Topics range from cultures of translation in the early modern period to functions of the CRISPR-Cas system / Approximately €100 million for three years

A new programme aimed at providing funding to Irish researchers involved in exploratory blue skies research has been launched.

The Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC) is a collaboration between scholarly publishers, researchers, and other interested parties to promote the unrestricted availability of scholarly citation data.

While the US accounts for 75% of global digital health deal share, deal flow to international startups continues to climb.

Column by Maria Leptin, Director of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Statement by Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation concerning the recent legislative changes to the Hungarian national higher education Act.

Q&A with the author of a new book on reproducibility.

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Open Science DB is a grassroots movement led by graduate students in science who aspire to make scientific research more accessible to the public.

Because sharing underlying data is essential for accelerating scientific advances and maximizing the value of research.

The vision for what is hoped to be the largest science advocacy event in history.

In our complex and interconnected world, we need leaders of imagination, understanding, and emotional intelligence. To cultivate such leaders, we must value and invest in the humanities, says Peter Salovey, President of Yale University.

How can something exclusive, secretive, and irreproducible be considered to be objective? How can something exclusive, secretive, and irreproducible be considered as a ‘gold standard’ of any sort?

Many famous scientists have something in common—they didn’t work long hours.

Tal Danino manipulates microorganisms in his lab to create eye-catching, colorful patterns.

Discovering that there is a way to get out from the situation which keeps us locked into the legacy publishing system.

At ScienceOpen, we have over 28 million article records all available for public, post-publication peer review (PPPR), 3 million of which are full-text Open Access. But is there anything we can do to increase its usage and adoption as part of a more open research culture?

When I first received one of your reports, I lay on the couch hugging a cushion. Then rage set in and I wanted to prove you wrong.

Even if your intention is the noble quest for truth, selling your science as a long-term technology investment might be an easier sale to some.

40 leading experts working on the theory and practice of evidence for policy convened in Brussels to discuss the specific competences needed to succeed in this area.

Authorea seeks to marry the ease of writing on Word or Google Docs with the power of LaTeX, HTML, and Git.

The good news is you’ve published your manuscript! The bad news? With two million other new research articles likely to be published this year, you face steep competition for readers, downloads, citations and media attention.

10 breakthrough technologies that will affect the economy and politics, improve medicine, or influence our culture.

Case studies and lessons from the data-intensive science.

OpenTrials is an open database for clinical trials developed by Open Knowledge International to help researchers and patients get useful information from clinical trial materials.

Women scientists from yesterday who overcame even bigger barriers and changed the world.

We continue to hear about the lack of trained library staff in schools, despite ongoing research indicating that the presence of teacher librarians leads to improved learning outcomes. Kay Oddone highlights the many benefits teacher librarians can bring to the wider school, and why their role is integral to the learning of both students and staff.

Inside the invisible war for the open internet.

The scope of open science and the variety of actors involved make it not realistic, and even counterproductive, to expect there to be, now or in the future, one definition of open science that fits all.

Last year’s Federal budget contained a number of significant dollar boosts for Canadian research but, more importantly, the language behind…