New research shows that most exaggeration in health-related science news is already present in the press releases issued by universities.

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February 9 was a shock for many scientists in Switzerland. Now they start to speak up.

Dame Julia Goodfellow will become the first ever woman to lead Universities UK (UUK), after being named its next president.

Two reports highlight the plight of postdocs on both sides of the pond aiming for academia and how it might threathen research integrety.

The Open Library of Humanities is now open for submissions.

PLOS open-data mandate has prompted scientists to share more data online, but not everyone is complying with the regulations.

Nature will make its articles back to 1869 free to share to be read online but not to be printed or downloaded.

The Public Library of Science’s open-data mandate has prompted scientists to share more data online, but not everyone is complying with the regulations.

SPARC Europe and London Higher have jointly commissioned a study by Research Consulting into the overhead costs to universities of complying with the RCUK OA policy.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plans to require that the researchers it funds publish only in immediate open-access journals.

A political impasse and a mounting pile of debts pose a threat to research in Europe.

One out of eight highly skilled students emigrates from Switzerland. The big looser is the state. But where do they go?

For $25 a year, Google will keep a copy of any genome in the cloud.

Early career researchers among those targeted for extra support

Fewer applications prompt concerns over drop in funding and inflationary pressures.

While Europe’s scientists were watching Rosetta, President Juncker quietly scrapped the role of his top scientific adviser. What does this mean for the future of evidence-based policy in Europe?

Rush Holt, a physicist, educator, and eight-term Democratic member of Congress, has been named the new CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Every year, the US government gives research institutions billions of dollars towards infrastructure and administrative support. A Nature investigation reveals who is benefiting most.

Launch of the Horizon Prizes which offer a cash reward to whoever can first or most effectively meet a defined challenge.

The World Library of Science will give students and teachers around the world access to the latest science.

We announce the launch of a program which integrates our submission process with those of a select set of data repositories to better support data sharing.

France may not have any money left for its universities but it does have money for academic publishers.

California has become the first state to mandate open access for the products of taxpayer-funded research.

Three girls whose passion has had award-winning and groundbreaking results offer tips for excelling at science

Breakthrough Prizes may elevate scientists to rock-stars, showering the finest minds with lucrative awards.

There is widespread ‘scepticism’ about the use of metrics to assess research, according to new evidence.

International comparisons are popular, influential - and sometimes flawed

Nature Publishing Group introduces the Nature Index.

The fraction of cited papers that are at least 10 years older than the paper citing them has increased steadily, from about 28% in 1990 to 36% in 2013.