AI systems spot new particles, see galaxies, sense the public mood from social media.

Two hundred years after her death, Jane Austen commands a cultural empire with her six novels at the center. It raises the question: Why her, as opposed to someone else?

Semantic Scholar is the first scientific engine to automatically identify the subset of a paper's citations in which the paper had a strong impact on the citing work.

Italian scientists eager to go for it alone on experiment to tackle ‘waste heat’ problem.

Grant will help sequence thousands of plants, insects, and fungi

As neural nets push into science, researchers probe back

Michel Aubier downplayed the health risks of air pollution while on oil company Total's payroll

Framework 9 should be opened up to countries beyond Europe’s neighbours so that the EU can benefit more from global talent, a group of insiders has said.

Influential report suggests simpler, more citizen-friendly system for post-2020 EU research funding.

Fear of investing in innovation is preventing promising start-ups from reaching their full potential and that’s preventing growth across Europe, a conference on the future of EU research funding heard.

Don’t mention the B word: the first major reform of R&D funding since 1965 aims to make the UK the “go-to place” for science.

We have heard a lot of discussion in the U.S. recently in favor of government support for basic research but against support of applied research.

Bilateral partnership may provide new blueprint for EU east-west collaboration.

Heavy investment and low cost of living is powering a meteoric rise.

Statistical study of how names are geographically distributed suggests fewer professors are hiring relatives after 2010 clampdown.

The ‘trainee’ designation has broad implications, noted speakers at the Future of Biomedical Graduate and Postdoctoral Training meeting earlier this month.