SpringerNature, the publisher of science magazines Nature and Scientific American, is preparing a 2018 stock market listing valuing the company at up to 4 billion euros.

Agency staff wanted initiative on firearms violence to continue.

Concern mounts over budget cuts and other changes that undermine basic science.

A European Commission working group recommends Horizon 2020 evaluation process to account for gender issues.

Controversial policy means mainstream media are starting to rival rigorous academic publications in some universities in China.

Semantic Scholar search tool expands to include biomedical science literature.

Concern mounts over budget cuts and other changes that undermine basic science in Japan.

The review of artificial intelligence argues a new AI council should be created but it wouldn't be in charge of regulating systems

DFG approved the funding of 17 high-performance electron microscopes with a total sum of €43 million. Funding for seven microscopes, amounting to €24 million, was awarded in the spring.

How Anne Wojcicki led her company from the brink of failure to scientific pre-eminence.

Fraudulent research and faked peer reviews have led to a humiliating setback for China's goal of becoming a global leader in scientific research.

German libraries and universities want all German-authored papers to be freely available worldwide.

Cost-neutral extension of the existing Springer contracts by one year.

The philosophy behind the Registered Report format is that the intrinsic value of science is in the rigor of the method, not the appeal of the results.

He has long been a thorn in scientists’ sides. Today, Latour wants to help rebuild trust in science.

One prominent research journal just updated its description to explain why it won’t be perfect—and that’s great.

Many of the important papers penned by the chemistry laureates are not freely accessible.

In order to tempt nuclear scientists from countries such as Iran or North Korea to defect, US spy agencies routinely send agents to academic conferences – or even host their own fake ones.

Take-down notices “imminent” as lawsuit is filed alleging widespread copyright infringement.

In some subjects, the impact factor of journal articles is as good a reflection of research quality as judgements by a panel of experts.

Scholarly publishing giants Elsevier and the American Chemical Society (ACS) have filed a lawsuit in Germany against ResearchGate, a popular academic networking site, alleging copyright infringement on a mass scale.

New law would allow commercial planting of transgenic varieties in Uganda.

Recommendations by G7 to rewarding and incentivize Open Science practices and infrastructures for optimal use of research data.

Hany Farid discusses how to detect image manipulations — and the increasing sophistication of forgers.

If officials don't act soon, research institutions could start shutting down next year.

Conference speech raises questions about future of £9,250 fees system and shows impact of Labour policy.

Having an affiliation in more than one country appears to have benefits.

The G7 countries have agreed to explore ways of cooperating to fund research and innovation activities.

The American Chemical Society seeks a broad order that includes millions of dollars in damages and demands action from Internet service providers and search engines. 

International mobility and collaboration are linked to stronger research.