This week more than 30,000 neuroscientists are in Washington, D.C., for the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. Yesterday the directors of several components of the National Institutes of Health appeared at a press conference to tout research that their institutes had funded.

First words, then deeds. Frustrated that White House officials have ignored congressional language curtailing scientific collaborations with China, legislators have decided to get their attention through a 32% cut in the tiny budget of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Science lobbyists say that's a bad idea.

The protracted saga of Judy Mikovits, the lead researcher who tied a mouse retrovirus to chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), has taken yet another dizzying turn.

Research on chimpanzees is no longer necessary to fight many diseases. In HIV, they simply didn't prove useful; for malaria, better alternatives existed. But the one remaining exception, the ground over which the deciding scientific and ethical battles will be fought, is hepatitis C.

A libel case brought against the scientific journal Nature by an independent physicist is hearing statements from defence witnesses this week in London

A new play brings Marie Curie's dramatic story to life, capturing the passion and struggle that led to her two Nobel prizes

U.S. researchers with an unorthodox idea in two or more scientific fields now have the chance to bypass the normal peer-review process at the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Fertilized eggs could be granted human rights, depending on how Mississippi voters cast their ballots Tuesday on Initiative 26, otherwise known as the "personhood" amendment. The polls say the anti-abortion referendum is likely to pass. It shouldn’t, writes bioethicist Art Caplan.

A personhood amendment on the state ballot would declare that life begins at conception. There is support for the measure in the conservative state but opposition from groups that say its broad language could limit contraception and threaten fertility treatments.

A statewide survey and interviews with LAUSD elementary school teachers and administrators find that students are receiving little hands-on science instruction.At some Los Angeles elementary schools, teachers have drastically cut time for science because of pressure to focus on reading and math. If they can incorporate science into class time, they say they mostly have to buy their own supplies.

Custodians of the basic units of measurement have agreed on a proposal that would redefine the mole, kilogram, kelvin and ampere using nature's constants

Presidential hopeful Ron Paul's new proposal to slash federal spending would wipe out large chunks of the government's research portfolio.

The grim outlook for biomedical research funding is causing much angst at the $30.7 billion National Institutes of Health (NIH). In an unusually candid move this week, NIH described some of its tough choices in detail and reached out to the scientific community for advice about how to keep afloat the labs of the investigators it funds.

The Republican leaders of the House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology have some suggestions on where to cut $1.5 billion from the Fiscal Year 2012 research budget—and they are drawing mixed reviews from science advocates.

Women who donate their eggs to research in the United Kingdom should be compensated for the discomfort, risk, and inconvenience they undergo according to a report published yesterday by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. In their report " Human bodies: donation for medicine and research," the influential think tank also recommends that the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) pay for the funerals of organ donors.