Senators raise concerns about how Eric Lander of the Broad Institute has handled equality issues.

Tying federal research funding to scientists’ efforts to inform and engage the public can help fix widespread indifference to science.

A bipartisan bill aims to increase the National Science Foundation’s budget over the next five years and form a new technology directorate.

Ronald Davis of Stanford University changed his focus to research on ME/CFS, the disease formerly known as chronic fatigue syndrome, in a bid to help his son and others like him.

More than 3,000 researchers have signed on to a petition that expresses concern over the agency’s 2021 application for the funding program, which emphasizes three areas of computational science and might further disadvantage underrepresented groups.

Rick Bright will no longer head the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority and will instead work at the National Institutes of Health on diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2 infection.

The plan to revitalize the European innovation landscape is entering a transition.

The country’s new government appears to have heard the call from academics for an independent body to distribute federal research funds.

Federal grant support for technology transfer at universities will strengthen the national innovation system.