Open data fuels economic growth. Many believe in the theory and ask for the proof. A new report by Nesta and the ODI adds to the evidence of the impact of open data.

The editorial staff of a research journal have resigned to protest the company’s failure to embrace open access.

RELX share price is up 100 percent during the past five years and is now near its all-time high.

Biomedical research has faced criticism for being unreliable, but a report from the Academy of Medical Sciences might change all that.

Some research funders have mandated in recent years that studies they finance be published in open-access journals, but they've given little attention to ensuring those studies include accessible writing.

What benefit does a future scientist derive from knowing something about art and literature?

Technology companies know they have a gender and diversity problem in their work force, and they are finally taking steps to try to fix it.

While colleges often focus on increasing the diversity of their student body, educators say that same emphasis is necessary for hiring professors.

Publishers should apply consistent policies to correcting the published literature and adopt versioning. The scientific community ought to encourage corrections.

Scientific publishing has undergone a revolution in recent years - largely due to the internet. And it shows no sign of letting up as a growing number of countries attempt to ensure that research papers are made freely available. Publishers are struggling to adapt their business models to the new challenges.

As an institution, science is not fond of privilege. Success in science is supposed to be the result of merit - hard work, tenacity and, to some degree, sheer luck - not nepotism, favoritism, or entitlement.

Some scientists the long-awaited paper of the Blue Brain Project, a 10-year program spearheaded by neuroscientist Henry Markram, as proof that the idea of modeling a brain and all of its components is misguided and a waste of money.

Giving the same information to multiple scientific teams can lead to very different conclusions, a report published today in Nature shows.

The Welcome trust has collaborated with the government on several big capital projects, including Diamond Light Source in Oxfordshire and the new Francis Crick Institute laboratories.

Huge disparities in parts of the developing world offer important clues about how American men and women perceive the world in higher education today.

A new book argues for less focus on structures and funding for interdisciplinarity, and more on the everyday highs and lows of collaboration.

Scientists should consider engaging more with the DIYbio community.

Two years in, a $1-billion-plus effort to simulate the human brain is in disarray. Was it poor management, or is something fundamentally wrong with Big Science?

Laura and John Arnold, a Houston couple, have become the Medicis for "research integrity". They finance the Center of Open Science (COS) and the METRICS Institute led by J.P. Ioannidis at Stanford.

Crowdsourcing research can balance discussions, validate findings and better inform policy.

A debate is growing in the research world over the value of replicating older, peer-reviewed studies.

Humans are remarkably good at self-deception. But growing concern about reproducibility is driving many researchers to seek ways to fight their own worst instincts.

Major awards honor the scientists who are usually in the least need of recognition and funding, which squeezes out opportunities for other scientists.

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has gone to a researcher who spent her entire career researching traditional Chinese medicine...

Is "Precision Medicine" another case of rebranding, as chemistry has morphed into nanotech?

A massive increase in the power of digital technology over the past decade allows us today to publish any article, blog post or tweet in a matter of seconds.

The lead paper describing Homo naledi has been viewed more than 170,000 times in one week.

To me, volunteering your time means forgoing payment for your time. But how is this affected when someone else is cashing in on your time instead?

[19]PubPeer is a bit like an extended journal club; not a bad idea to promote communication among scientists, you might think, so why the controversy?

Would we be possibly be better off without any patents at all?