Deaf student Liam Mcmulkin has created more than 100 signs for words used in science.

Numerous unsung women, from computer engineers and mathematicians to secretaries and seamstresses, helped put a man on the moon. Here are the stories of some of those women.

A giant data store quietly being built in India could free vast quantities of science for computer analysis - but is it legal?

We can't let that happen to women working on climate science today

The working example represents a major milestone in the development of Libero Publisher, a community-supported tool to help modernise academic publishing.

So does Sci-Hub lead libraries to cancel journals, or doesn't it? Maybe the answer isn't a simple yes or no.

The Spektr-RG x-ray mission will be Russia's only space observatory.

The £50 note gets a makeover with the image of a computer pioneer.

Elsevier, the world's largest publishers of academic journals, just stepped up its fight with the University of California by cutting off UC's access.

An examination of introductory psychology textbooks suggests that prospective psychological researchers may learn to interpret statistical significance incorrectly in their undergraduate classes.

Studies that provide access to underlying data are cited 25% more often than those that don't.

The 10,000-hour rule says intense, dedicated practice makes perfect - at that one thing. But what if breadth actually serves us better than depth?

The Research Misconduct Board is one of the first national agencies tasked with investigating serious research misconduct.

New research finds that even under blind review, women score lower than men when applying for grants. The reason? The words they use.

To boost inclusivity, we need to do better at tracking data and holding institutions accountable.

Publisher Elsevier halts UC's access to new articles but UC Berkeley Library can connect readers with what they need. 

University of Geneva Professor Daphne Bavelier explores how individuals learn and adapt to changes in experience, whether induced by nature or by training.

The crisis of academic freedom in Europe emerged as the main theme at the recent "Bologna Process Beyond 2020: Fundamental values of the EHEA" conference in Bologna. More than 200 university rectors and 800 other stakeholders participated.

The German science organisations express their concerns regarding the plans of the Hungarian government to install new legislation affecting the freedom and autonomy of science in Hungary.

As lecturers, we're protesting today to persuade the university to pay its PhD teaching staff proper wages

Hungary's parliament passed a law on Tuesday that will significantly increase state control over the research, funds, and membership of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Without reimbursement for relocation costs, PhD students and postdocs are often forced to empty savings accounts, seek financial help or even rack up debt.

Research shows a trillion trees could be planted to capture huge amount of carbon dioxide.

In this paper the authors argue that the linguistic framing of open access by a variety of stakeholders may inhibit the uptake of open access publishing.

The collection of content related to the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers' (Eurodoc) commitment to Open Science.

The switch to double-blind peer review will affect roughly 650 scientists working on projects worth an estimated US$55 million.

California moves toward creating the strictest regulatory landscape for for-profit colleges in the U.S., but proposed legislation has already been weakened.

Casual contracts causing extreme levels of personal and financial hardship, union claims.

Researchers describe how a government crackdown on foreign influence is affecting them following a statement of support from their university.