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Technically-trained graduates vital for development, says thinktank chief

Following previous trips to the country, physicist receives huge welcome after joining Chinese social network

Increased funding is now available applying and commercialising research

Take it as a compliment if other people are doing similar studies to you, says Sam Schwarzkopf

A skilful and charismatic ¡®drug hunter¡¯ has died

Scientific misconduct increasingly studied as example of ¡®occupational crime¡¯, researcher says

Budding scientists get a chance to enjoy ¡®thrill of discovery¡¯ in research in schools project led by schoolteacher academic

Is the subject¡¯s amalgam of a wide range of subject matter and methodologies a strength or a weakness? Five scholars have their say

Tim Birkhead warns of the ¡®end of science¡¯ unless academics push back against threats to creativity and integrity

Aaron Huertas offers advice on how to overcome perceptions of being cold but competent 

Conference hears that fundamental skills, rather than specific languages, will serve graduates throughout their careers

But authors of original paper hit back, saying latest assessment is ¡®very optimistic¡¯

Blogging is now an essential weapon in most scientists¡¯ armoury

Hopes that coordination across universities and better career paths can renew technician workforce

Times Higher Education hears how Wu's career encompassed filming Tiananmen protests and sending China¡¯s first email

Being part of a 'Big Science' collaboration was challenging but exhilarating, says Martin Hendry

The House of Representatives approves legislation that dictates NSF grants can be awarded only to projects in the ¡®national interest¡¯

Two famous experiments have reached the silver screen. Antonio Melechi on the relationship between the academic discipline and Hollywood

Drug company hopes to provide a new home for studies that try to replicate previous experimental results

Subra Suresh fears that business short-termism, increasing research costs and worries over cybersecurity are undermining the incentives to invest

A cancer researcher who greatly enriched our understanding of the processes of tumour formation has died

A high school dropout turned Harvard scholar tells Matthew Reisz why the academy¡¯s one-size-fits-all mentality must go

Committee of MPs hears that effort to conduct vaccine and treatment trials during outbreak in West Africa was ¡®³Ü²Ô³¦´Ç´Ç°ù»å¾±²Ô²¹³Ù±ð»å¡¯

As technology changes rapidly, how can the academy respond to the challenge of educating for an unwritten future? John Gilbey went to Silicon Valley to find out

Critics fear proposals for high-level body could risk politicising scientific decisions.

After a man dies following a clinical trial in France, Christopher Roy-Toole asks whether lessons were learned after a similar incident in the UK

Hundreds of mathematicians who moved to the West are enjoying success in the US and Europe, new study suggests

Science suffered restrictions and reductions in funding under the previous government. Will the Trudeau administration put it back on track? Ellie Bothwell investigates

A leading researcher on diseases spread by insects and ways of combating them has died

Are scientists just uninterested in religion or actively at odds with it?

Investment pays off for the economy, finds groundbreaking US study

New publishing model aims to make research accessible to all without charging authors

Survey also finds that women do more work with the general public than male researchers

Unexpected creation of a ¡®Global Challenges Research Fund¡¯ means that if they want more money, academics may have to contribute to international development

Is the biomedical research facility dubbed ¡®Sir Paul¡¯s cathedral¡¯ built on sound foundations?

Science and Technology Committee raises fears that resource spending has not kept up with new infrastructure

Author of new book The Cunning of Uncertainty fears pressure for scientific certainty is leading researchers to make promises they cannot deliver

Programme from the American Association for the Advancement of Science will provide professional training for community engagement managers

A new paper finds that more than half of economic studies are unreproducible. But there could be even deeper issues with the discipline, says David Matthews

Stephen Curry is campaigning against possible cuts to the UK research budget, and he needs your help

An electrical engineer who pioneered major developments in signal processing has died

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

From the battle against Ebola to climate change strategy, research insights from a wide range of disciplines are proving invaluable, says Mark Walport

Leading environmentalist says it is 'ridiculous' for university heads to 'shuffle responsibility'

Vast majority find position in STEM-related careers, although fewer stay in research over the longer term

They think I¡¯m a rising star, says a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford, but my hopes of a real career in science are sinking

The best forms of public engagement tend to be ¡®dirt cheap¡¯ and profitable, says author

Stereotypes, prejudice and laddish behaviour still deter young women interested in physics, engineering and computer science, says Eileen Pollack

A pioneering engineer known as ¡®the father of aeroacoustics¡¯ has died

The good, the bad and the offbeat ¨C the academy through the lens of the national press

Emeritus Cancer Research UK lab director shares chemistry prize with two US-based researchers for work on DNA

Study finds ¡®super ties¡¯ with another academic can lead to higher citation rates

Japanese and Canadian professors awarded prize for their work on ¡®nature¡¯s most elusive elementary particles¡¯

China¡¯s long wait for a home-grown Nobel prize in science is now over, but concerns over its university culture remain, says David Matthews

Five contributors recall friendships and encounters with preeminent scientists, writers and philosophers

Partnership with Cornwall College Group will see tourist attraction open its doors to undergraduates

Most REF case studies related simple, short-term impacts, missing a host of wider, longer-term effects, argues Trisha Greenhalgh

Inspired by previous movement in 1960s, PhD students say that ¡®science is not neutral¡¯ and urge scientists to confront their assumptions

Seminar considers the achievements ¨C and even greater potential ¨C of academic partnerships between the countries

Peer review system ¡®lacks capacity¡¯ to deal with ¡®flood¡¯ of new papers, meaning some could be unjustly dismissed