While statistical significance sends the so-called significant results into the literature, the results on the other side of the threshold often disappear into the “famous file drawer”.

A North American framework for creating transformative change in the scholarly publishing industry based on initial insights from the University of California's 2018-19 negotiations with Elsevier.

Just as patients' access to journals is important,so is the access of doctors in developing countries.

University libraries around the world are seeing precipitous declines in the use of the books on their shelves.

The region already hosts some of the world's leading scientific countries, and some of its smaller states are quickly catching up.

Atomic Age would mark the start of the current geologic time unit, if proposal receives final approval.

On the eve of the European Union's parliamentary elections, a special issue examines the prospects for science across the region.

The European Union's cross-border collaborative programmes offer lessons for the rest of the world.

To the companies selling tests, the ever-evolving nature of ancestry reports is more of a feature than a bug. To consumers, it can mean an identity crisis.

Frequent rejection and a loss of control are making university staff isolated and ill, new research shows

Proactive, cosmopolitan and open, the European Union is filling a leadership void on the global stage.

Language, cultural differences and expense are common downsides in some European countries, but researchers who land in Europe love the opportunities to learn new techniques, work in a diverse setting and polish their confidence.

Nature asked nine leading Europeans to pick their top priority for science at this pivotal point. Love, money, and trust got the most votes.

Published peer review is now an available option for all PLOS journal submissions.

Support from mainstream diversity initiatives would create a virtuous circle of visibility and benefit science for all, urges Jon Freeman.

We need to let non-scientists know that science isn't based on "proof," but rather on the practice of testing and checking one another's work.

Gran Sasso lab plans to shut down two of its large experiments in 2020.

Wie die Innovationsförderung des Bundes in ein bürokratisches Ungetüm verwandelt wurde.

Former EuroScience Secretary General Peter Tindemans, argues that it is good news that the European Parliament and European Council have reached a partial agreement on the contours of Horizon Europe, the next EU R&D programme.

I attended csv,conf,v4 in Portland, Oregon in May 2019. Here are a few reflections about the conference and a bit about my talk where I shared progress from the Openscapes Champions.

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New International Research and Innovation Strategy launched to ensure the UK remains a global leader in science.

The first international meeting on postgraduate mental health was an important step, but much more is needed to solve academia's crisis.

Countries in southeast Asia, Africa and South America lead the way on free-to-read literature.

The country's major funding agency says the tool reduces the time it takes to find referees.

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