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Reformatting Wastes Public Funds

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.

How The Fallout From Trump's Travel Ban Is Reshaping Science

How The Fallout From Trump's Travel Ban Is Reshaping Science

Researchers are cutting short travel, ending collaborations and rethinking their US ties.

Activists Push Psychology Journals Towards Open Data

Activists Push Psychology Journals Towards Open Data

Editor asked to resign from journal for saying he’ll review only papers whose data he can see.

Don’t Let Useful Data Go to Waste

Don’t Let Useful Data Go to Waste

Researchers must seek out others’ deposited biological sequences in community databases, urges Franziska Denk.

UK Scientists Welcome Changes to Controversial Research Reforms

UK Scientists Welcome Changes to Controversial Research Reforms

Amendments aim to protect autonomy and the independence of research funders from political interference.

Ebola Funding Surge Hides Falling Investment in Other Neglected Diseases

Ebola Funding Surge Hides Falling Investment in Other Neglected Diseases

Global research funds for these illnesses are at their lowest levels for a decade, when cash for West Africa epidemic is excluded.

Steps to Help Turkey Build a Future on Research

Steps to Help Turkey Build a Future on Research

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.

The Developing World Needs More Than Numbers

The Developing World Needs More Than Numbers

Policymakers should read the contents of published papers and not just count them, says Dyna Rochmyaningsih.

US Immigration Order Strikes Against Biotech

US Immigration Order Strikes Against Biotech

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.

Israel Edges Out South Korea for Top Spot in Research Investment

Israel Edges Out South Korea for Top Spot in Research Investment

Two countries vie to invest more of their economy into research than anyone else.

Obama science adviser: Trump immigration ban 'an abomination'

Obama science adviser: Trump immigration ban 'an abomination'

John Holdren worries that immigration restrictions could harm researchers' ability to collaborate across borders.

Meet the scientists affected by Trump’s immigration ban

Meet the scientists affected by Trump’s immigration ban

Order barring citizens of seven countries from entering the United States has left many confused and afraid.

Geneticist launches bid for US Senate

Geneticist launches bid for US Senate

Michael Eisen hopes a victory in 2018 will bring a new scientific voice to the US legislature.

Surprising Contenders Emerge for Trump's NIH Chief

Surprising Contenders Emerge for Trump's NIH Chief

Reproducibility guru, former defence-research official and controversial entrepreneur rumoured to be on list, along with current NIH leader and a congressman.

Gates Foundation Research Can’t Be Published in Top Journals

Gates Foundation Research Can’t Be Published in Top Journals

Publications such as Nature and Science have policies that clash with the global health charity's open-access mandate.