Successful Early-career Scientists Rely on Network of Mentors
Successful Early-career Scientists Rely on Network of Mentors
Large networks are particularly beneficial to researchers in under-represented groups.
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HE Leaders Voice Fears over Far-right State Poll Victory
Alarmed by the victory of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in an east German state government election, major higher education organisations have made urgent pleas to uphold academic freedom, open-mindedness and other essential elements of the country’s higher education system.
Science Agencies Pull 'Political Interference' Protections From Scientific Integrity Policies
Science Agencies Pull 'Political Interference' Protections From Scientific Integrity Policies
NSF and the Department of Commerce have scrubbed references to the dangers of political interference in science from official agency policy documents.
Popular Open-science Platform to Stop Hosting Data and Code Amid Funding Concerns
Popular Open-science Platform to Stop Hosting Data and Code Amid Funding Concerns
Changes to the Open Science Framework’s policies will come into effect in November, forcing researchers to reconsider their workflows.
How Geopolitical Rifts Cut Scientific Collaboration
A new study finally puts a number on the extent to which spats hurt research ties. But the bigger story may be the resilience of global science.
Parliament Haggle over EU-wide Spending Rules Delays Vote on Horizon Europe
Parliament Haggle over EU-wide Spending Rules Delays Vote on Horizon Europe
Votes on all EU programmes are postponed until MEPs in the budgets committee agree the Performance Framework Regulation.
The World Bank is Right to Prioritize Reproducibility
The development bank and others are starting to publish and verify the raw data and code accompanying their research-based reports and papers. Other agencies should do the same.
A Data Leak Shut a Top Research Biobank: Lessons from the Recovery
A Data Leak Shut a Top Research Biobank: Lessons from the Recovery
The UK Biobank is imposing new safety measures after a security incident, but safeguarding biomedical data while enabling researcher access remains a challenge.
China’s Fast-Track Clinical Trials are in the Spotlight after Child Deaths
China’s Fast-Track Clinical Trials are in the Spotlight after Child Deaths
A new government policy seeks to balance innovation and safety.
Open Economics Guide: More Than 160 Open Science Tools - Now Much Easier to Explore
Open Economics Guide: More Than 160 Open Science Tools - Now Much Easier to Explore
The ZBW Open Economics Guide now features more than 160 useful Open Science tools for everyday research. The catalogue has recently undergone a major overhaul, with new filtering and sorting options making it much easier to navigate and find the right tools.
EU Must Support Research Managers in Central and Eastern Europe, Says Visegrad Fund Head
EU Must Support Research Managers in Central and Eastern Europe, Says Visegrad Fund Head
Grant support is still a developing practice in the region, a hangover from the Soviet style of funding research.
Russia Widens Targeting of European Research Centres
Moscow’s academic repression is expanding into the EU, scholars say, with researchers in Europe facing cyber-attacks and designation as “extremists”.
Nations Expanding Their Research Programmes Impose Sweeping Penalties for Malpractice
US Policy Study Warns Swiss Pharma Industry Could Lose Billions
A industry-backed study estimates potential losses for the Swiss pharma industry from US policies could be in the billions.
Canada Recruits Dozens of US Scholars - Including Several Science Stars
Canada Recruits Dozens of US Scholars - Including Several Science Stars
US funding uncertainty was a key factor for several of the researchers heading to Canada. Observers predict more will follow.
Surprising AI breakthroughs raise soul-searching questions for mathematicians
Whether mathematics thrives or perishes in the age of AI depends on what it is that society values in the human intellect.
Universities Rarely Use Research Evidence in Their Decision-making, So Why Do They Expect Anyone else To?
Universities Rarely Use Research Evidence in Their Decision-making, So Why Do They Expect Anyone else To?
Despite universities' important role as evidence-producing organisations, they rarely draw upon research evidence for internal decision making, why?
Swiss Innovation Fund Faces Conflict of Interest Concerns
Swiss Innovation Fund Faces Conflict of Interest Concerns
The Swiss Innovation Agency, which funds start-ups, faces questions over conflicts of interest.
Worldwide Study of Diseases Gets Historic Funding Influx
Gates Foundation pledges $540 million to a project often criticized for its opacity.
EU Set to Bring in World-leading Screening to Prevent Man-made Pandemics
The EU’s proposed Biotech Act will bring in one of the world’s first mandatory screening mechanisms to stop risky fragments of DNA falling into the wrong hands and potentially triggering a man-made pandemic.
Greenland Research Institutions Halt New US Collaborations Citing Mistrust
Greenland Research Institutions Halt New US Collaborations Citing Mistrust
Over the summer, Greenland’s two largest research institutions, the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources and the University of Greenland, both announced policies of not starting new research projects with US researchers.
Fraudulent Images are Rife on Antibody Sellers’ Websites, Researcher Says
Fraudulent Images are Rife on Antibody Sellers’ Websites, Researcher Says
New tally reveals nearly 19,000 altered images in reagent catalogs.
Zaharieva Hopes for a Horizon Europe Deal in 2026
In a wide-ranging interview, the EU research commissioner sets out her hopes for speedy negotiations and an expanding role for Europe in global science.
Small research ecosystems in large international public policies: Tracing an infrastructurally mediated pathway from CroRIS to Overton
Small research ecosystems in large international public policies: Tracing an infrastructurally mediated pathway from CroRIS to Overton
Policy document citations are increasingly used to evidence the societal impact of research, yet we know little about how such indicators operate in small research systems
NIH Proposes Major Revamp of How It Scores Research Grant Proposals
NIH Proposes Major Revamp of How It Scores Research Grant Proposals
Proponents argue that the current system creates a false sense of precision, but critics fear that the change could increase political interference.
For a Decade CRediT Has Quietly Reshaped Academic Authorship - What Comes Next?
For a Decade CRediT Has Quietly Reshaped Academic Authorship - What Comes Next?
The CredIT taxonomy has become a feature of academic publishing, but has its potential for creating research insights been fully exploited?
Is the Scientific Paper Still a Fraud?
How we write scientific papers does not reflect how we do science, masking the human in the process by design. We should consider the structure of the scientific paper, and the need to celebrate the human in an age when AI threatens to overwhelm us.
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