Fewer students are enrolling in doctoral degrees(nature.com)

215 points by rntn 1 year ago | 393 comments

More than 40% of postdocs leave academia, study reveals(nature.com)

188 points by ipster_io 1 year ago | 204 comments

US Supreme Court allows NIH to cut $2B in research grants(nature.com)

49 points by rntn 1 year ago | 5 comments

China overtakes United States on contribution to research in Nature Index(nature.com)

34 points by eunos 3 years ago | 35 comments

Future is quantum: universities look to train engineers for an emerging industry(nature.com)

33 points by bookofjoe 2 years ago | 43 comments

Japan's push to make all research open access(nature.com)

612 points by sohkamyung 2 years ago | 92 comments

Nature news article on Japan allocating 10 billion yen to institutional repositories to make the nation's publicly funded research free to read.

New US visa rules will force foreign students to unlock social media profiles(theguardian.com)

350 points by sva_ 1 year ago | 402 comments

Guardian news article on new US visa rules requiring foreign student applicants to make social media profiles public for vetting of hostility toward the US.

Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll international students(nytimes.com)

560 points by S0y 1 year ago | 550 comments

New York Times article on the Trump administration halting Harvard's ability to enroll international students; the capture shows only a captcha page.

California bans legacy admissions at private universities(nytimes.com)

535 points by JumpCrisscross 2 years ago | 563 comments

New York Times article reporting that California has banned legacy admissions preferences at private universities such as Stanford and USC.

Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says(reuters.com)

1167 points by mriguy 1 year ago | 1459 comments

Reuters news article reporting that the Trump administration will impose a $100,000 fee on H-1B worker visas, according to the White House.

Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears(nature.com)

355 points by mdhb 1 year ago | 243 comments

Nature news article reporting that scientific conferences are relocating or pausing US meetings because foreign researchers fear border and travel problems.

US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives(reuters.com)

440 points by colinhb 8 months ago | 372 comments

Reuters article on the US ordering its diplomats to oppose foreign data sovereignty initiatives; the page loaded a bot-verification captcha instead.