Science is Under Threat in Argentina - We Must Call out the Danger
Request for Delay to Horizon Europe Calls As War in Israel Stalls Science
An Age of Disentangled Research?
We Need to Talk About Research Security on Campus
Governments are strengthening security safeguards – sometimes with unintended consequences. It is time for an open dialogue where these are brought to the table.
Why Chinese Minds Still Bear the Long Shadow of Keju
Keju, China's incredibly difficult civil service test, strengthened the state at the cost of freedom and creativity.
Why China is Turning to Sci-tech in New Action Plan to Boost Belt and Road
China's president unveils a vision for the infrastructure strategy that could help other countries overcome Western restrictions. The Action plan includes harnessing markets and talent of participating countries to power scientific and technological advancement.
Horizon Europe Faces a Cut As Negotiations on 2024 EU Budget Get Underway
Toxic Workplaces Are the Main Reason Women Leave Academic Jobs
Toxic Workplaces Are the Main Reason Women Leave Academic Jobs
Israel-Hamas War Sends Shock Waves through Scientific Community
Conflict has left many labs empty or in ruins
Horizon Europe Extends Call Deadlines After Hamas Attack Rocks Israeli Science
Horizon Europe Extends Call Deadlines After Hamas Attack Rocks Israeli Science
Bringing the Environment to the Forefront of Engineering
I Advocate an African Research Agenda for African Development
Falling Behind: Postdocs in Their Thirties Tire of Putting Life on Hold
Falling Behind: Postdocs in Their Thirties Tire of Putting Life on Hold
Removing Numerical Scoring When Evaluating Grant Proposals Found to Have No Effect on Outcomes
Removing Numerical Scoring When Evaluating Grant Proposals Found to Have No Effect on Outcomes
Here's What the EU Member States Have in Mind for FP10 - the follow-up programme to Horizon Europe
Here's What the EU Member States Have in Mind for FP10 - the follow-up programme to Horizon Europe
A special member state task force set up to help shape framework programme 10 (FP10), has compiled the first draft. The documents set out in broad strokes the ideas for FP10, including a call for the EU to be a global research and innovation powerhouse by 2034.
How Can Open Data Sharing Policies Be More Attentive to Qualitative Researchers?
How Can Open Data Sharing Policies Be More Attentive to Qualitative Researchers?
Open data practices are largely conceived and managed in ways that support quantitative, rather than qualitative data. Susie Weller outlines how an ethics of care is essential to making open qualitative data practical and ethical.
Government Boosts Funding for Swiss Research Amid EU Horizon Exclusion
Government Boosts Funding for Swiss Research Amid EU Horizon Exclusion
Japanese Research is No Longer World Class - Here's Why
Japan’s contribution to world-class research continues to decline, despite having one of the world’s largest research communities, according to a report by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Podcast: Gendergap - Was Sind Gründe, Warum Frauen die Wissenschaft Verlassen
Podcast: Gendergap - Was Sind Gründe, Warum Frauen die Wissenschaft Verlassen
Social Media Ennui - The End of Academic Social Media?
Is social media in a period of change? David Beer considers whether trends towards repetition and uniformity are prefiguring a new standard for the way in which social media intersects with academic life.
Is CRISPR Safe? Genome Editing Gets Its First FDA Scrutiny
'It Only Makes the News when the Toilets Stop Working': Has the 25-year-old International Space Station Been a Waste of Space?
'It Only Makes the News when the Toilets Stop Working': Has the 25-year-old International Space Station Been a Waste of Space?
The ISS is destined to be sent spiralling into the Pacific Ocean in 2031, yet the controversy over the £120bn behemoth continues
New Plan Proposed for Open Access Publishing
Europe’s open access advocates set out a vision for system-level reform to make scientific publishing faster, more open and scholar-led.