The World's Scientific Panel on Biodiversity Needs a Bigger Role
IPBES, the international panel of leading biodiversity researchers, should be consulted on how best to measure species loss.
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IPBES, the international panel of leading biodiversity researchers, should be consulted on how best to measure species loss.
Switzerland will be excluded from Horizon Europe for at least two years, fears Yves Flückiger, president of the country's university association, swissuniversities and rector of the University of Geneva.
Here's how Afghanistan's scholars can be supported.
With today's existing translation tools to overcome language barriers, global collaboration should not be a major feat for researchers. However, through the COVID-19 pandemic, articles published in Chinese journals focusing on important aspects of the disease were never cited by English journals.
Researchers have grown mini brains with light-sensitive eye structures that could lead to breakthrough treatments for vision disorders.
Experts say 17,500 tree species are at risk around the world, including magnolias, oaks and maples.
Food and water were thought to be the main ways humans are exposed to PFAS, but study points to risk of breathing them in.
Osteoarthritis is a crippling, incurable disease. But scientists behind a new large-scale study say their findings could help pave the way to a cure.
A global career move left one member of a scientist couple unemployed during the pandemic. Here's what he learnt.
I pride myself on coming from a place of “yes.” So it was uncharacteristic that, when my department head asked me to share my experiences of homophobia at a recent virtual diversity town hall for faculty, my first reaction was to decline.
This month, Joan Miller retired. You probably haven’t heard of Joan. Joan was the administrator for my grad school department who, for 48 years, made sure everything ran smoothly and—stunningly—never appeared the slightest bit ruffled by the depth or breadth of these demands.
Science is not just something we do at school or professionals undertake in labs. It is at the heart of how everything works.
With 70% of the EU population now fully vaccinated, European universities are planning to welcome students back to lecture halls and seminar rooms for the 2021-22 academic year, after long months of disruption and distance learning.
The largest-ever independent gathering of interest groups, thought-leaders, science advisors to governments and global institutions, researchers, academics, communicators and diplomats is taking place in Montreal and online.
Researchers in developing countries could be frozen out by high article charges unless wider publishing reform is undertaken, say four Brazilian researchers.
PLOS keeps a watchful and enthusiastic eye on emerging research, and we update our policies as needed to address new challenges and opportunities that surface.
Several state legislatures have taken steps to restrict access to gender-affirming health care for transgender adolescents. That goes against medical guidelines.
Some females found to have evolved to have bright plumage, which seems to protect against male aggression, study suggests.
Inventor teams with women represent 16% of filed patents, yet are more likely than male teams to create women's health products.
EU officials are urging Australia and New Zealand to associate to Horizon Europe, publicly telling them how welcome they would be - but it's not clear if the feeling is mutual.
Addressing weaknesses and limitations in your science will reassure potential funders, say grant-writing coaches.
New research points to growing participation of Western Balkans researchers in EU academic exchange programmes, as the EU takes steps to welcome countries in the region as associate members of the Horizon Europe.