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'Good' settlement for science may come with strings

'Good' settlement for science may come with strings

Science budget will rise with inflation amid cuts elsewhere, following government spending review.

Scientists take to the streets over funding

Scientists take to the streets over funding

Researchers leave their labs to call for greater public support of research.

NIH to retire all research chimps

NIH to retire all research chimps

NIH director Francis Collins announced that the 50 NIH-owned animals that remain available for research will be sent to sanctuaries.

Research for all

Research for all

Numbers on racial bias in research grants awarded by the NIH show that science has more to learn about inclusiveness.

Breakthrough prizes give top scientists the rock star treatment

Breakthrough prizes give top scientists the rock star treatment

The richest awards in science were handed out Sunday night when the Breakthrough Prize organization presented a total of $21.9 million to physicists, mathematicians, life scientists and one talented high school student.

Equality gives men better lives

Equality gives men better lives

If you live in one of the more gender equal countries in Europe, the chances of having high quality of life are about twice as big as for those living in one of the less gender equal counties. Moreover, the chances of depression, divorce, or becoming a victim of violent death are smaller.

India orders premier labs to pay their own way

India orders premier labs to pay their own way

India's Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has boosted the country's economy by fostering a booming generic drugs industry and devising new approaches to hybrid crops. Now, the network of 38 national laboratories needs to nurture its own finances.

British MPs warn over science funding

British MPs warn over science funding

Britain is falling behind competitors in research and development investment and the government will be putting jobs at risk if it does not protect science funding in the Spending Review.

EC names seven researchers as its top science advisers

EC names seven researchers as its top science advisers

The outgoing head of CERN is among a group of seven researchers who will form a panel to provide independent scientific advice to the European Commission.

Court orders shutdown of Libgen, Bookfi and Sci-Hub

Court orders shutdown of Libgen, Bookfi and Sci-Hub

A NY District Court has granted Elsevier's request for a preliminary injunction against several sites that host academic publications without permission.

Success rates: surge in applications to 'struggling' research councils

Success rates: surge in applications to 'struggling' research councils

Success rates fall at five out of six councils amid warnings that the process could become ‘more of a lottery’ as reviewers are stretched.

Massive pool of US biomedical postdocs starts to shrink

Massive pool of US biomedical postdocs starts to shrink

A decades-long surge in the numbers of US biomedical postdocs may finally have ended..

2015 Nature graduate-student survey

2015 Nature graduate-student survey

Graduate students dream of academia but are keeping their career options open, according to a 2015 Nature survey.

UC policy extends free access to all scholarly articles written by UC employees

UC policy extends free access to all scholarly articles written by UC employees

University of California expands the reach of its research publications by issuing a [3]Presidential Open Access Policy, allowing future scholarly articles authored by all UC employees to be freely shared with readers worldwide.

Over 60% of 2015 research articles on Nature.com are OA

Over 60% of 2015 research articles on Nature.com are OA

Sixty three per cent of original research articles published to date on nature.com in 2015 are open access, nearly 10,000 papers. Ten years ago, NPG introduced its first fully open access journal. Today, NPG publishes over 80 journals with an open access option.

AAAS expands the Science Family by Launching Two New Journals

AAAS expands the Science Family by Launching Two New Journals

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) announced plans for two new peer-reviewed journals, Science Robotics and Science Immunology..

Wellcome Trust to fund more long-term projects to counter 'pressure to publish'

Wellcome Trust to fund more long-term projects to counter 'pressure to publish'

The Wellcome Trust is to fund more long-term research projects because of fears that the pressure to publish and the need to show research impact will prevent academics from successfully tackling the world's most pressing challenges.

Publons partners with ORCID to give more credit for peer review

Publons partners with ORCID to give more credit for peer review

Building on the momentum of Peer Review Week 2015, we are excited to announce a partnership with ORCID to extend the credit you get from your Publons verified reviews.

Commission invests €16 billion in funding for research and innovation over next two years

Commission invests €16 billion in funding for research and innovation over next two years

The European Commission will boost competitiveness by investing almost €16 billion in research and innovation in the next two years under Horizon 2020, the EU's research and innovation funding scheme.

Christmas is over: Research funding should go to research, not to publishers!

Christmas is over: Research funding should go to research, not to publishers!

LERU Statement for the 2016 Dutch EU Presidency.

Cardiologist to head extramural research at NIH

Cardiologist to head extramural research at NIH

Michael Lauer, who has been with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute since 2007, will become NIH deputy director for extramural research in a few weeks.

Initiative helps match refugees with science jobs

Initiative helps match refugees with science jobs

A new program will connect researchers with universities but won't give them preferential treatment.