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Leaked draft of summertime power grab has spooked scientists, but most admit country¡¯s network of 76 institutes needs reform

If Stanford¡¯s now-departed president had fully faced up to dubious practices in his lab and insisted on corrections, his infractions of research integrity could have been forgiven, says David Sanders

Stanford University chemist unrepentant about his contrarianism during the pandemic despite some of his bold predictions proving incorrect

At the heart of the debate about the global competitiveness of EU-funded research is the question of whether science should be a tool for industrial policy or a global power for good, says Jan Palmowski

While the removal of opportunities for political ¡®meddling¡¯ has drawn widespread approval, research advocates want more funding

US grant agency hopes to ensure a more scientific approach after years of political battles over risks of China collaborations

Canberra also confirms plans to overhaul research assessment exercise and ¡®take the politics out¡¯ of grant decisions

Every day that the prime minister delays further diminishes the UK¡¯s reputation in Europe, says Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf

Analysis of 862 scientific projects ¨C paid for with 131 million yuan of public funding ¨C identifies no knowledge-transfer outcomes

Freedom of speech and student welfare concerns are also likely to influence whether staff flag potential extremism to authorities, says major study

From Coldplay to Queen, the world¡¯s biggest bands often meet as students ¨C yet universities are seldom mentioned in song. Jeremy Clay ponders why and unearths some lost exemplars ¨C including a long-lost Dutch psychedelic paean to the University of Leicester

We must reform a science culture that sometimes seems to value impact and quantity over importance and quality, say Ferric Fang and Arturo Casadevall

Paper proposes new tool that would judge major titles on metrics such as ratio of male to female authors 

Once bit players in Australia¡¯s clinical trial landscape, universities are now easily the most prominent sponsors

University increases support for those who suffer harassment in media and online after work ¡®weaponised¡¯

Walailak¡¯s loss of faculty seen as a grim omen for sector haemorrhaging academics

Companies consistently don¡¯t pay full value for medical discoveries in what Bentley study calls a ¡®systematic problem¡¯

Group of leading universities warn lack of funding risks causing a ¡®debilitating brain drain¡¯

There is near-universal dismay among scientists over continued delays to UK association to Horizon Europe. It is time to replace bean-counting with vision

Greening of health research depends on goodwill and unfunded, uncoordinated efforts of individual researchers, according to study commissioned by Wellcome Trust

The new rules are welcome, but change will only truly occur if institutions finally get over their obsession with publications, says the Hidden REF committee

Assistant economics professor says he replicated results using a different method but journal editors ignored requests for correction

Independent centre should be empowered to follow up high-profile findings and promote good practice, says Social Market Foundation report

After tackling the challenges of accessing large and diverse survey samples, Phelim Bradley¡¯s Prolific is moving into AI

Academics granted unique access to ¡®black box of algorithms¡¯ to explore social media¡¯s influence on 2020 presidential election, but many question if ¡®independence by permission¡¯ model can endure

Three hundred mathematicians expected to have retired by middle of the century

Light-touch treatment of one of universities¡¯ fundamental roles leaves too many questions hanging, observers worry

ByteDance¡¯s pre-regulation ¡®strategic¡¯ move will allow academics to pull more data from the platform, but critical work may still have to use workarounds if the company extends its veto on publications

Perhaps the EU could give additional assurances that it would apply corrections if the UK won significantly less funding than it put in, suggests Jan Palmowski

European governments are beginning to take an interest in techniques to link scant evidence, as the euphoria about the benefits of mega datasets wanes

Research funder investing in leadership capability to support academics and encourage collaboration across disciplines and sectors

Canada¡¯s Liberal government swept to power eight years ago promising to undo the damage inflicted by the previous Harper regime. However, after a big early funding spike for basic research, there is a growing sense of drift ¨C and mounting concern about the future. Paul Basken reports

Top House Republicans warn that joint venture appears to be giving military advantages to rival nation

Fears that UK scientists will be frozen out of networks once association is agreed are overblown, say leading researchers

Academics launch lawsuit in attempt to get restrictions relaxed to allow them to study the platform used by two-thirds of American teens

National interest not served by ¡®overstating the threats¡¯ or cultivating a ¡®climate of uncertainty¡¯, report says

China continued to produce more publications last year than anywhere else, according to new report

Scholars suggest reproducibility testing might be helping to self-correct psychological research

US funder wants overseas partners to share all data and lab notebooks every three months

Hundreds of universities invited to sign guidelines on equitable partnerships in science

Studying flocks of starlings helped Giorgio Parisi crack some of physics¡¯ deepest mysteries. The Nobelist talks to Matthew Reisz about his unconventional methods, missed eureka moments and being Italy¡¯s most in-demand scientist

The new REF rules allow greater scope to aim for the (four) stars. But who will embrace the risk of crashing to Earth, asks Matthew Flinders

Universities operating in difficult environments can have more of an impact by pooling resources, summit hears

Reports that Rishi Sunak could sign off Horizon membership next week after Brussels and Whitehall officials reach cost consensus

Collective effort can combat misinformation, respond to climate change and harness the power of AI for the good of mankind, says Rocky Tuan

Suspicion at all levels of France¡¯s hybrid research system means resources and national influence are closely guarded. Fresh proposals to raise quality and stem brain drain face an uphill struggle as players try to hold hard-won positions

Germany¡¯s only female Nobel scientist questions notion that diversity is key component of research success in modern science

Chemistry laureate Avram Hershko says ChatGPT should be forced to cite its sources and state uncertainty levels

Loss of organisation, blamed on funding ¡®uncertainty¡¯, described as ¡®shocking news¡¯

Stanford team tallies productivity decline after top global prize ¨C though without assessing benefits of career transition

An ¡®uncomfortable truth¡¯ underlies the approach taken by too many Western universities on collaboration with Asia, conference hears

Citations are growing at a faster pace in Asia than the rest of the world, according to 91ÇÑ×Ó rankings data 

ChatGPT¡¯s ability to churn out mediocre papers should lead us to reappraise how research is carried out, reported and evaluated, says Martyn Hammersley

Journals¡¯ predilection for data availability statements makes little difference to readers¡¯ chances of getting their hands on the data

In campaigns to isolate China and deny disinformation, federal lawmakers join angry activists in besieging universities and their researchers

Groups of leading African and European universities will jointly fund at least a decade of priority research through clusters agreed in the first half of this year, although the delicate details of who gives what are yet to be decided

Funders and administrators regularly praise the benefits of cross-departmental research, yet damaging schisms remain, says Jonathan Goodman

International collaboration on tackling global problems has never been more important, say Chris Husbands and John Dewar 

Research on responsible AI will seek to inform national policy and regulation, says UKRI

Training survivors of domestic abuse to become researchers could provide blueprint for public engagement, says King¡¯s academic