State and federal ministers say they will pump up science budgets by 3 percent per year for the next decade, as they have done since 2006.

From canceled conferences to delayed publications, fallout of the shutdown spread beyond US borders, prompting concerns about long-term damage to international collaboration.

The three-year contract, in which all articles will be published as open access in exchange for an annual fee for journal subscriptions, is a triumph for Project DEAL.

The move is a show of support for Project DEAL and the open-access movement.

Consortia in both countries are pushing for open-access subscriptions with the publisher.

A consortium of institutions will not renew its contract with the publisher that ends in June, following the lead of organizations in other countries.

Research suggests that the invasive, all-female Procambarus virginalis originated in a German aquarium back in the 1990s.

Applications for Phase 1 and 2 human studies in Germany frequently lack sufficient information about an intervention’s efficacy in animal experiments, according to a new study.  

The findings of an official report come a month after a German court ruled in favor of banning diesel cars.