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Women represent nearly 50% of active scientific authors in Portugal. Over the past two decades, the country achieved the largest percentage increase in the EU in women's representation - an impressive nine percentage points, putting Portugal at the leading edge of closing the gender gap in research.
Medical researchers are beginning to shift their focus away from COVID-19 - but the pandemic could continue to affect studies focused on other diseases.
The pandemic stress-tested the way the world produces evidence - and revealed all the flaws.
New head of Science Advice for Policy by European Academies is the President of ALLEA, and a fellow of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences.
Germany's academic system is admired all over the world. It is almost entirely publicly funded, while studying at most of its higher education institutions is free of charge. However, the working conditions enjoyed by a vast majority of German academic staff do not seem to live up to the stellar reputation German science has internationally.
Faculty and staff members at Utrecht University will be evaluated by their commitment to open science.
Research shows that a previous coronavirus infection plus one dose of vaccine provides powerful protection - but concerns linger.
Everyone has at some point been charmed by the sound of a person's voice: but can we believe our ears? What can a voice really reveal about our character?
Liz Bal from Jisc discusses the scholarly publishing lessons learned from COVID-19, and how they can be applied to make research communication more efficient and effective.
Wider take-up by academics requires both relevance to specific disciplines and accessibility across disciplines, says Camille Kandiko Howson.
Effort aims to identify what's ethical and legal-and what's not.
Papers accepted by journals before results are known rate higher on rigor than standard studies.
Prominent evolutionary biologist is the second to be removed from prestigious group for sexual misconduct.
People use values and beliefs as a shortcut to determine how risky an activity is during the pandemic. Those biases can lead people astray.
Remains with combination of Neanderthal and early human features date back 100,000 years.
There are good reasons for why academicians should care about citations to scholarly articles. An important one is that members of the academy operate essentially as independent contractors.
How scientists are perfecting the art of boiling down their work into a short, sharp hit.
Switzerland has been excluded from a provisional list of third countries eligible for Horizon Europe funding.
A global movement of younger researchers is making its mark. Science must listen and learn from its next generation.
In this study, a novelty indicator to quantify the degree of citation similarity between a focal paper and a pre-existing same-domain paper from various fields in the natural sciences is applied by proposing a new way of identifying papers that fall into the same domain of focal papers using bibliometric data only.
Quantum mechanics seems to have a problem with the order of time, which might signal the need for an entirely new type of law.
Around the world, dozens of ingenious projects are trying to 'trick' the ocean into absorbing more CO2. But critics warn of unforeseen consequences
Leaders in the South Bay are trying out a radical new approach to designing climate solutions.
Two-thirds of the world's rainforests have been wiped out or degraded, according to a 2020 analysis.
University of Queensland researchers have found a bacteria-killing compound in the toxins of mottled cup moth caterpillars
Change.org effort that says 'billionaires should not exist' has gathered tens of thousands of signatures
Proper water and sanitation access remains an issue for many in the United States. Here the authors estimate and map the full scope of water hardship, including both incomplete plumbing and water quality across the country.
An area where researchers can gather and informally discuss ideas is the best way to produce innovative inventions, argues Ethan N. Gotian.
As the first national network of early-career researchers marks its 21st birthday, the founders of Hungary's describe how and why they set up theirs in 2019.
