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International codes of conduct are important, but grass-roots efforts are the key to embedding research integrity.

Promises to raise research spending and take action on climate change overshadowed by scientists' fears about leaving the European Union.

Leading scholars and publishers from ten countries have agreed a definition of predatory publishing that can protect scholarship. It took 12 hours of discussion, 18 questions and 3 rounds to reach.

In memory of Margarita Salas, the biochemist whose discoveries led to faster, more-accurate DNA testing.

From online journal clubs to 'tweetorials' to conference updates, social media is changing the dissemination and discussion of biomedicine.

A DNA-based method for embedding data in materials enables the conversion of everyday objects into data storage devices.

Little is known about the long-term effects of early-career setback. Here, the authors compare junior scientists who were awarded a NIH grant to those with similar track records, who were not, and find that individuals with the early setback systematically performed better in the longer term.

Evaluation reforms will go round in circles without conceptual clarity, warns Anna Hatch.

Forty-three Chinese universities should be considered "very high" or "high" risk collaborators because of their involvement in research for military and defence purposes, according to an Australian think tank.

Proportions of female students and those from under-represented ethnic groups are rising, yet parity is a way off.

Researchers from racial and ethnic groups that are under-represented in US geoscience are the least likely to be offered opportunities to speak at the field's biggest meeting.

The growing threat of abrupt and irreversible climate changes must compel political and economic action on emissions.

Lessons in leadership from outside the laboratory.

It's time to trust students to handle doubt and diversity in science, says Jerry Ravetz.

A study of protein databases shows that discoverers who are second to publish still end up getting a substantial portion of the recognition.

A swift increase in scientific productivity has outstripped the country's ability to promote rigour and curb academic misconduct; it is time to seize solutions.

Some funders and publishers call it unethical, for others, it's par for the course.

Scientists should take a more intentional, evidence-based approach to mentoring, including tenure and promotion incentives, according to an upcoming report from the US National Academies.

In this second article to mark Nature's 2019 graduate survey, respondents call for more one-to-one support and better career guidance.

Connections prove resilient as researchers circumvent geopolitical obstacles.

The move comes amid concerns over China's influence on Australian campuses, and after major cybersecurity breaches at one institution.

Nature's survey of more than 6,000 graduate students reveals the turbulent nature of doctoral research. The mental health of PhD researchers demands urgent attention.

By examining publication records of scientists from four disciplines, the authors show that coauthoring a paper with a top-cited scientist early in one's career predicts lasting increases in career success, especially for researchers affiliated with less prestigious institutions.

Analysis finds female-led papers are more likely to be rejected, and less likely to be cited, than those with male corresponding authors.

The practice was probably used to improve the children's chances of securing a university place.

Anxiety and depression among graduate students seems to be on the rise. Systemic change is needed to halt an ongoing crisis.

Data from conventional sources cannot fully measure progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Here the authors present a roadmap describing how citizen-science data can integrate traditional data and make a significant contribution in support of the SDGs agenda.

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