It's time to move from debate to action with new mechanisms for funding research into diseases faced by developing countries.

Efforts to limit publication of controversial bird flu research could end up doing more harm than good.

A decision to delay, yet again, the destruction of smallpox virus stocks ignores the concerns of the developing world.

To retain public trust in a connected world, science academies need to be more open about the way that they operate.

Ensuring science is conducted with integrity requires a supportive culture, not draconian rules and sanctions.

A meeting in Berlin brought unequal health research partnerships into the open — but will its framework kick-start progress or gather dust?

Journalists in China — as elsewhere — have an important function to play in reporting on how science and technology affects people's lives.