After years of government rhetoric about boosting the commercial benefits from university research, Australia's record is still among the worst in the developed world.

A new study finds that scholars who wrote about topics associated with women, or used methodologies associated with women, were less likely to go on to get senior faculty positions than those who did not.

A patent waiver will not help guarantee COVID-19 vaccines equity around the world and instead richer countries should back compulsory licensing, says a new report by the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA).

A high-profile replication study in cancer biology has obtained disappointing results. Scientists must redouble their efforts to find out why.

Ten people who helped shape science in 2021.

Fund and use 'living' reviews of the latest data to steer research practice and policy.

Scientists can be asked to help find solutions during disasters. A study of how archaeologists worked on the problem of looting during the Syrian war offers lessons for science done during crisis.

From Omicron to a Mars helicopter to an Alzheimer's firestorm, our news editors choose the defining moments in science and research this year.

Political leaders in Florida and Missouri are opting to censor scientists and bury COVID-19 data rather than use that data to protect people in their states. In Florida, state officials pressured researchers at the University of Florida to destroy COVID-19 data and prevented them from accessing stat

Tornadoes can be destructive and hard to predict. We know why they form and that climate change can play a part - but we can't always see them coming. Here's why.

The Parker probe is exploring the corona to help scientists better understand solar outbursts that can interfere with life on Earth

Jennifer Heldmann laughed when I pointed out that she used the word "unprecedented" five times in a recent paper.

First impressions of Horizon Europe are in, as the research world gets to grips with the €95.5B research programme.

Delhi court will scrutinize whether the pirate paper website falls foul of India's copyright law. The verdict could have implications for academic publishers further afield.

The decision to appoint a board of advisors is welcome - and urgent, given the twin challenges of COVID and climate change.

New investment from eLife's funder-partners reflects their commitment to transforming research communication.

On 6 December 2021, the agreement associating Israel to Horizon Europe entered into force.

The US is set to fund prizes, challenges and research projects to create so-called "democracy affirming technologies" that allow open societies to reap the benefits of innovation without sacrificing privacy or accountability.

Springer Nature has published 1,000,000 open access articles. Steven Inchcoombe discusses what they've learned during this process, and what it means for the future of open access.

Europe needs to build eleven new international research labs at a cost of €4.16 billion, according to the latest roadmap from the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI), published on 7 Dec., as the European Commission called for a review of funding sources for the shared facilities.

Various studies show people have better immune responses and produce more antibodies with a combination of the AstraZeneca, BioNTech or Moderna vaccines.

On a cold, dry Tuesday in December, 1940, Rita Levi-Montalcini rode a train from the station near her home in Turin, Italy...

The travel photography blog Capture the Atlas has published its annual northern lights photographer of the year collection with stunning images from 25 photographers. Coinciding with the northern lights season at the end of the year, it aims to share the beauty of this natural phenomenon

Should YouTube treat climate misinformation the same way it treats Covid-19 misinformation? A top U.S. climate expert says yes.

Experts say scheme seems designed to create valuable dataset rather than improve screening.

The research and higher education plans of the new german government include a new national technology transfer agency, better living support for students, and more job security for early career academics.

COVID researchers are working at breakneck speed to learn about the variant's transmissibility, severity and ability to evade vaccines.

The data are growing that booster jabs enhance protection - but their durability, impact and ability to quash the new variant are unknown.

The training course adds to ongoing efforts to promote greater diversity in scholarly review.