The View from Kyiv: Head of Ukraine's Research Agency Calls for International Help
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.
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Making the Most of World Talent for Science? The Nobel Prize and Fields Medal Experience - Scientometrics
Making the Most of World Talent for Science? The Nobel Prize and Fields Medal Experience - Scientometrics
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.
Europe Divided on Whether to Isolate Russia Scientifically
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.
Offensive or Inclusive Language in Scientific Communication?
Richard de Grijs comes to grips with his field's use of potentially offensive language.
Thinktank Linked to Tech Giant Canon Under Pressure to Remove 'dangerous' Climate Articles
Thinktank Linked to Tech Giant Canon Under Pressure to Remove 'dangerous' Climate Articles
Exclusive: Some Canon Institute for Global Studies posts call the climate crisis 'fake news' and compare Greta Thunberg to a communist
Limiting the Damage: UN Helps Policy-makers Tackle Climate Change
As extreme weather events become commonplace, threatening communities and economies across the world, the UN is helping policy-makers and leaders by projecting the impact of future climate hazards, and recommending the best, most cost-effective ways to adapt.
On the Intensity Decay of Tropical Cyclones Before Landfall - Scientific Reports
On the Intensity Decay of Tropical Cyclones Before Landfall - Scientific Reports
It remains unclear how tropical cyclones (TCs) decay from their ocean lifetime maximum intensity (LMI) to landfall intensity (LI), yet this stage is of fundamental importance governing the socio-economic impact of TCs.
Viewpoint: The Science World Should Keep Talking to Russia
"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.
What the Russian Invasion Means for Clinical Trials in Ukraine
Russia's invasion has the potential to disrupt clinical trials in Ukraine, warns one of the many companies staging trials in the nation.
UK Scientists Fear Brain Drain As Brexit Rows Put Research at Risk
Projects in jeopardy as EU revokes millions in grant offers after failure of trade talks
Nature is Trialling Transparent Peer Review - the Early Results Are Encouraging
Last year, nearly half of Nature authors agreed to publish anonymous referee reports.
Designing Grant-Review Panels for Better Funding Decisions: Lessons from an Empirically Calibrated Simulation Model
Designing Grant-Review Panels for Better Funding Decisions: Lessons from an Empirically Calibrated Simulation Model
This article explores how factors relating to grades and grading affect the correctness of choices that grant-review panels make among submitted proposals. It seeks to identify interventions in panel design that may be expected to increase the correctness of choices.
Precipitation Effects on Grassland Plant Performance Are Lessened by Hay Harvest
Precipitation Effects on Grassland Plant Performance Are Lessened by Hay Harvest
Climate and human management, such as hay harvest, shape grasslands. With both disturbances co-occurring, understanding how these ecosystems respond to these combined drivers may aid in projecting future changes in grasslands.
U.N. panel warns of global warming's toll on humans and nature
Impacts will be worst for ecosystems and humanity's most vulnerable
Wanted: Better Systems for Turning Evidence into Action
The pandemic created a colossal demand for scientific evidence to inform decision-making. Now researchers are mapping out what went wrong and what needs to change.
WEF Young Scientists Call to Address Missing Link Between Policy and Science
WEF Young Scientists Call to Address Missing Link Between Policy and Science
Scientists from the World Economic Forum's Young Scientists community want to see the social value of scientific research better recognised and acknowledged. Published today by Frontiers Policy Labs, a call has been signed by 52 scholars from some of the world's foremost academic institutions. The signatories say that for science to become rooted in decision-making, a new culture of engagement between policymakers and scientists needs to be established.
Leading Climate Research Publisher Helps Fuel Oil and Gas Drilling
Elsevier's work with fossil fuel companies 'drags us towards disaster', climate researcher says.
'Follow the Science' Is a Slogan, Not a Policy
Two years into the pandemic, the catchphrase allows elected officials to duck responsibility for setting Covid rules.
EU Should Sever Scientific Ties with Russia, Says Leading German MEP
EU Should Sever Scientific Ties with Russia, Says Leading German MEP
A leading German member of the European Parliament urged the EU to sever all scientific relations with Russia, stepping up pressure from Berlin to use science as a diplomatic weapon against Moscow.
Building Trust in Science
Engaging citizens in research will be a big priority for the new Horizon Europe funding programme. Horizon Europe includes a €2 million research call for recommendations to strengthen societal trust in science, research and innovation, while the programme is also seeking to encourage more public participation in scientific research.
Inequality in Science and the Case for a New Agenda
The history of the scientific enterprise demonstrates that it has supported gender, identity, and racial inequity. To reverse this situation, the scientific community must reexamine its values and then collectively embark upon a moonshot-level new agenda for equity.
Spain Sets out to Overhaul Research Careers
Spain has set out to improve the lives of its researchers after years of hand to mouth existence and a brain drain that has significantly weakened the public research sector. A reform of a 2011 law will see young researchers getting permanent contracts, recognition of experience gained abroad and new labour rights. At the same time, there will be increased public spending on research.
Female Scientists in Africa Are Changing the Face of Their Continent
Why international researchers should be lining up to collaborate with women working in science across Africa.
The Dark Side of Online Space Disinformation
Cosmologist Katie Mack shares tips for spotting and combating physics falsehoods online.
Keep Science out of Europe's Post-Brexit Arguments
Scientific collaboration has become a casualty of Switzerland's and the United Kingdom's tussles with the European Union.
The Giant Plan to Track Diversity in Research Journals
Efforts to chart and reduce bias in scholarly publishing will ask authors, reviewers and editors to disclose their race or ethnicity.
Peer Review: Feeling Like a 'real' Scientist
Peer reviewing helped a graduate student to finally gain a sense of belonging within the research community.
Discussion Begins in Brussels over Science Sanctions on Russia
Discussions are underway in Brussels over whether Russia should be cut out of future Horizon Europe projects after president Vladimir Putin recognised two separatist-held parts of Ukraine as sovereign states and requested permission from parliament to send in troops on a mission.
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