Wellcome Open Research provides all Wellcome researchers with a place to rapidly publish any results they think are worth sharing.

A new study shows computers outshine real-life academics when performing some scholarly research tasks

The 150 best universities for delivering work-ready graduates

Member states are planning to halve an expected increase to both Horizon 2020 and the Erasmus+ budget between 2017 to 2020.

The move by Chinese scientists could spark a biomedical duel between China and the United States.

2016 winners include journalists from China, Germany, Sweden, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

No male nominees will be accepted in two special election rounds that seek to address gender imbalance.

Journal experiments and surveys suggest scientists are coming round to the idea of publishing review reports. A few journals, such as PeerJ, the BMJ and F1000Research, already embrace open peer review in various different forms.

A new search engine called Semantic Scholar helps academics deal with the increasingly enormous volume of academic research.

An academic search engine that utilizes artificial intelligence methods to provide highly relevant results and novel tools to filter them with ease.

In 2013, we set out to build Mozilla's first open science program with support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Over three years later, we're pleased to announce a two-year award from the Sloan Foundation to further support that work in advancing openness, adoption and reproducibility in science.

Semantic Scholar extends its reach to neuroscience, analyzing millions of science articles

eLife has appointed Paul Shannon as its new Head of Technology to oversee the development of tools and software in support of science communication.

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The majority of our authors are opting in to publish reviewer reports of their papers.

A PLOS selection of research articles, guidelines, and commentaries about data sharing, data practices, and data policies from different research fields.

The Winnower will power a range of publishing services for researchers who are writing on Authorea.

Biomedical funders worldwide are adopting the US agency’s free Relative Citation Ratio to analyse grant outcomes.

World Health Organization asks research initiatives to focus on translating their findings into clinical benefits.

Tata Trusts and UC San Diego partner to establish Tata Institute for Active Genetics and Society.

The University of Oregon is launching a new science campus, backed by a $500 million gift from Nike Inc. co-founder Phil Knight and his wife.

Republicans sweep White House and US Congress, with uncertain implications for research

Reviewers who are experts in a given field are more likely to deliver harsher critiques of papers that hit close to home, researchers report.

Agency’s governing board discusses mandatory 10% reimbursement for visiting scientists.

The European Commission and the European Investment Fund are inviting applications for setting up and managing one or more private-sector led, market-driven Pan-European Venture Capital Funds-of-Funds.

5-year subscription access to around 1,850 journals on Elsevier’s ScienceDirect e-platform.

Computerized search of trial registry lists worst offenders.

Podcasting can offer personal and professional benefits for researchers who want to dive in.

Calculation suggests papers with women first-authors have citation rates pushed down by 10%.

Updating postdoc administration at institutions.