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Nature is Expanding Registered Reports to All the Fields in Which We Publish
Nature is Expanding Registered Reports to All the Fields in Which We Publish
New AI System Could Help Scientists Keep Up With The Explosion of Research Papers
New AI System Could Help Scientists Keep Up With The Explosion of Research Papers
Queen Mary University researchers have developed a new AI-powered framework designed to help scientists review and analyse vast amounts of literature faster, more transparently, and with greater human oversight.
Researching While Chinese
The U.S. government has recently convicted multiple postdocs from China for improper shipments of biological materials. Some see a replay of the 2018 China Initiative
Self-censorship, More Stress, Tougher Recruiting - How the Trump Administration's Science Policies Have Affected US Researchers
Self-censorship, More Stress, Tougher Recruiting - How the Trump Administration's Science Policies Have Affected US Researchers
To Lead in Global Innovation, Canada Must Prioritize Basic Science
To Lead in Global Innovation, Canada Must Prioritize Basic Science
Early-career Researchers Do More 'disruptive' Science Than Veterans
Early-career Researchers Do More 'disruptive' Science Than Veterans
Orbán Election Defeat Brings Hope Hungary’s Horizon Europe Ban Will Be Lifted
Orbán Election Defeat Brings Hope Hungary’s Horizon Europe Ban Will Be Lifted
Hungarian academics are hopeful that an EU ruling banning 30 institutions, including 21 universities, from Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ will finally be lifted with the election of a new government.
China Is an Innovation Powerhouse - But It Should Do More Fundamental Research
AI Scientists Are Changing Research - Institutions, Funders and Publishers Must Respond
AI Scientists Are Changing Research - Institutions, Funders and Publishers Must Respond
Social Scientists Bring Their Faith into Research - And It Shows Up in Their Results
Social Scientists Bring Their Faith into Research - And It Shows Up in Their Results
Why do studies on whether religion is disappearing totally contradict each other? Valeria Rainero, Jörg Stolz and Ruud Luijkx discuss their recent research on how faith (or lack of it) shaped interventions in the secularisation debate and suggest how the social sciences could benefit from less adversarial claims to objectivity in research.
The Problem With Promoting 'Gold Standard Science'
Branding scientific research with a simplified label risks misleading the public and harming scientific literacy.
Why the Crisis in Official Statistics Matters - and How It Can Be Fixed
Why the Crisis in Official Statistics Matters - and How It Can Be Fixed
Value Landscapes in Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research and Assessment: Exploring Indeterminacies and Disconnects
Value Landscapes in Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research and Assessment: Exploring Indeterminacies and Disconnects
Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research are promoted because of their contribution to addressing complex societal challenges. However, barriers to these research modes persist, some of which emerge from challenges in assessing inter- and transdisciplinary research. This article uses the sensitising concept of ‘values’ to study the entanglement of inter- and transdisciplinary research practices and their assessment.
Widening, ECF Links and Priority Setting Top List of Horizon Europe Sticking Points
Widening, ECF Links and Priority Setting Top List of Horizon Europe Sticking Points
EU governments have key questions to resolve if agreement on the next EU research programme is to be reached in May.
Sustainability research overlooks key actors and actions in the face of the environmental crisis
Sustainability research overlooks key actors and actions in the face of the environmental crisis
Efforts to advance towards a more sustainable world focus heavily on a limited set of actions and actors while overlooking key strategies and sectors needed to address the climate crisis and biodiversity loss, according to a new study.
What We Lose when We Outsource Scientific Writing
Why Write a Literature Review if AI Can Do It for You?
The Brutal Geography of Global Elite Scientific Research
States pioneer a new frontier in US science funding
According to data from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the share of US basic and applied research funded by the federal government dropped from nearly 48% in 2009 to just over 34% in 2023. As that decline is likely to continue, some state governments are responding by boosting their research spending.
Europe built a global research system. It can help the US, too
After a year of Trump, a former US diplomat suggests what the EU can do to bring American science back from the brink
The 5 Stages of the ‘Enshittification’ of Academic Publishing
"Enshittification" isn’t just confined to the online world. In fact, it’s now visible in academic publishing and occurs in five stages. The same forces that hollow out digital platforms are shaping how a lot of research is produced, reviewed and published.
Is ‘Open Science’ Delivering Benefits? Major Study Finds Proof is Sparse
It’s hard to measure social and economic impacts of making papers and data free, researchers say.
The Uncertain Future of International Scientific Collaboration
The Uncertain Future of International Scientific Collaboration
It's getting harder for scientists from around the world to work together. Researchers must find ways to adapt.