Behavioral ecologists are in turmoil as dozens of research papers involving an expert on social spiders draw scrutiny.
The Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program launches its Call for Applications 2020.
Champions of traditional journal publishers are often unwilling to acknowledge how slow and ineffective correction in science can be.
The failure-ridden search for a vaccine that can stop the AIDS virus has delivered yet another frustrating defeat.
Scientists are rapidly posting findings about the new coronavirus outbreak online, accelerating the speed of scientific discoveries - and of misinformation.
A traveler to Germany from China who infected another person did feel ill, contradicting New England Journal of Medicine report.
Experts see two scenarios: 2019-nCoV becomes like the four little-known coronaviruses already endemic in people, or it becomes like the seasonal flu.
Academics say case of Dr Asiya Islam, turned down after 10 years in UK, gives the lie to assurances Britain is open to experts.
The potentially illegal archive is a 'moral imperative,' said one organizer.
A mean and aggressive research working culture threatens the public's respect for scientists and their expertise, says Gail Cardew.
New diseases are mirrors that reflect how a society works-and where it fails.
The Iowa caucus debacle proved that a 21st-century election requires 19th-century technology.
Most of the world's supply of masks and respirators comes from China, and a supply chain gap poses a risk to everyday health care beyond the viral epidemic.
Finland has already achieved considerable milestones in fostering an open science culture on a national level. A recently published evaluation highlights best practices in Finland, barriers and ideas to remove them.
Scientists influenced by funding priorities promoted by regional, national and transnational funding bodies, as well as by the academic mania for ‘interdisciplinariness’, feel compelled to develop a concrete interdisciplinary research topic and organize their research collaboratively.
A new study found that Registered Reports are only about 50% as likely as standard, non-RR research to confirm their hypothesis.
The Health Research Council of New Zealand is the first major government funding agency to use a lottery to allocate research funding for their Explorer Grant scheme. A recent survey examines how well the measure is accepted.
Modelers are trying to forecast how the virus will move, but they need better data.
As the new coronavirus continues its deadly spread, researchers must ensure that their work on this outbreak is shared rapidly and openly.
Research involves deep discussions between authors and reviewers. Starting this week, readers of some Nature Research journals will be able to see this up close.
People who do too much service can take longer to advance in their careers, are often unhappy with how service is distributed in the department and are more likely to burn out or leave the academy, write Rachel McLaren and Anthony Ocampo, who offer tips for avoiding that.
Former editors-in-chief at European Law Journal say the departure of editorial boards raises issue about 'who owns' scholarly journals.
Do you know what is meant by the term 'transformative agreement' or how 'Read and Publish' deals are structured? Today we explain the concepts behind these increasingly important approaches.
Curtin University researchers will help create a new international data trust to improve the measurement and analysis of open-access (OA) books.
Farmers could increase their revenues by increasing biodiversity on their land according to interdisciplinary research in Switzerland and Germany.
For 17 months, the Bibsam Consortium did not have an agreement with the world's largest scholarly publisher, Elsevier. There is now a summary of the consequences for the consortium, the concerned organizations and their researchers.
