Some worry that posting unvetted medical manuscripts could cause problems.

Hypothesis and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory are today announcing the selection of the Hypothesis open source annotation framework for the bioRxiv preprint service as their primary annotation mechanism.

Congress has rejected President Trump's plan to cut funds for biomedical research and would instead increase spending by the National Institutes of Health.

Peer review infrastructure will arrive at Crossref in one month.

Once every 4 years editors, publishers, and meta-researchers assemble in Chicago for the Peer Review Congress - an intense researchfest about "enhancing the quality and credibility of science".

Regulations are deterring research that could lead to disease treatments, say scientists.

Deep Argo network of floats expands with $4 million from Paul Allen

Government takes back reserves amassed by the Italian Institute of Technology. “This is the largest investment in competitive funds for basic research of the last 20 years,” says Elena Cattaneo.

Then a lecherous professor made her life hell...

Critics say the organization is trying to intimidate young scientists.

The Reproducible Document Stack will allow authors to submit their manuscripts in a format that includes embedded code blocks and computed outputs, and for publishers to preserve these assets in an enhanced version of the published online article.

Michael N. Hall, John T. Schiller, and Douglas R. Lowy, winners of this year’s Lasker awards for basic and clinical medical research. "Planned Parenthood" honored as Republicans target it for funding cuts.

Predatory journals have shoddy reporting and include papers from wealthy nations

The UK government has called on the European Union to hold a “full and open discussion” on the terms of Britain's participation in EU research after Brexit.

€605 million to 406 researchers across Europe.

Sci-Hub, which is regularly referred to as the "Pirate Bay of science," faces another setback in a US federal court.

As teachers launch personal brands and cast themselves as influencers, start-ups and tech giants alike are racing to cultivate them to spread their wares.

Elsevier signs up to TOP guidelines & develops new data-sharing guidelines for journals.

Britain will offer to keep paying more than £1 billion a year to the EU after Brexit to continue to participate in its science and research programmes.

Over the past decade, scientists or universities have used the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to get thousands of competitors' grants proposals. And many of the targeted scientists are upset.

Scientists, engineers and technical students among those covered by Obama-era protections.

New metric measures how reliable scientific claims turn out to be – but calculating it could be an enormous task.

Why has the UK government returned to an industrial strategy abandoned in the 1980s?

We share what 50 Nobel prizewinners think about issues facing science, universities and the world, from populist politics and researcher mobility, to artificial intelligence and threats to humankind

Approval of Novartis cancer drug is “historic,” FDA says

New restrictions hamper access to websites useful for research.

Energy researcher Daniel Kammen faults US president’s positions on climate change and energy and his failure to condemn white supremacists.

Ultimately, a key question is emerging for higher education institutions: to what extent, and under what conditions, does it make sense to outsource core scholarly infrastructure?

And the finalists are...

This week, six communities launched preprint services to accelerate dissemination of research.