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Public Money, Public Code: Show Your Support For Free Software in Europe

Public Money, Public Code: Show Your Support For Free Software in Europe

Public Money, Public Code is a campaign of the Free Software Foundation Europe that seeks to transform that ideal into European law.

Plans to Promote German Research Excellence Come Under Fire

Plans to Promote German Research Excellence Come Under Fire

Critics say selection process for high-stakes funding programme is flawed.

Springer Nature Blocks Access to Articles in China

Springer Nature Blocks Access to Articles in China

Academic publisher Springer Nature says it has blocked access to articles within China to comply with demands from the Chinese government.

These Professors Want to Lower the Rankings of Schools That Underpay Adjunct Faculty

These Professors Want to Lower the Rankings of Schools That Underpay Adjunct Faculty

Four Penn professors have signed a petition calling on the U.S. News & World Report to alter its rankings by docking points from schools that underpay adjunct faculty members.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mona Nemer Appointed Canada's New Chief Scientist

Mona Nemer Appointed Canada's New Chief Scientist

​Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has selected Ottawa heart researcher Mona Nemer to be the country's top scientist. Canada has been without a national science adviser since 2008.

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.

E.P.A. Cancels Talk on Climate Change by Agency Scientists

E.P.A. Cancels Talk on Climate Change by Agency Scientists

Organizers of a Monday conference on the Narragansett Bay were told three E.P.A. scientists would not be allowed to present their work.