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New antigen tests will help tackle a dangerous inequality, says Charlotte Summers, lecturer in intensive care medicine at the University of Cambridge
Two recent research efforts looked into the southern alligator lizard, which has one of nature's more extreme mating strategies.
Amy Coney Barrett is likely to influence the court on environmental regulation and scientific expertise, say legal scholars.
A series of research papers renews hope that the long-elusive goal of mimicking the way the sun produces energy might be achievable.
Even as faculty members are given more time to meet a deadline for tenure, many say they are getting less work done because of child care needs.
The Nature Index tracks the affiliations of high-quality scientific articles. The infographic indicates patterns of international collaboration captured by the Nature Index.
A week of talks, panels and discussions seeks to counter an impression "that this talent pool just does not exist."
Can biodiversity be preserved if the most important countries in the world causing climate change do not sign the pledge?
Five international students and postdocs reflect on a turbulent year triggered by the Trump administration's visa restrictions.
Exhibiting a dogmatic faith in metrics, higher education executives are being guided less by rational considerations about educational values and more by the "snake oils" of efficiency, profitability, and accountability. But these dark arts exact a price. Due to increasing competition for funds and jobs, and with the jobs themselves becoming increasingly precarious, universities have become "anxiety machines" for academics.
28 September marks the first celebration of the International Day for Universal Access to Information since its proclamation by the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, is of crucial importance.
Researchers warn that vaccines could stumble on safety trials, be fast-tracked because of politics or fail to meet the public's expectations.
Bully and ignore the experts, and send in the quacks.
China blocked the Wikimedia Foundation’s application for observer status at the World Intellectual Property Organization. As a result, the Foundation’s application for observer status has been suspended and will be reconsidered at a future WIPO meeting.
Therapies and vaccines will come, but not for many months. Until then, politicians will have to work on the basics
One of the UK’s leading public health experts has warned that universities should be two-thirds empty in order to prevent massive spikes in coronavirus infections across campuses.
A recent study looked at the number of journals that had "vanished" from the internet. The study is a timely reminder of how vulnerable publishing outputs are. There is an urgent need for a group of organisations to come together to find a solution and minimise this risk.
Abstract. The research policy (RP) arena has been transforming in recent years, turning into a policy mix encompassing the diversity of policy instruments embe
COKI Project Co-lead Professor Cameron Neylon outlines why he is supporting a campaign calling for all abstracts to be made open access.
Appointing early-career researchers to positions of influence within scientific societies would be mutually beneficial for both.
COVID-19 has led to rapid and open sharing of research outputs. But will this new, radically open research communications paradigm result in permanent change?
Some of the leading candidates might work better for the richest people in the world, simply on account of how they're made.
New policy comes after serious quality control questions were raised about the data relied on by a study in the medical journal
Elon Musk made big promises at Tesla's highly anticipated event. But a prototype never appeared, and it was unclear what the company had actually achieved.
Help us increase the visibility of women in STEM and inspire the next generation of women scientists. Join us in writing Wikipedia biographies of women in STEM in October and November.
Immunization has always been a proxy for wider fears about social control, a history reminds us.
