The European Commission, which spends more than €10 billion annually on research, may set up a “publishing platform” for the scientists it funds, in an attempt to accelerate the transition to open-access publishing in Europe.

New research shows large spillover from the lab to commercial activity.

Papers from 2015 are a tougher read than some from the nineteenth century — and the problem isn't just about words, says Philip Ball.

More than 30% of biomedical studies funded by the US government are later cited in commercial patents.

Several pricey drugs projected as best-sellers have flopped, unnerving the industry. Is the era of the biotech blockbuster over?

Behavioral and computer scientists are working together to combat the spread of bogus stories.

With the small number of tenure-track faculty positions available and the large number of Ph.D. holders in career limbo, many are advocating for increased numbers of staff scientist positions.

These are the 2017 winners of the Vizzies Challenge.

The Trump administration is proposing a $1.2 billion cut this year to the NIH (National Institutes of Health) budget, targeting research grants.

The World Health Organization says cases are climbing where immunisation coverage has dropped.

New machine-learning algorithm lets computers “talk” to one another, win cooperative games.

An analysis of more than 50 collaborations shows the secrets of success, write Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld and colleagues from the Stakeholder Alignment Collaborative.

Commission may follow Wellcome Trust and Gates Foundation in establishing a rapid-publication platform.

From pilots to practice, more and more publishers are warming to open peer review.

Decision contrasts with U.S. ruling in long-standing battle over genome-editing tool

Beleaguered institution cancels presidential election two days before vote, and appoints acting chief.

Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Trump is going to unveil a new White House agency called the "Office of American Innovation".

Surging investment in machine learning is vaulting Google into the scientific stratosphere.

The scale of "fake research" in the UK appears to have been underestimated, a BBC investigation suggests.

International student applications were down at nearly 40% of U.S. schools surveyed.

A recently revealed contract between Elsevier and the Dutch research institutes lays bare the retardant tactics the publishing giant employs to stifle the growth of open access.

Agency attempts to set the record straight after suggesting rise in cases.

Global health charity is latest funder to start its own publishing ‘channel’ — and the European Commission is considering its own service.

 eLife has made it possible to submit the work first to eLife and then post the manuscript directly to bioRxiv. 

Emphasis on innovation overshadowed by funding freeze for key research councils.

It is common practice for medical researchers to hoard results for months or years until research is published in an academic journal. Even then, the data underpinning a study are often not made public.

Papers reporting Gates-sponsored research cannot be charged for.

In the latest ploy, a group of researchers in Poland tried to seat a fictional scholar onto the editorial boards of 360 academic publications.

In its new federal budget, Canada invests in machine learning and teaching kids to code, but offers no real plan for how to address workplace automation.

Efforts to get to grips with the problem have meant new ideas and technologies are now being brought to bear