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Stereotypes, biases and lack of recognition by teachers and mentors are destroying the confidence of talented female students and driving them from physical sciences, says Chandralekha Singh.
Fights over who invented the gene-editing technology are becoming more complex, and could carry on for years.
Researchers hide ancient weapons and bat skulls, and upload massive sets of data to international servers.
As Ukrainian refugee numbers mount, universities in Europe are starting to grapple with how best to help the Ukrainian academic community.
United Nations resolution on greening plastics is a positive step. As negotiations begin, they must be evidence-based.
Review of a webinar featuring several key players in implementing Plan S, asking what lessons have been learned?
The European University Association (EUA) has suspended 12 Russian universities whose rectors signed a statement supporting president Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and parroting the Kremlin's justification for the assault.
Report on the recent SSP Publisher-Funder Task Force closed forum of funders, publishers, librarians and academics, who met to discuss how collaboration among stakeholder groups may accelerate a transition to open research.
The Academic Freedom Index (AFI) 2022 reveals that almost two out of five people worldwide live in countries where academic freedom has declined substantially during the past ten years.
In 2022 women are playing a greater role in Australia’s research effort, and have more influence over science policy, than ever before. Even though women do sit at the very top, their representation at other levels of the research pyramid is out of balance.
This article illustrates some of the diverse environmental impacts of data storage.
More than the COVID-19 pandemic, lack of leadership is imperiling Biden's intent to reinvigorate American science.
The goal is to get Russian scientists to "look at the facts".
Science is key to building resilience and averting future crises - but that is only possible if policy-makers listen to and trust in both the science and the scientists.
Papers are a key currency for academic careers. LGBQ academic scientists who don’t disclose their sexual orientation in the workplace publish fewer papers than their out or non-LGBQ peers.
Two years into the pandemic, the idea of "following the science" has oversimplified what's actually a complex array of factors that policymakers must weigh in formulating a response. Many other factors play into making pandemic policy.
ASAPBio offers set of principles and guidelines for preprint feedback.
The European Commission has suspended payments to Russian institutions involved in EU-funded research and innovation projects. In addition, the EU will not launch any new cooperation projects with Russian universities, research institutes and companies.
Innovation challenges offer valuable lessons and resources for researcher-entrepreneurs.
"We respect Ukrainian statehood … and we treat the European choice of our neighbours with understanding." So said some 650 Russian scientists and science journalists in an open letter last week criticising Moscow's onslaught against Ukraine.
Science in Ukraine has come to a halt. Russia's invasion has crippled the country's newly established research agency and forced its leader to a bomb shelter in Kyiv.
This study found that the average age of scientists at the time of the breakthrough was higher for researchers from less developed countries. Moreover, individual opportunities in the world were extremely unequal by country of birth, gender significantly conditioned any participation in research, and the probability of becoming a top researcher more than doubled for individuals with parents belonging to the most favoured occupational categories.
Governments, universities and individual academics across Europe over are being forced to choose whether to cut research ties with Russia after Moscow shocked the scientific community with its assault on Ukraine. Germany, Russia's second biggest research collaborator after the US, has said it will halt all scientific cooperation, while the UK is reviewing its links.
Richard de Grijs comes to grips with his field's use of potentially offensive language.
