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Science's Golden Oldies: the Decades-old Research Papers Still Heavily Cited Today

Publication

Science's Golden Oldies: the Decades-old Research Papers Still Heavily Cited Today

An analysis for Nature reveals the studies that appear most in the reference lists of current publications.

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How the United States Became a Science Superpower - and How Quickly It Could Crumble

How the United States Became a Science Superpower - and How Quickly It Could Crumble

US global dominance in science was no accident, but a product of a far-seeing partnership between public and private sectors to boost innovation and economic growth.

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Careers

Five Years On: How Brexit Changed Three Scientists' Careers

Careers

Five Years On: How Brexit Changed Three Scientists' Careers

How did the United Kingdom's formal departure from the European Union in January 2020 affect scientists who had moved there from mainland Europe?

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Tariffs Hit Science Labs: Trump's Levies Raise Cost of Supplies

Tariffs Hit Science Labs: Trump's Levies Raise Cost of Supplies

Import taxes on staples such as microscopes, glassware and computer chips will affect institutions already feeling financial strain.

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Why an Overreliance on AI-driven Modelling is Bad for Science

Why an Overreliance on AI-driven Modelling is Bad for Science

Without clear protocols to catch errors, artificial intelligence's growing role in science could do more harm than good.

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Funding

Does US Science Have a Future in Antarctica? Trump Cuts Threaten to Cancel Fieldwork and More

Funding

Does US Science Have a Future in Antarctica? Trump Cuts Threaten to Cancel Fieldwork and More

Funding for the National Science Foundation, which finances research at US bases on the icy continent, has already been reduced, and the agency faces steeper cuts soon.

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Research

AI for Research: the Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Right Tool

Research

AI for Research: the Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Right Tool

Curious about using artificial intelligence to boost your research? Here are the programs you shouldn't miss.

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Opinion

How Europe Aims to Woo US Scientists and Protect Academic Freedom

How Europe Aims to Woo US Scientists and Protect Academic Freedom

The European Union's new research chief Ekaterina Zaharieva speaks to Nature about attracting disaffected US scientists and cutting grant bureaucracy.

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What CERN Does Next Matters for Science and for International Cooperation

CERN

Cooperation

What CERN Does Next Matters for Science and for International Cooperation

The world's largest particle-physics laboratory is approaching a pivotal moment in its history.

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Exclusive: NIH to Cut Grants for COVID Research, Documents Reveal

COVID-19

Exclusive: NIH to Cut Grants for COVID Research, Documents Reveal

Studies on climate change and South Africa are also on the latest list of grants to be terminated, according to updated documents obtained by Nature.

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Lessons from Africa's First Institute for Advanced Study

Lessons from Africa's First Institute for Advanced Study

A group of recent Fellows of the Stellenbosch IAS reflect on its unique research environment and how it inspires an African approach to global scientific challenges.

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These Frustrated Scientists Want to Leave the United States - Do You? Take Nature's Poll

These Frustrated Scientists Want to Leave the United States - Do You? Take Nature's Poll

In the wake of the Trump administration's funding freezes and job cuts, some researchers are planning their next move.

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Public-health Experts Should Be More Political, Not Less

Public-health Experts Should Be More Political, Not Less

Health has always been political, long before Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr took power. Denying this is what's been killing us.

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Why We Organized 'Stand Up For Science'

Why We Organized 'Stand Up For Science'

Five co-organizers of the nationwide Stand Up For Science movement explain the need for collective action at this time.

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Africa

I Want to Ensure That Africans Take Part in the AI Revolution

Africa

I Want to Ensure That Africans Take Part in the AI Revolution

Vukosi Marivate learnt that communities, not just superstar individuals, can open doors in artificial intelligence.

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Move Beyond 'Publish or Perish' by Measuring Behaviours That Benefit Academia

Move Beyond 'Publish or Perish' by Measuring Behaviours That Benefit Academia

A standardized system to measure contributions in mentorship, collaboration and more could bring about systemic change in science.

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Citizen Participation and Technology: Lessons from the Fields of Deliberative Democracy and Science and Technology Studies

Citizen Participation and Technology: Lessons from the Fields of Deliberative Democracy and Science and Technology Studies

Deliberative democracy could be enriched by a deeper engagement with the material aspects of democratic processes. STS scholars would benefit from engaging more closely with democratic theory, as well.

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US Science is Under Threat ― Now Scientists Are Fighting Back

US Science is Under Threat ― Now Scientists Are Fighting Back

Researchers are organizing protests and making their voices heard as Trump officials slash funding and lay off federal scientists.

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Trump 2.0: an Assault on Science Anywhere is an Assault on Science Everywhere

Democracy

Trump 2.0: an Assault on Science Anywhere is an Assault on Science Everywhere

US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.

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Early Career Researchers

Postdocs and PhD Students Hit Hard by Trump's Crackdown on Science

Early Career Researchers

Postdocs and PhD Students Hit Hard by Trump's Crackdown on Science

As US federal grants remain frozen and budget cuts loom, anxiety and fear grip early-career researchers.

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U-shaped Learning: a New Model for Transdisciplinary Education

Transdisciplinary

U-shaped Learning: a New Model for Transdisciplinary Education

Over the past two decades, transdisciplinarity has been cited increasingly by policymakers and university actors as a means to reshape learning and research processes to improve society’s potential to tackle grand societal challenges.

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How Hosting Ukrainian Scientists Offers a Template for Supporting Other Scholars at Risk

How Hosting Ukrainian Scientists Offers a Template for Supporting Other Scholars at Risk

Ahead of the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, displaced academics describe their experiences settling into UK universities.

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Predatory Publishing

'Stamp out Paper Mills' - Science Sleuths on How to Fight Fake Research

Predatory Publishing

'Stamp out Paper Mills' - Science Sleuths on How to Fight Fake Research

A group of scientists who are experts at spotting fraudulent research outline five essential steps to combat industrialized scientific misconduct.

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What Trump's Flurry of Executive Orders Means for Science

Politics

What Trump's Flurry of Executive Orders Means for Science

The new president signed decrees designed to shift the US government's stance on climate and public health.

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Dear Donald Trump: A Letter From Nature On How to Make Science Thrive

Politics

Dear Donald Trump: A Letter From Nature On How to Make Science Thrive

The US federal government can harness science to secure the health, prosperity and safety of Americans and the world.

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Trust in Scientists and Their Role in Society Across 68 Countries

Trust

Trust in Scientists and Their Role in Society Across 68 Countries

What is the state of trust in scientists around the world? To answer this question, the authors surveyed 71,922 respondents in 68 countries and found that trust in scientists is moderately high.

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Will Europe Ramp Up Defence Research? War Prompts Major Rethink

Europe

Dual Use

Will Europe Ramp Up Defence Research? War Prompts Major Rethink

Nations consider increasing universities' involvement in military research.

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Opinion

Science Politics

What Trump 2.0 Means for Science: the Likely Winners and Losers

Science Politics

What Trump 2.0 Means for Science: the Likely Winners and Losers

The incoming US president is expected to gut support for research on the environment and infectious diseases, but could buoy work in artificial intelligence, quantum research and space exploration.

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How to Sustain Scientific Collaboration Amid Worsening US-China Relations

Collaboration

China

How to Sustain Scientific Collaboration Amid Worsening US-China Relations

Researchers need to define 'safe zones' for joint work in which the benefits outweigh the political risks. Here's how.

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Facebook to Ditch Fact-checking: What Do Researchers Think?

Fake News

Social Media

Facebook to Ditch Fact-checking: What Do Researchers Think?

Meta's planned shift away from third party fact-checking in favour of a crowdsourced approach has perplexed those who study the spread of misinformation.