The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is the second major US funder to mandate that the research it pays for must be free to read on publication.

Researchers will also recommend an open-access policy that promotes research being shared in online repositories.

Race against time to save plants and fungi that underpin life on Earth, global study shows.

Cornell University researchers analyzing 38 million English-language articles about the pandemic found that President Trump was the largest driver of the "infodemic."

It's not R. But unless you’ve been reading scientific journals, you’re less likely to have encountered k, the measure of the dispersion of the virus.

Techniques such as inclusive teaching can inspire “hyperpersistence”. 

Amy Coney Barrett is likely to influence the court on environmental regulation and scientific expertise, say legal scholars.

Two recent research efforts looked into the southern alligator lizard, which has one of nature's more extreme mating strategies.

New antigen tests will help tackle a dangerous inequality, says Charlotte Summers, lecturer in intensive care medicine at the University of Cambridge

Even as faculty members are given more time to meet a deadline for tenure, many say they are getting less work done because of child care needs.

Public trust in a potential vaccine is under threat. Drug companies and their academic partners must disclose protocols and results data.

A series of research papers renews hope that the long-elusive goal of mimicking the way the sun produces energy might be achievable.

Can biodiversity be preserved if the most important countries in the world causing climate change do not sign the pledge?

The Nature Index tracks the affiliations of high-quality scientific articles. The infographic indicates patterns of international collaboration captured by the Nature Index.

28 September marks the first celebration of the International Day for Universal Access to Information since its proclamation by the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, is of crucial importance.

One of the UK’s leading public health experts has warned that universities should be two-thirds empty in order to prevent massive spikes in coronavirus infections across campuses.

China blocked the Wikimedia Foundation’s application for observer status at the World Intellectual Property Organization. As a result, the Foundation’s application for observer status has been suspended and will be reconsidered at a future WIPO meeting.

In the world of scientific research today, there’s a revolution going on – over the last decade or so, scientists across many disciplines have been seeking to improve the workings of science and its methods. To do this, scientists are largely following one of two paths: the movement for reproducibility and the movement for open science. Both movements aim to create centralized archives for data, computer code and other resources, but from there, the paths diverge. 

Recent advances are bringing cancer vaccines much closer to reality, giving patients another weapon in their arsenal of cancer treatments, according to Dr Madiha Derouazi, CEO of Amal Therapeutics and one of three winners of the 2020 EU Prize for Women Innovators.

If the vote is close, Donald Trump could easily throw the election into chaos and subvert the result. Who will stop him?

Immunization has always been a proxy for wider fears about social control, a history reminds us.

The Times spoke to two dozen experts who said decisions made now would spell the difference between a difficult future and something far worse.

Elon Musk made big promises at Tesla's highly anticipated event. But a prototype never appeared, and it was unclear what the company had actually achieved.

New policy comes after serious quality control questions were raised about the data relied on by a study in the medical journal

Some of the leading candidates might work better for the richest people in the world, simply on account of how they're made.

Months after infection with SARS-CoV-2, some people are still battling crushing fatigue, lung damage and other symptoms of 'long COVID'.

The government and vice-chancellors have a duty of care, yet in too many colleges, Covid security is mere hygiene theatre.

Leading academics respond to government plan to end link between charter mark and research funding, amid fears that equality issues will be sidelined.

Gongs also awarded for research into vibrating earthworms, French kissing and bellowing alligators.

The editor of Science has abandoned staid academic-speak to take on falsehoods in the White House-decorum be damned.