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

The French mathematician was cited “for his pivotal role in the development of the mathematical theory of wavelets.”

When Dr. Fraud applied to 360 randomly selected open-access academic journals asking to be an editor, 48 accepted her and four made her editor in chief. 

Support for science comes through reallocated money in “innovation” programs.

An investigation finds that dozens of academic titles offered 'Dr Fraud' — a sham, unqualified scientist — a place on their editorial board.

Court documents suggest Monsanto helped “ghost write” paper

Yves Meyer wins the Abel Prize for role in theory with data applications from digital cinema to pinpointing gravitational waves.

Researchers at Harvard Medical School said it was time to ponder a startling new prospect: synthetic embryos.

European Digital City Index measures fertility of cities across Europe for innovative digital firms.

The glass ceiling appears sooner than we thought.

Scientists look to AI for help in peer review.

Hundreds of researchers pick through clinical trial from a major blood-pressure study, to the dismay of some who collected the information.

A website for monitoring open science worldwide.

Editors are more likely to select reviewers of the same gender.

New techniques being used to produce our food or shape the environment raise regulatory questions.

Diverse and controversial opinions are “a hallmark of MIT,” says director of MIT Media Lab.

The study says DeepMind and the NHS shared data without patient consent. DeepMind says the published study has flaws

IVF technique uses DNA from three people to prevent genetic diseases being passed on, and could be offered by Newcastle clinic from this summer.

The Research Council of Norway has granted ten research groups status as Norwegian Centres of Excellence.

Academia says payments essential to high-quality research.

Trump’s pick for the US regulatory agency will bring experience and a clear vision — as well as ties to industry.

Crippling the US National Institutes of Health might increase resistance to other attacks on science.

Program brings artificial general intelligence a step closer by using previous knowledge to solve fresh problems

University of Newcastle researchers receive license for mitochondrial replacement therapy in patients

NIH cuts could mean no new grants in 2018.