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A US project is exploring the use of software to assign confidence levels to published research.
Unlike most faulty research practices, fraud actively evades detection. It is also overlooked because the scientific community has been unwilling to have frank and open discussions about it.
Researchers have been left without access to new papers as libraries and the major publisher fail to agree on subscription deals.
Why some scientists choose to forgo promising careers abroad to return to their countries of birth.
Peace and EU membership have allowed scientists in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to build a unique, cross-border research system.
As the chase for new elements slows, scientists focus on deepening their understanding of the superheavy ones they already know.
Laboratory heads need training, support and accountability to connect people across cultures.
Brigitte Van Tiggelen and Annette Lykknes spotlight female researchers who discovered elements and their properties.
More than 1 million studies are now downloaded from the site every month, mostly in neuroscience, bioinformatics and genomics.
Scientists with first-hand experience of rejection offer their advice.
The sudden halt to US government functions leaves me worried about the effects on science for years to come, says Anne Jefferson.
Lab gloves, fly food and charter planes - UK research institutes are preparing for a possible snap departure from the European Union in just 10 weeks.
To increase transparency in science, some scholarly journals have begun publishing peer review reports. Here, the authors show how this policy shift affects reviewer behavior by analyzing data from five journals piloting open peer review.
A new analysis of biomedical awards over five decades shows men receive more cash and more respect for their research than women do, report Brian Uzzi and colleagues.
If South Africa truly wants to encourage good research, it must stop paying academics by the paper.
Trees are supposed to slow global warming, but growing evidence suggests they might not always be climate saviours.
Scientists who have historically been at a disadvantage when pursuing traditional funding sources are now the most successful at sourcing money from the public.
The most-searched keywords in the Scopus database and on Google, revealed.
Space missions can continue to collect data, but thousands of federal researchers are forced to stay home without pay.
Senate confirms meteorologist Kelvin Droegemeier to lead the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Promising immunizations for diseases that affect mostly people in low- and middle-income countries need help getting to market.
Ten people who mattered in science in 2018. Picks include a rogue gene-editor, a wunderkind physicist and a DNA detective who helped catch a serial killer.
If you're looking to move labs, countries or sectors this year, or seeking general career inspiration, here's some advice from five researchers who featured in Nature Careers in 2018.
Offending researchers could face restrictions on jobs, loans and business opportunities under a system tied to the controversial social credit policy.
Despite the growing interdisciplinarity of research, the Nobel prize consolidates the traditional disciplinary categorization of science. There is, in fact, an opportunity for the most revered scientific reward to mirror the current research landscape.
Many undergraduates in the natural sciences will never take part in research, despite a willingness to learn. But their presence can teach others how to lead.
Gene targeted for its role in HIV is linked to increased severity of other infectious diseases - and could affect learning in mice.
