As neural nets push into science, researchers probe back

Grant will help sequence thousands of plants, insects, and fungi

Italian scientists eager to go for it alone on experiment to tackle ‘waste heat’ problem.

Fear of investing in innovation is preventing promising start-ups from reaching their full potential and that’s preventing growth across Europe, a conference on the future of EU research funding heard.

Semantic Scholar is the first scientific engine to automatically identify the subset of a paper's citations in which the paper had a strong impact on the citing work.

AI systems spot new particles, see galaxies, sense the public mood from social media.

Influential report suggests simpler, more citizen-friendly system for post-2020 EU research funding.

Framework 9 should be opened up to countries beyond Europe’s neighbours so that the EU can benefit more from global talent, a group of insiders has said.

We have heard a lot of discussion in the U.S. recently in favor of government support for basic research but against support of applied research.

Don’t mention the B word: the first major reform of R&D funding since 1965 aims to make the UK the “go-to place” for science.

Statistical study of how names are geographically distributed suggests fewer professors are hiring relatives after 2010 clampdown.

Heavy investment and low cost of living is powering a meteoric rise.

Bilateral partnership may provide new blueprint for EU east-west collaboration.

The proportion of researchers who only conducted fundamental research collapsed, declining from 24% to 1.6% between 2006 and 2015.

Musicians and moviemakers are not the only ones to suffer from internet piracy.

The ‘trainee’ designation has broad implications, noted speakers at the Future of Biomedical Graduate and Postdoctoral Training meeting earlier this month.

Berlin Universities demand fair prices and free access to information.

Dr Evan Goldstein introduces his project.

Crispr inventor Jennifer Doudna talks about discovering the gene-editing tool, the split with her collaborator and the complex ethics of genetic manipulation.

A group of junior researchers at Cambridge have established a campaign against the damaging pressure to produce 'sexier' results

Fed up with the relentless pressure to produce reams of jazzed-up findings, a group of junior researchers at the University of Cambridge are fighting back with a campaign called Bullied into Bad Science.

The number of researchers who work on basic science questions has dropped precipitously.

Low salaries, excessive bureaucracy and poorly defined research policies add to region’s woes.

A House of Representatives spending panel wants to spare the National Science Foundation (NSF) from most of the 11% cut that was proposed by President Donald Trump for its 2018 budget.

EMBL Council selected Edith Heard as the organisation's fifth Director General. Heard's mandate is scheduled to begin 1 January 2019.

The number of researchers who work on basic science questions has dropped precipitously.

NASA sees a slight increase under the proposed budget while funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is cut by 13%.

New procedures give president final say in academy's elections.

The highest-earning academics aren’t necessarily those who do the most research.

Misinformation about well-being is particularly rife, and particularly dangerous.