What it means for researchers.

Microsoft, Google and Baidu are joining forces in Open Academic Search, an initiative led by Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence.

A new paper argues that journal publishers should become much more transparent about their peer review practices.

Proposal to change widely accepted p-value threshold stirs reproducibility debate.

The European Commission plans to launch its open science cloud by 2020, but calls on universities to train more data scientists

One of scientists’ favourite statistics — the P value — should face tougher standards, say leading researchers.

The National Academies has launched a new study on how to move toward an open science enterprise.

In the past few months, three high-profile science conferences have ignited internet ire for their lack of representation of women.

The country desperately needs more egghead lawmakers. Right now, Capitol Hill has almost none.

When the results of clinical trials aren’t made public, the consequences can be dangerous — and potentially deadly.

The country wants to use a focus on research to solve its problems and build diplomatic ties in the Middle East.

As an alternative to the Journal Impact Factor, editors propose an index that measures highly cited papers.

The European Commission should give Framework 9 applicants access to the full evaluation reports for their proposals, a Swiss position paper on the programme has said.

The number of grant applications is going up in almost every country and field, whereas budgets are mostly flat or shrinking.

Günther Oettinger says research should be the only programme spared spending cuts as the EU weighs how to make up for losing the UK’s €11B per annum contribution.