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The publicly funded agency responsible for policing scientific fraud is keeping secret the details surrounding these researchers. Their names, where they worked, and what they did wrong is protected under privacy laws.
The focus on impact of published research has created new opportunities for misconduct and fraudsters, says Mario Biagioli.
Social media has swallowed the news – threatening the funding of public-interest reporting and ushering in an era when everyone has their own facts. But the consequences go far beyond journalism.
Thomson Reuters agreed to sell its intellectual property and science business to private equity firms Onex Corp and Baring Private Equity Asia for $3.55 billion in cash.
If you think Google has a controversial reputation at this point in its business evolution, buckle up because things are really stepping up a gear.
As the trade of personal health and medical data expands, it becomes necessary to improve legal frameworks for protecting patient anonymity, handling consent and ensuring the quality of data
The goal being to avoid contributing further to the inappropriate focus on journal IFs.
In this Special Communication, President Barack Obama reviews the Affordable Care Act: why he pursued it, what it has effected, and how the health care system can still be improved.
A postdoc job is good for your career, but don't get stuck in an academic cul-de-sac, says Søren-Peter Olesen.
Many of the comments in the Apollo Guidance Computer code go beyond boring explanations of the software itself. They’re full of light-hearted jokes and messages, and very 1960s references.
As science and technology have advanced, it’s become possible to make it personalized as well, giving us the tools to better understand, prevent, and treat everyone’s individual health needs, writes Obama.
"Science is, indeed, a profoundly social activity": Jeremy Berg's first Science editorial
A literature review demonstrating that open research is associated with increases in citations, media attention, potential collaborators, job opportunities, and funding opportunities.
Recent studies highlight why policy changes are needed to make science more receptive to novelty, our columnist writes.
This guide covers three major topics in open science (data, code, and publications) and offers practical advice as well as highlighting advantages of adopting more open research practices.
Resources for the Educational Modules of Professional School Students
Senior staff at Nature, Science and other journals want to end inappropriate use of the measure.
For centuries people have been asking, “Why is there something rather than nothing?” Science has not been able to give us an answer so far. We still have to live with the basic statement that “Everything that is is, and it is as long as it keeps its identity, that is, its onticity”, which we may call the “Strong Ontic Principle”.
Late nights, typos, self-doubt and despair. Francis Collins, Sara Seager and Uta Frith dust off their theses, and reflect on what the PhD was like for them.
Doctoral courses are slowly being modernized. Now the thesis and viva need to catch up.
Launch expected later this year.
Analysis finds citation rankings can be very misleading.
Thirty years on from the first congress on peer review, Drummond Rennie reflects on the improvements brought about by research into the process — and calls for more.
