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Over 1,000 representatives from the private sector, philanthropy, science, diplomacy and politics discussed the implications of future scientific and technological breakthroughs.
Funding is becoming more concentrated, with increasingly large grants going to fewer projects.
MEPs call the agreement “the first important milestone” in the negotiations, with a committee vote scheduled for November 10.
Institutions need to take responsibility for colleagues doing politicised research.
This study finds that, although deliberative citizen assemblies proposed more ambitious recommendations than existing climate policy, these recommendations rarely translated into actual policy decisions.
What does it cost to uphold research integrity in scholarly publishing?
Through a narrative analysis of three case studies, this paper identifies that at a global scale, coordinated and well-designed policy with decisive implementation is key for catalysing step-changes in Ocean-related options progress.
A new publication aims to train young scientists to act responsibly and ethically, be good stewards of public funding and trust, and navigate the broader responsibilities that come with being a scientist in this rapidly shifting landscape.
Citation analysis is widely used in research evaluation to assess the impact of scientific papers. These analyses rest on the assumption that citation decisions by authors are accurate, representing the flow of knowledge from cited to citing papers. However, in practice, researchers often cite for reasons that are not related to the fact that there has been (intellectual) input from previous papers.
The Irish presidency says its negotiating position gives a boost to research. MEPs and universities disagree. We unpack the figures on each side.
Researchers are using AI as a sounding board throughout their work. But concerns are growing that companies may present users’ ideas as those of their models
Meaningful work, flexibility and job security all matter more than salaries do, Nature's job satisfaction survey shows.
A new ZBW study involving 908 economics and business students examines how literature search is changing, where students encounter difficulties, and what this means for information literacy teaching in libraries.
Algorithm looks for clues about a paper's origin that text-based detectors miss.
A start-up founder calls out inherent flaws in grant evaluation systems, which stifle innovation.
This study identifies unusual growth in scientific correspondence after the widespread adoption of generative AI and suggests that AI may be contributing to publication inflation in a format that is citable, lightly regulated and often not peer reviewed.
