Reformatting Wastes Public Funds
Limited public funds for scientific research are being spent on reformatting manuscripts for different journals, without any apparent gain for science or society.
Send us a link
Limited public funds for scientific research are being spent on reformatting manuscripts for different journals, without any apparent gain for science or society.
Policy reinstates restrictions on immigration from six countries but exempts current visa-holders.
Researchers are cutting short travel, ending collaborations and rethinking their US ties.
Editor asked to resign from journal for saying he’ll review only papers whose data he can see.
Researchers must seek out others’ deposited biological sequences in community databases, urges Franziska Denk.
Amendments aim to protect autonomy and the independence of research funders from political interference.
Nobel-winning inventor of ways to modify genes
Lessons to US scientists in how to protect scientific integrity under US President Donald Trump.
Proposing a new kind of paper that combines the flexibility of basic research with the rigour of clinical trials.
Scientists ought to address the needs and employment prospects of taxpayers who have seen little benefit from scientific advances.
Global research funds for these illnesses are at their lowest levels for a decade, when cash for West Africa epidemic is excluded.
The provisional agreement may set a precedent for other funders and journal publishers.
The Turkish government must stop university dismissals and commit itself to creating a welcoming research environment if its grand plans for science are to succeed.
Policymakers should read the contents of published papers and not just count them, says Dyna Rochmyaningsih.
Publisher restores access as negotiations for a nationwide licence continue.
Coalition of scientists and research agencies argue for a one-stop shop server.
Nearly 100 founders and leaders of biotech companies express their deep concern and opposition to the executive order signed by President Donald Trump on January 27, 2017.
Two countries vie to invest more of their economy into research than anyone else.
John Holdren worries that immigration restrictions could harm researchers' ability to collaborate across borders.
Order barring citizens of seven countries from entering the United States has left many confused and afraid.
Michael Eisen hopes a victory in 2018 will bring a new scientific voice to the US legislature.
Programming tools can speed up and strengthen analyses, but mastering the skills takes time and can be daunting.
Moonshots, road maps, frameworks and more are proliferating, but few can agree on what these names even mean.
President Trump’s unconventional stances cannot go unchallenged.
Open-science advocate says journals should be clearer to peer-reviewers about terms and conditions.
A geneticist's decision not to publish his finalized preprint in a journal gets support from scientists online.
From immunotherapies to diagnostics, an expert panel outlines research goals for broad initiative.
Reproducibility guru, former defence-research official and controversial entrepreneur rumoured to be on list, along with current NIH leader and a congressman.
Publications such as Nature and Science have policies that clash with the global health charity's open-access mandate.