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The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.

If reviewers can’t reliably tell the difference between top grant proposals, why should they pretend they can? A new wave of funders is turning to lotteries to break the tie.

Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.

Community-owned, open-access title J·ROR aims to advance evidence-based improvements across the research ecosystem

The seminar synthesizes contemporary perspectives on the science of science, emphasizing its evolution, current challenges, and future directions within global research systems. The analysis foregroun...

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A study assessed 1.2 million biomedical publications and measured the ‘unexpectedness’ of their findings.

Brilliant young scientists are struggling to obtain a stable faculty position, all over the world. It seems that “publish or perish” was actually quite hopeful. Now clearly, at least in biology, it…

The nation’s top-down approach contrasts with that of countries such as the United States, where market forces drive innovation.

Members of the independent board that guides the National Science Foundation said they received a notice from the White House that their position was being terminated.

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With a grant from Wellcome, OpenAlex is working to improve its coverage of funding metadata. The three-year project started in September 2025, and the effects are already visible. Building on an earli...

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