Remote working, research delays and childcare obligations are taking their toll on scientists, causing stress and anxiety.

The newly announced California/Elsevier transformative agreement will test the financial sustainability and the financial desirability of the multi-payer model.

Grant success rates for scientists in under-represented groups are lower than for white applicants, a recent analysis from Cancer Research UK finds.

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A group of volunteers is preparing to live in complete isolation deep in a cave in southwest France for 40 days as part of a wide-ranging study into human behaviour.

Although women now make up a narrow majority of students, few make it to the academic upper echelons in Switzerland. Change is coming about... slowly.

A Nature poll shows that a year of online research conferences has brought big benefits, but blending them with in-person meetings in future will be a challenge.

Projects tackling some of world's major problems - including the climate crisis - are set to be cancelled or cut back after budget cuts.

Although women now make up a narrow majority of students, few make it to the academic upper echelons in Switzerland. Change is coming about... slowly.

Graduate student advocacy groups were central to designing the program, which provides a semester of funding if a trainee needs time to find a new mentor.

The European Commission is trying to block countries outside the European Union from participating in quantum computing and space projects under Horizon Europe, its new research funding program.

The UK is facing severe financial pressures as a result of COVID-19 and its impact on the economy. As a result, the UK government has decided to reduce the funds available for Official Development Assistance.

A new study of the city's program that sent cash to struggling individuals finds dramatic changes.

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An analysis of 32 countries finds differences between national guidance and Europe-wide code.

This author weathered repeated rejections, but constructive feedback helped him to find ways to stand out from the crowd.

The International Society for Informetrics and Scientometrics (ISSI) is an international association of scholars and professionals active in the interdisciplinary study science of science, science communication, and science policy.

Looking for a research paper but can't find a copy in your library's catalog or popular search engines? Give Internet Archive Scholar a try! We might have a PDF from a "vanished" Open Access publisher in our web archive, an author's pre-publication manuscript from their archived faculty webpage.

At the risk of breaking the Fourth Wall, here's a story about peer reviews that weren't - and shouldn't have been.

Yes, all of the COVID-19 vaccines are very good. No, they're not all the same.

After getting $500 per month for two years without rules on how to spend it, 125 people in California paid off debt, got full-time jobs and reported lower rates of anxiety and depression.

We've discovered neurons in CLIP that respond to the same concept whether presented literally, symbolically, or conceptually.

The intervention was the earliest action yet known in an effort by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo that concealed how many nursing home residents died in the pandemic.

The National Institutes of Health will fund researchers to track people's recovery, and will host a biospecimen bank.

"It almost seems like a magical thing," said one of the astronomers involved in studying the lunar phenomenon.

International study finds change in attitudes possibly driven by anticipated regret of not having vaccine.

On March 4, 1969, the Union of Concerned Scientists held its first public event at MIT with the goal of disrupting teaching and research to give way to a different kind of teaching-reflecting on the misuse of scientific knowledge. It's relevance is continued.

The total number of butterflies west of the Rockies has fallen 1.6% a year since 1977, a study finds: "You extrapolate it and it's crazy."

Conservation groups welcome aspects of the largely voluntary packaging and recycling targets but warn regulation will be necessary.

This newsletter takes a closer look at the effect of measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among the participants of the CTC surveys in fall 2020.