Election campaigns are light on science. But once a new president is in office, technical issues have a way of demanding attention

Uncertain government funding drives effort to beef up private support for research

A neuroscience initiative is boosting the number of female invited speakers at meetings. Other disciplines should do the same.

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative aims to have major impact by 2100.

Constitutional amendment would freeze public spending at current levels for 2 decades.

The Higher Education and Research Bill has to be amended before it undermines the autonomy and vitality of our universities and the UK research base

PeerJ will be indexing one of their flagship open access journals, PeerJ Computer Science, with ScienceOpen.

Science policy fades into background for many who back Republican candidate in US presidential race

New report describes steps to double progress in 5 years

Biden announced a comprehensive plan for his Cancer Moonshot initiative, which seeks to achieve a decade’s worth of progress on cancer research in five years.

New service offers a rigorous independent peer review and helps you publish quickly in the best possible journal. Submission is free.

Meta’s mission is to unlock all of the world’s scientific and technical information through artificial intelligence.

More than $300M in new STEM initiatives were announced at the White House Frontiers Conference.

Times Higher Education analysis reveals the institutions with the most affiliated Nobel prizewinners this century

Nature’s new kid on the block Scientific Reports is now the biggest journal in the world. But while such giants are currently overturning the world of scholarly publishing, their long-term future is unclear.

Labfolder GmbH and the Max Planck Society announced today a licensing agreement to  provide up to 11,000 scientists with labfolder’s laboratory data management digital platform

<p>Desperate health officials are investing in new control strategies, but the evidence - and the economics - are still hazy.</p>

New rules also loosen restrictions on Cuban-made pharmaceuticals.

To ease the transition to a future professorship, trainees should spend some of their time on activities other than research, our contributors explain

Worries include how to coordinate research programmes and resources from different countries.

U.S. intel agencies are trying to make better use of findings from the country's leading social and behavioral scientists.

Archives reveal the most-nominated researchers who missed out on a Nobel Prize.

A new report from the US Administration focuses on the opportunities, considerations, and challenges of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Mismatch of skills and labour market as university education keeps growing is bad for students and employers, suggests CIPD

ORCID receives further $1.84M follow-on funding from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.

A poll revealed today that Americans are still majorly divided on the causes and cures of climate change, The New York Times reports.

The European Commission’s flagship investment scheme is imbalanced towards the EU’s richest countries, according to a report by the European Investment Bank.

Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have given millions of dollars to nearly 100 prominent health groups in recent years, while simultaneously spending millions to defeat public health legislation.

On Ada Lovelace Day, Jenny Rohn reflects on her own experience of fixing gender inequalities in science.

Open Knowledge International is delighted to announce the launch of the public preview beta version of OpenTrials at a panel session on ‘Fostering Open Science in Global Health’.