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Researchers across Harvard received a record-high $842.5 million in grants in fiscal year 2016—but some say they are bracing for federal funding cuts under the Trump administration and seeking alternative sources of research support.
A project that tried to reproduce the results of 50 landmark papers turned into an arduous slog—and that’s a problem in itself.
Global partnership launched in Davos to prevent epidemics with new vaccines.
Dr. Francis Collins, the director of NIH, "has been held over by the Trump administration," although it's unclear whether Trump may nominate a successor.
Science, technology, and innovation are vital to America’s economy and workforce, and the competitiveness of U.S. industry. The authors offer five recommendations to ensure the establishment of an effective White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Empowering researchers to publish Open Access by bringing transparency to Article Processing Charges.
John Morgan considers the impact on students and US scholars, and the political earthquake’s potential positives
Many professors frequently write tenure-review letters, but as a community, we’re not regularly discussing how we should be doing so, argues Eric Goldman.
Long-serving geneticist to stay in position for time being
Universities across the country are struggling with rising journal prices
Two professors at the University of Washington want to teach students how to survive the avalanche of false or misleading data shaken loose by shifts in media, technology, and politics.
Mixed results from cancer replications unsettle field.
Legislation proposed by State Rep. Rick Brattin, a Republican, would also fix a "broken" system by requiring public colleges to publish the price of individual degrees and the job prospects for students who earn them.
From immunotherapies to diagnostics, an expert panel outlines research goals for broad initiative.
10 recommendations from us to kick-start the New Year with an Open Science bang.
How Congress and Trump could affect the chemistry enterprise.
Academics in Japan are bitterly divided over defence ministry grants to universities for defence-related research.
Open Science efforts like arXiv and PLoS ONE should follow GitHub’s lead and embrace the social web.
A set of computing tools and techniques that every researcher can and should adopt.
Collaborate with academic experts to increase the scientific impact of your work
A popular blog that lists “potential, possible, or probable predatory” publishers and journals has disappeared, but it is not clear why.
The world’s first professor of play – funded by Lego – is being sought by Cambridge University.
A new study commenced work at the start of 2017: the “Next Generation Researchers Initiative,” directed by the Board on Higher Education and Workforce at the National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine.
The work could lead to a new approach to the study of what is possible, and how it follows from what already exists.
What does it mean to be a biohacker, and is this a new revolution for science?
