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A responsible research assessment would incentivise, reflect and reward the plural characteristics of high-quality research, in support of diverse and inclusive research cultures.
We are exploring forms of engagement between academic research and governments: what has been tried, by whom, to what effect, and using which mechanisms.
Effort found four drugs had little benefit, now on hold until new drugs are chosen to test.
The Dance Your Ph.D. contest has been challenging scientists to explain their research through dance for 14 years now. The competition got a new COVID-19 category this year.
Find out more about the current edition of the French national program.
cOAlition S values the opinion of all researchers. We want to understand if and how Plan S affects your publishing practices and your views on Open Access.
M.I.T. researchers have devised a virtual-reality technique that lets them read old letters that were mailed not in envelopes but in the writing paper itself after being folded into elaborate enclosures.
UK researchers find link between regular meat intake and nine non-cancerous illnesses.
Not one Covid jab had been administered in 130 of the world's poorer countries by mid-February, says the Guardian editor, author and presenter Kanishk Tharoor.
B.1.351 may sound sweet to a molecular epidemiologist, but what's the alternative, other than stigmatizing geographical names?
Tempted to try your hand at a new technique? These tools will help you on your way.
Payment advocates expect quicker, better reviews but opponents fear unsustainable costs.
Advanced Research & Innovation Agency will be exempt from existing procurement rules for 'maximum flexibility', says government
The process of setting up a funding agency for high-risk research in the United Kingdom is under way. But questions remain about how it will benefit science.
An oily, 100-nanometer-wide bubble of genes has killed more than two million people and reshaped the world. Scientists don't quite know what to make of it.
The American Physical Society's new criteria for conference venues seem to be unique among scientific societies.
The next phase of the Executable Research Article project will focus on reducing barriers to the authoring and publication of reproducible research papers.
Academic mobility is often a prerequisite for professional development and career advancement - but what happens at a time when this mobility simply isn't possible?
I don't expect to get every grant I apply for, but the least agencies could do is give me a little feedback, says Juan Manuel Parrilla Gutierrez.
New research links Delhi's thick smogs to burning of plastics
Decline in system underpinning Gulf Stream could lead to more extreme weather in Europe and higher sea levels on US east coast
Bitcoin mining - the process in which a bitcoin is awarded to a computer that solves a complex series of algorithm - is a deeply energy intensive process
Making a vaccine for malaria is challenging because its associated parasite blocks the generation of the memory T-cells that make traditional vaccines effective. But scientists recently tried a new approach using an RNA-based platform.
As Horizon Europe issues its first call for grants, Nature reviews some big changes - from open science to goal-oriented "missions".
Many scientists are expecting another rise in infections. But this time the surge will be blunted by vaccines and, hopefully, widespread caution. By summer, Americans may be looking at a return to normal life.
Hackers seeking to extort Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research release confidential documents.
While we have seen the percentage of OA increasing rapidly in recent years, especially in countries like China, Germany and the UK, it was not until 2020 that more outputs were published through Open Access channels than traditional subscription channels globally.
