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PLOS Responds to PNAS Study Detailing the Growth of Peer Review Integrity Issues

PLOS Responds to PNAS Study Detailing the Growth of Peer Review Integrity Issues

A new PNAS study uses openly available articles to map the scale of paper mill and peer review ring activity across scholarly publishing.

Science|Business Summer Reads of 2025

Science|Business Summer Reads of 2025

The EU science policy world is still digesting last month's proposals for the next €175 billion Framework Programme, plans that have set in motion years of haggling over budgets, regulation clauses and committee makeups. But as Brussels empties for August, and the research bubble decamps to the Riviera, Alps or somewhere further afield, it's a good time to take a step back and ask: what is all this policymaking and funding for? What kind of scientific and technological future do we want? 

Trump's Chief Science Adviser Faces a Storm of Criticism: What's Next?

Trump's Chief Science Adviser Faces a Storm of Criticism: What's Next?

US researchers were hopeful when Donald Trump appointed Michael Kratsios to a top science position, but many say he has contributed to the chaos. Can he turn things around?

Trump Hands Political Appointees Control over Science Funding: Here's Why Researchers Are Sounding the Alarm

Trump Hands Political Appointees Control over Science Funding: Here's Why Researchers Are Sounding the Alarm

News News: President Trump's executive order gives political appointees control over federal science grants, requiring agencies like NIH and NSF to ensure funding.

The Six Months That Shaped the Future of Horizon Europe

The Six Months That Shaped the Future of Horizon Europe

The first half of 2025 saw Brussels consumed by a debate over the future of the EU's research and innovation programme, which ended with a legislative proposal that quenched long-running rumours of Horizon Europe's demise.

Europe is breaking its reliance on American science

Europe is breaking its reliance on American science

European governments are taking steps to break their dependence on critical scientific data the United States historically made freely available to the world, and are ramping up their own data collection systems to monitor climate change and weather extremes

EC's proposal for next multiannual budget clearly highlights security as a priority

EC's proposal for next multiannual budget clearly highlights security as a priority

The European Commission's (EC) proposal for the next multiannual budget clearly emphasizes security as a priority

EU Records 59.5% Rise in R&D Allocations over Ten Years, Study Shows

EU Records 59.5% Rise in R&D Allocations over Ten Years, Study Shows

From 2014 to 2024, national budget allocations for R&D increased by 59.5% across the EU's present members, according to data from Eurostat. 

AI Will Soon Be Able to Audit All Published Research - What Will That Mean for Public Trust in Science?

AI Will Soon Be Able to Audit All Published Research - What Will That Mean for Public Trust in Science?

An AI audit of scientific research would likely expose some fraud and widespread inconsequential work. But we need to be careful it doesn't discredit science in general.

Why Does It Always Rain in the School Holidays? The Science Behind Our Summer Weather Patterns

Why Does It Always Rain in the School Holidays? The Science Behind Our Summer Weather Patterns

Discover why summer holidays often bring rainy weather and explore the science behind our UK's unsettled summer weather patterns.

What U.S. Science Stands to Lose Without International Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers

What U.S. Science Stands to Lose Without International Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers

Neuroscience in other countries will strengthen-at the United States' expense-as rising visa restrictions and rejections block many international students from enrolling at U.S.

European Commission Wants to Suspend Israel from Parts of Horizon Europe

European Commission Wants to Suspend Israel from Parts of Horizon Europe

The European Commission has suggested blocking Israel from a grant targeting start-ups, as EU outrage grows at Israel's food blockade of Gaza, which has begun to cause widespread starvation in the besieged territory.

Where Congress is Splitting from Trump on Science Funding

Where Congress is Splitting from Trump on Science Funding

Top appropriators in both parties have signaled disagreement with Trump's proposals for deep cuts and indirect cost caps.

NSF Scientists Denounce Trump Administration Policies

NSF Scientists Denounce Trump Administration Policies

National Science Foundation employees are among the latest federal scientists to issue a statement expressing concern over the Trump administration’s actions. The statement refers to “a series of politically motivated and legally questionable actions by the Administration that threaten the integrity of the NSF.”