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Not Just Available, but Also Useful: We Must Keep Pushing to Improve Open Access to Research

Not Just Available, but Also Useful: We Must Keep Pushing to Improve Open Access to Research

Could the real open access please stand up? If more research was published according to true open access principles, we'd see better application of evidence for everyone's benefit.

European Commission to Invest €30 Billion in New Solutions for Societal Challenges and Breakthrough Innovation

European Commission to Invest €30 Billion in New Solutions for Societal Challenges and Breakthrough Innovation

"Artificial Intelligence, genetics, blockchain: science is at the core of today's most promising breakthrough innovations", says Moedas.

How Wikimedia Helped Authors Make over 3000 Articles Green Open Access

How Wikimedia Helped Authors Make over 3000 Articles Green Open Access

Michele Marchetto of Wikimedia Italia shares the story of how they helped authors to make their open access articles more widely available.

Key Legislator Tells Trump Officials to Back off on Proposed Overhead Spending Cap for NIH

Key Legislator Tells Trump Officials to Back off on Proposed Overhead Spending Cap for NIH

House Republican says cap on indirect costs would be unreasonable and ultimately destructive.

A Massive Health Study on Booze, Brought to You By Big Alcohol

A Massive Health Study on Booze, Brought to You By Big Alcohol

One of the biggest and best studies of alcohol's effects on health is underway. But funding from the alcohol industry is already undercutting its results.

European Open Science Cloud

European Open Science Cloud

The Commission made the Declaration of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) available to all scientific stakeholders, for their endorsement and commitments to the realisation by 2020.

Many Junior Scientists Need to Take a Hard Look at Their Job Prospects

Many Junior Scientists Need to Take a Hard Look at Their Job Prospects

Permanent jobs in academia are scarce, and someone needs to let PhD students know.

Trashing Science in Government Grants Isn’t Normal

Trashing Science in Government Grants Isn’t Normal

The Case of the EPA, John Konkus, and Climate Change.

Building a Culture of Data Sharing: Policy Design and Implementation for Research Data Management in Development Research

Building a Culture of Data Sharing: Policy Design and Implementation for Research Data Management in Development Research

Investigating the implementation of data management and sharing requirements within seven development research projects.

Alibaba Is Plowing $15 Billion into R&D with 7 New Research Labs

Alibaba Is Plowing $15 Billion into R&D with 7 New Research Labs

Alibaba wants to compete with the likes of Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. The advisory board includes Harvard's geneticist George Church and others.

Wait for Trump's Science Adviser Breaks Modern-Era Record

Wait for Trump's Science Adviser Breaks Modern-Era Record

Top White House science job stays empty more than nine months after president took office.

How Science Transformed the World in 100 Years

How Science Transformed the World in 100 Years

We need to be more concerned than ever about how society uses scientific discoveries, says Venki Ramakrishnan, President of the Royal Society UK.