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.

Politicians renew commitment to research and education progammes with €25 billion over six years.

Freedom of Information requests reveal substantial hikes in university outlay despite open access push.

Consensus on reporting principles aims to improve quality control in biomedical research and encourage public trust in science

Italian physicist will take the reins at the European physics powerhouse in 2016

China has come to an unsettling conclusion: the system that it uses to invest in science and technology is broken.

On Friday Charles Munger has donated $65 million to the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The gift represents the largest in the school’s history.

A scientific board that helped forge links between European researchers and policymakers will close down on November 1, 2014. It is unknown if the new development commissioner will set up a similar board.

The dominance of the elite journals is eroding.

Nature explores the most-cited research of all time.

The Technical University Dresden is breaking new ground by hiring chairs not tied to a discipline.

Steep budget cuts could push Italian universities and research centers beyond the point of no return, an academic body warned yesterday.

Hundreds of scientists around the world are asking Prime Minister Stephen Harper to end "burdensome restrictions on scientific communication and collaboration faced by Canadian government scientists."

Newly appointed chief executive of the CSIRO Larry Marshall says he is comfortable with crises, which can become a ‘catalyst for change and redirection’