Even as the US shrinks and narrows trials, the need for this research continues. Read more

Scientists who identified body’s ‘security guards’ that protect cells when others are being attacked first to be honoured in this season’s awards Read more

Federal officials are raising long-standing concerns with research journals and the academic incentive structures propping them up. But experts say the government alone can’t overhaul the industry. Read more

The panel’s overriding concern is to ensure that research is used productively. But observers worry that pushing universities to specialise in centrally determined ‘focus areas’ risks inadvertently turning them, in effect, into government agencies Read more

Researchers replicate impact of Trump’s cuts on previous decades, identifying steep drop in medical innovations Read more

Researcher whose name appeared on letter coordinated by the group Scholars for Truth About Genocide says he has no idea how it got there Read more

Digital Science said its investigation showed how weaknesses in research and publishing systems can be systematically exploited Read more

Migration of talent “already under way” as experts predict decision will still delay development of vaccines that could save lives. Read more

Instead, those who have lost funding can take their claim to a different court. The plaintiffs’ lawyers condemned the decision as a “significant setback for public health.” Read more

Researchers observe shifts in behaviour among mathematicians as they approach breakthrough point Read more