Frederick Sanger, a British biochemist whose discoveries about the chemistry of life led to the decoding of the human genome and to the development of new drugs like human growth hormone and earned him two Nobel Prizes, a distinction held by only three other scientists, died on Tuesday in Cambridge, England.
In June 2024, a study called for an end to use of ranking to validate research. The researchers gave their reasons. Others have followed even while the ranking industry seems to be coming off more and more popular with students, parents and recruiters.
Federal funders of research are increasing the stringency of their expectations that researchers make data collected in federally funded projects publicly available.
Presidential address on why society is willing to support an endeavor as abstract and altruistic as basic scientific research and an enterprise as large and practical as the R&D enterprise as a whole.
Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis, we show how different combinations of science, gender equality, and social policies interact to constitute five distinct national pathways for gender-fair early career progression.
For science diplomacy to remain relevant in this era, it must develop a new mode of engagement—transactional science diplomacy.
British and Australian scientists compile a list of tips to help policy makers better understand the 'imperfect nature of science'
With a boost from the Trump administration, organ chips, AI, and other technologies bid to replace animals for drug and chemical testing.
