Supporters of new publishing model still face skepticism about journals' viability

Proposed US open-access law could create more problems than it solves, critics warn

International labs get samples of Chilean beach blob, whale blubber is leading theory but giant octopus not ruled out

Andrew Wilkie had refused to consider Israeli student for a position in his lab

US congressman joins push to promote public access to publicly funded research

University of California to use its electronic superarchive as platform for launching journals

D.F. Dowd Joel Hirsch, an Israeli biochemist at Tel Aviv University, has one more thing to worry about when he submits a scientific paper for publication: the possibility that scientists who disagree with his country's policies will shun his work. "My nightmare scenario is that the paper gets sent to a reviewer who might have an axe to grind about Israeli scientists," Hirsch says. In the year since some British researchers called for a boycott of Israeli scientists, funding agencies have larg

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New York meeting explores remaining mysteries and clues about the new virus

Harvard, first to ban Toronto travel, feels vindicated by latest developments.

Science graduate students walk out of classes and labs in start of weeklong union action.

New Majority Leader's influence on US science policy and funding hard to predict.