For about 20 years, Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet has maintained a partnership with one of Russia's main cardiology clinics, the Almazov National Medical Research Centre in St. Petersburg. This institutional tie was abruptly suspended on 2 March, as part of Sweden's sanctions for the war in Ukraine.

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.

Although many people of color in STEM have a fervent desire to make their field and workplace more equitable, pressure to perform duties unrelated to their research creates a service burden that many of their white colleagues do not bear. 

Review of a webinar featuring several key players in implementing Plan S, asking what lessons have been learned?

United Nations resolution on greening plastics is a positive step. As negotiations begin, they must be evidence-based.

Successful policy and preparedness require more diverse evidence than researchers often encounter.

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.

"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.

Innovation challenges offer valuable lessons and resources for researcher-entrepreneurs.

ASAPBio offers set of principles and guidelines for preprint feedback.

"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.

Richard de Grijs comes to grips with his field's use of potentially offensive language.

Two years into the pandemic, the catchphrase allows elected officials to duck responsibility for setting Covid rules.

Scientific collaboration has become a casualty of Switzerland's and the United Kingdom's tussles with the European Union.

The right to a healthy environment and a safe climate for all should be on the agenda for the proposed Citizens' Assembly.

Small interventions that influence people's behavior can be tested. But the real world requires big, hard-to-measure changes too, scientists say.

The metaphor of the leaky pipeline  describes how the number of women, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) and other minoritized groups progressively decreases at every stage of their academic careers. However, the passivity of this approach has often been criticized. Women and BIPOC don’t leak out of the pipeline. Instead, they are forced out of it under pressure behind blockages.

Research eminence alone is not enough for top science posts.

A report on the SSP Publisher-Funder Task Force's meeting of senior researchers, university administrators, funders, publishers, and representatives from other organizations on the topic of Responsible Research Assessment for the 21st Century.

The resignation of the Science Adviser likely won’t doom president’s science initiatives, argue science policy observers

As the first year of Horizon Europe draws to a close, Science|Business gathered feedback from an online survey and meetings with its member organisations resulting in recommendations on how to make the next six years of Horizon Europe even better.

Today, researchers spend nearly half their time on paperwork and administrative tasks, rather than research.

Public money contributes to the publication of around 2.5 million papers in scientific journals each year - yet as taxpayers most of us have access to just a fraction of that output.

Outreach activities helped this postdoc grow and find satisfaction in her work as a scientist

Too many national leaders get good guidance yet make poor decisions.

Science benefits when junior scientists sign up as reviewers. It's also good for their careers.

Tiny steps towards net zero are being undermined by new fossil fuel projects. An election year offers the chance to hold our politicians to account.

Little work has yet been done on exploring how more ambitious open science principles might be deployed across both the qualitative and quantitative social science disciplines.

Universities should reward more than research outputs.