal for a more peer review based funding of Swedish research prepared by the Swedish Research Council has been rejected by a majority of Swedish universities.

Under-representation of women in science greater in Switzerland than in Europe.

A BRAIN drain has stripped Australia of one in four of its scientific leaders and 671 research positions as our best and brightest head overseas.

The MIT Media Lab has launched a new kind of academic journal that embodies its "antidisciplinary" ethos.

Female researchers now account for 37 per cent of first authors in medicine’s top journals, says US study

If you had a university degree back in 1972, you were likely to earn 20% more than those without one. Today, that number has soared to 70%. But not all degrees will give you the same retu...

A controversy surrounding a study of chronic fatigue syndrome is prompting some scientists to push back against demands that they make medical research data more widely available to other researchers and patients.

Communist Party boosts defense R&D as it modernizes military

The p-value was never intended to be a substitute for scientific reasoning.

Organisations receiving government grants will be banned from using these taxpayer funds to lobby government and Parliament.

Researchers welcome new money but worry it won't be well spent

Open Data Button launched to encourage public sharing of data sets.

The new website sciencegeist.com curates news and opinions about on-going science policy issues.

The contest is another milestone in AI as Lee Sedol, Go's best player, is defeated again

Large telescopes, particle accelerators and environmental stations are among the topics covered by the eight new research infrastructure projects that are announced today as part of the 2016 Roadmap for the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI).

Ellie Bothwell examines strengths and weaknesses in different higher education systems across the Europe

Scholars in the UK and Australia contemptuous of impact statements and often exaggerate them, study suggests

An influential psychological theory, borne out in hundreds of experiments, may have just been debunked. How can so many scientists have been so wrong?