Universities are no longer viewed predominantly as places driven by curiosity and a thirst for knowledge. Instead, they are drivers of economic development.

Pros and cons of an alternative for today’s method of allocating research funds using peer review.

Housing industry labs in academic settings benefits all parties.

Welcome efforts are being made to recognize academics who give up their time to peer review.

Clearly, the key features of Silicon Valley that foster innovation and entrepreneurship can be replicated in and adapted to a wide variety of contexts.

There's a lot that gets done that goes unrecognized. That unrecognized work can not only be crucial for getting to the actual research outcome put forward in the form of publications, but also for reflecting important skills gained.

A new way to measure whether an experimental result is really replicated.

Joint winner says move to UK was important to his success and fears impact of government migration controls and funding freeze.

"More people over 65 are funded by research grants than those under 35."

On identifying Nobel-worthy scientists.

Wall Street analysts say open access has failed, but their analysis might help us succeed. If we dare.

I have a dream…. that one day top‐quality science will be practised all over the world. Yes, I know: it's just another of my silly dreams.

According to a new report, the answer is "both."

Changes that will bring scientific discovery more freely into the public domain are happening.

Reply to a recent opinion stating that creativity was being suppressed in science.

Interview with Walter Gilbert, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

The research conducted using federal funds is driven - and distorted - by the academic publishing model.

The crowdsourcing model of raising public funds online for individual projects is becoming a real possibility for medical and scientific research.

Comment by Julia Lane and Jason Owen-Smith

The sciences can be a sanctuary for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals, but biases may still discourage many from coming out.

10% of all postdocs stay in academia but nearly 80% hope to pursue an academic career

The PLOS Pathogens team reflects on their most widely shared article and the benefits and pitfalls of sharing science research on social media.

I have never liked how scientific journals charge us to read the research that we produce. But that is another debate for another day. What I really hate is how they abuse this power to stifle debate in the name of their business interests.

Why shouldn’t publishers celebrate an improved impact factor?

Although thinking is the core business of scientists, we rarely ponder how it thrives best; this is ironic, as there is abundant scientific insight to draw upon.

Gisou van der Goot, professeure à l’EPFL, a récemment été confirmée dans son poste de doyenne de la faculté de Sciences de la vie de l'EPFL.

George Church is a genetics pioneer whose research spans treating diseases, altering bodies and a desire to breed woolly mammoths

Faut-il un conseiller scientifique en chef pour la Commission Européenne ?

Are there any lessons to be learnt from the field of healthcare quality which could improve our approach to assessing research quality?

Academia doesn’t make the grade as a training ground for today’s world