Machine Learning: A Revolution for Research?
How is machine learning becoming increasingly intertwined with a range of research fields?
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How Writing Science Books for Children Benefited My Academic Career
Trying to find a way to explain to a six-year-old how natural selection works is valuable practise for trying to write a lay summary in a grant proposal.
Royal Society Response to Industrial Strategy
The Royal Society welcomes Government’s Industrial Strategy.
Publishing Photography Competition 2016
The Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition celebrates the power of photography to communicate science.
Machine learning in the pharmaceutical industry
What machine learning could do, and barriers to its use, with global pharmaceutical companies, sector associations, regulators, start-ups and SMEs.
Intergovernmental agreement on science boosted
Scientific cooperation between the UK and Russia was boosted in August this year when Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev agreed to extend the UK-Russia Intergovernmental Agreement on Science and Technology cooperation for another 10 years.
How has publishing changed in the last 20 years?
It is useful to consider the trajectory of both scientific and literary publishing on the grid-group plane defined by Mary Douglas which arranges attitudes along two axes: one ranging from the hierarchical to the egalitarian, and the other spanning individualistic to communitarian. I would contend that, in both cases, there has been a move from the hierarchical/communitarian quadrant towards the egalitarian/individualistic zone.
Assuring the integrity of science
Advancements in the research integrity project launched in 2011.
European Academies statement: Science Is Global
The European Academies, including the Royal Society, have published a joint statement.
Royal Society science medal and awards winners
Scientific awards, medals and prizes awarded by the Royal Society in 2016.
The role of the EU in international research collaboration and researcher mobility
Integrity or impact? Confessions of an early career researcher
The reality of academia is stifling the passion and creativity needed both to enjoy science, and to do it well.
Royal Society statement on changes to the research, higher education and innovation landscapes
Royal Society statement on changes to the research, higher education and innovation landscapes
Royal Society's President, Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, on the key principles to guide the future of UK's research.
Parent Carer Scientist
A collection of 150 personal stories from scientists who are combining a career in research with their roles as parents and carers, each in their own way.
A picture of the UK scientific workforce
A lack of diversity in terms of gender, disability, ethnicity, socio-economic status and background across the scientific community represents a large loss of talent to the UK.
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