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Speakers covered topics including talking to your supervisor about career plans and navigating the evolving publishing landscape.

Presidential candidates begin to make clear their stark differences on climate change, energy production and stem-cell research.

Four of the UK’s leading research organisations have launched a concordat that proposes a series of clear and practical principles for working with research data.

European Research Council embarks on an unusual evaluation that could inspire others.

RESAVER aims to improve researchers' mobility—but how many will get on board?

The president of the Royal Society has called for the UK government to underwrite the research of all UK-based researchers who apply for EU funding now.

Scholar says overseas outposts cannot compete with universities abroad without delivering a ‘superior’ service

UK access to EU R&D programmes stimulates £billions of investment and gives the UK access to skills and technologies that it does not have. Ending our access to these programmes will weaken our economy which depends on exploitation of innovative science and technology.

Today, the European Commission announced an investment of €8.5 billion to be released during 2017 into research and innovation, following an update to the Work Programme of Horizon 2020, the EU's research and innovation funding programme.

Head of exchange programme between European universities says its future cannot be guaranted beyond 2017

Uncertainty reigns as the UK struggles with how to sever its relationship with the EU.

On 23 July, around 4500 scientists and friends of science will assemble in Manchester, UK, for the opening of the EuroScience Open Forum, Europe's largest interdisciplinary research conference.

Chemist Claudio Bifano tells Nature about daily life in a country gripped by hunger, scarcity and violence.

Recall of those studying abroad is latest step after forced resignations and firings.

Political turmoil spreads to education sector.

Scientific awards, medals and prizes awarded by the Royal Society in 2016.

The pilot focuses on replicating studies that have a large impact on science, government policy or the public debate.

Race not gender appears to be the most significant factor influencing the award of a National Institutes of Health Research Project Grant, according to a new study led by a University of Kansas economist.

European Investment Bank provides surprise loan to halt startling brain drain.

Reshuffled UK administration signals change for research and science policy.

These are dark times for science so we asked hundreds of researchers how to fix it.

Researchers had rebelled against shift to online-only reviews.

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.

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.

Doubts over the UK’s ability to win future project grants mean some EU partners are avoiding working with British researchers.

The goal being to avoid contributing further to the inappropriate focus on journal IFs.

Reforms by nation’s lead biomedical funder draw harsh critique.

Senior staff at Nature, Science and other journals want to end inappropriate use of the measure.

Launch expected later this year.