UCLA professor of Law and Communication Mario Biagioli dissects how metric-based evaluations are shaping university agendas.

The pandemic has worsened the plight of postdoctoral researchers. Funders need to be offering more than moral support.

It's not just the lungs - the pathogen may enter brain cells, causing symptoms like delirium and confusion, scientists reported.

The UK government wants more students to study science subjects - but employers want humanities graduates too.

The pandemic has shown how a lack of solid statistics can be dangerous. But even with the firmest of evidence, we often end up ignoring the facts we don't like.

Invest in Open Infrastructure receives initial funding to launch and hire a Director.

Universal facial masking might help reduce the severity of SARS-CoV-2 and ensure that a greater proportion of new infections are asymptomatic.

After 25 years I feel Britain has broken my trust. I'm one of many academics who now see their future in Europe

Rise in carbon capture as global warming speeds growth of forests would be negated by earlier deaths, say scientists.

Most open access journals lack the technical means and plans to preserve their articles, despite a mandate from some funders that they do so. Specialists worry about a potential loss to scholarship.

We asked GPT-3, OpenAI's powerful new language generator, to write an essay for us from scratch. The assignment? To convince us robots come in peace.

New guidelines aimed at ensuring AI research is of same quality as that in other fields.

The academic and broadcaster recounts her experience of harassment by a colleague.

The Boston university dismissed the students they were caught gathering at a hotel.

Research suggests musicians can reduce infections by decreasing volume.

The coronavirus is spiking around campuses from Texas to Iowa to North Carolina as students return.

Test results in 24 hours, temperature checks at every store, no fights over masks.

The intelligence wars over vaccine research have intensified as China and Russia expand their efforts to steal American work at both research institutes and companies.

UKs Labour Party calls on health secretary to explain reasons behind increase and testing centre problems.

EMBL will hold a virtual conference, 'The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on women in science: Challenges and solutions' on 9 September.

After COVID-19 researchers on the East Coast received a package containing an "unknown substance," the University of Washington told 500 of its staff to be on alert.