Science

Academics are at the very heart of the knowledge economy, but just how far should they and their institutions go in the commercial exploitation of their ideas? Hannah Fearn explores the potential costs and benefits

Arts and sciences will join forces in a new heritage science research programme. Zoe Corbyn reports

Obituary

The baby-doomers' lament

Kazakhstan has honoured chemical engineer Stef Simons for his long involvement with the country's growth

Policy 'breakdown' sees a quarter of academics head to America, study says. John Gill reports

The REF will leave the funding council with many of the same problems that plagued the RAE, argues Ian Marshall

Clear punctuation and compound constructions in titles give research papers an immediate visual impact, says James Hartley

Attack fuels speculation over the future of Hefce's research funding role. Zoe Corbyn reports

James Stirling relishes his return to research as he anticipates the dawn of a new golden era of particle physics

Science can say what caused an event to occur, but not what caused reality to be such that it did, Michael Bulley observes

Too few research papers are making it into the public domain, study finds. Zoe Corbyn reports.

Academic collaboration between the two nations gets a multimillion-pound boost. John Gill reports

Minister says the UK science council's bid to save £80 million puts observatory jobs at risk. Tariq Tahir and Zoe Corbyn report

Furore over journal's 'misstep' over suspect biology paper raises concerns. Melanie Newman reports

Timothy Gowers devours a dram of pure pleasure

Howard Davies on a saucily titled attack on state funding for research and intellectual property rights

English institutions record second year of growth but Welsh take a hit. Rebecca Attwood reports