Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne, and Barry Barish, who led the famed LIGO experiment.

Physicist Alexander Sergeyev gets nod from Vladimir Putin.

Biologists are posting unreviewed manuscripts in record numbers. But many are still not sure it's a good idea. A survival guide for scientists.

Lawmakers criticize how the NIH manages the $500 million program.

Cardiology researcher Mona Nemer, is vice president for research at the University of Ottawa.

Early findings from across the geosciences will soon have not one, but two online servers ready to post preprints.

Massive study of Nature journals shows that scientists from developing countries and less prestigious institutes more often prefer reviewers to be blinded to their identity.

UK researchers to build key parts of proposed Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment

American Geophysical Union places harassment, bullying, and discrimination on par with falsification, fabrication, and plagiarism.

Letter requests that ResearchGate consider removing content in violation of copyright.

President Donald Trump has nominated Walter Copan, an expert in technology transfer, to be the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He says his top priority for the agency is to implement the Cybersecurity Framework.

The annual awards recognize the most unusual scientific achievements, such as cats that behave like liquids and tampons that play music.

An initial roster consisting only of men did not go over well at all.

US Lawmakers generally reject Trump’s proposals for deep science cuts.

Some worry that posting unvetted medical manuscripts could cause problems.

Deep Argo network of floats expands with $4 million from Paul Allen

Government takes back reserves amassed by the Italian Institute of Technology. “This is the largest investment in competitive funds for basic research of the last 20 years,” says Elena Cattaneo.

Critics say the organization is trying to intimidate young scientists.

Michael N. Hall, John T. Schiller, and Douglas R. Lowy, winners of this year’s Lasker awards for basic and clinical medical research. "Planned Parenthood" honored as Republicans target it for funding cuts.

Scientists, engineers and technical students among those covered by Obama-era protections.

Approval of Novartis cancer drug is “historic,” FDA says

New restrictions hamper access to websites useful for research.

Disputed internal study implies institute favored big labs run by men

A historian recounts the National Institutes of Health's 1960s pilot test of exchanging unreviewed manuscripts, and how publishers killed it.

FDA says new security policy could bar hiring of about 50 foreign nationals per year

Ismail Serageldin, founding director of the Library of Alexandria, has appealed a 3.5-year prison term