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Already the world's second biggest R&D spender behind the United States, China is steadily narrowing the gap, according to a government report released last week.

Many countries on continent have not repaired cuts made during financial crisis, despite economic growth

Six early-career researchers offer advice on how to secure a permanent contract in academia, and then make the most of it.

We know that peer review is important and that the hard work of reviewers should be recognized. Yet we still don't really know how that recognition should work.

A new Research Square product for tracking peer review activity of a paper in submission.

A manuscript is much more than words on paper. Painstakingly drafted, fuelled by coffee over long nights, then (constructively) dismantled by colleagues, re-drafted several times, and finally, assembled into something you're proud of. It is the culmination of months or years of hard work, and could potentially lead to recognition for you and your whole... Read more "

Bill Gates and the European Commission have launched a €100 million investment fund designed to bring radical clean energy technologies more quickly to market in order to promote energy efficiency and cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Two leading university presses are changing the way they sell their digital collections to libraries - cutting out the middlemen. Will others follow suit?

The appropriation of genetic research by those with extremist views on race has scientists grappling with how to respond.

A new wave of chatbots are replacing physicians and providing frontline medical advice-but are they as good as the real thing?

Structural biologist Shekhar Mande becomes new head of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

National research council absolves one previously sanctioned lab leader of misconduct, and holds another researcher responsible.

A former dean chronicles the challenges of returning to full-time teaching.

Publicly funded research output should neither be hidden behind paywalls nor be a 'pay-to-publish' game. This is one of the core tenets of the Position Statement titled 'Opportunities and Challenges for Implementing Plan S - The View of Young Academies', which is the result of discussions among several European young academies and the Global Young.

With science, IT and archaeology among subjects heavily funded by the EU, leaving with no deal would be cataclysmic, say universities

Scientists receive too little peer-review training. Here's one method for effectively peer-reviewing papers, says Mathew Stiller-Reeve.

Citizen Science: Innovation in Open Science, Society and Policy identifies and explains the role of citizen science within innovation in science and society, and as a vibrant and productive science-policy interface. The scope of this volume is global, geared towards identifying solutions and lessons to be applied across science, practice and policy. The chapters consider the role of citizen science in the context of the wider agenda of open science and open innovation, and discusses progress towards responsible research and innovation, two of the most critical aspects of science today.

On Ada Lovelace Day, we should rethink access to scientific fields, says researcher Jess Wade.

New projects at two Sydney universities show move towards multidisciplinary scholarship

New rules requiring a female presence on doctoral defence panels at the University of Glasgow will push more ‘unrewarded’ academic tasks on to women, critics claim.

The eLife website now has a dedicated section for plain-language summaries of the latest research.

The goal, said L. Rafael Reif, the president of M.I.T., is to educate "the bilinguals of the future." Blackstone's Steven A. Schwarzman is contributing $350 million.

Some 31 studies by Dr. Piero Anversa contain fabricated or falsified data, officials concluded. Dr. Anversa popularized the idea of stem cell treatment for damaged hearts.

The papers from the lab of Dr. Piero Anversa, who studied cardiac stem cells, 'included falsified and/or fabricated data,' according to a statement from the two institutions.

According to a report released Sunday by the United Nations’ scientific panel on climate change, the 2015 Paris Agreement won’t be enough to stop the most serious damage from climate change.

Researchers warn that the country's science infrastructure is at risk of collapse if austerity measures continue.

Data underlying science’s quality control process is revealing worrying trends — and suggestions are pouring in on how to address the concerns.

To understand how the public dimensions of faculty work are valued, we analyzed review, tenure and promotion documents from a representative sample of 129 Canadian and American universities.

Drug companies make big contributions to analysis in the trials they fund but can fail to report their contributions.