Science

UK science minister says missed deadline for postdoctoral grants was ‘mistake’ unrelated to funding shake-up as he defends reform agenda

Closer links between universities and industry would help to fix 120,000 shortfall in required technical staff by 2035, says study

Science committee chair describes ‘widespread cuts’ to strategically important research as ‘failure’ of leadership

National Audit Office review highlights growing maintenance backlog as funders invest in building new laboratories

Universities and charities should provide at least 26 weeks’ full stipend under new charter to support female researchers, says science secretary Liz Kendall

Cancer diagnostics researcher Dina Haddad mixed ballet and pole dancing for science-inspired pop video

With supercomputing and other AI-related spending prioritised, Research England has told institutions to focus on maintaining existing facilities instead of building new ones

Science minister says way physics funding cuts were communicated was ‘pretty gruesome’ but insists most budgets will increase

Mega-donation from Ben Delo highlights growing interest from tech moguls in alternative science funding structures

Long-running atmospheric measurement aircraft no longer offers value for money in light of rising costs, says environmental research funder

Authors must put aside personal pride and seek retractions when their literature proves unreliable, says sleuth

York and Swansea latest to decline publisher’s offer, with latter also walking away from Springer Nature deal

Cheap research round-ups by ‘hallucination-free’ OpenScholar model preferred by experts, says Nature study

Ian Chapman tells MPs that some funding streams will be back online ‘in weeks’ amid uncertainty over impact of research changes

Temporary block on grant applications by MRC, BBSRC and EPSRC heightens concerns over funding cuts

Former department store transformed into an institution focused on climate, energy, digitalisation and security

Reduction in funding by Science and Technology Facilities Council would be ‘most drastic’ cut to curiosity-driven science ‘in a generation’ warn scientific leaders

Early enthusiasm for compulsory datasets has given way to ‘more qualified views’ on compliance, finds long-running survey

Labour’s push for more research specialisation fits south coast institution’s growing focus on pensioner health, say professors

Reviewer bias and higher teaching workloads for women may explain why they have to wait much longer for accept or reject decisions, say study authors

More people sceptical that science makes life better compared with pre-pandemic, and public also doubting contribution to economic growth

Large numbers of editors publishing in their own special issue attacked as ‘academic narcissism’ and ‘scientific misconduct’ in first-of-its-kind study

Indian campaigner Achal Agrawal says research watchdog he founded gets tens of tip-offs regarding suspected malpractice every day

Syrian scholar stopped from seeing dying father among those affected by long waits for clearance, says MP Wendy Chamberlain

Dramatically increasing private spending on research may be unrealistic given current economic conditions, funder warned

Penalties for withdrawn papers and self-citation proposed by Stanford researcher would hit standing of Chinese universities

Success in securing ‘consolidator’ awards continues Britain’s resurgence since rejoining Horizon research initiative

AI-assisted software makes it easier for students to forge medical evidence for disciplinary hearings, says legal expert

Tech reskilling and digital democracy plans no distraction from furthering government’s research ambitions, says science secretary

Science secretary defends decision to dedicate nearly a fifth of UKRI budget to policy priorities

Appointment of Kathleen Fisher to lead UK ‘high-risk, high-reward’ funding body will raise questions on shift towards defence research

Timetable for phasing out testing on animals for antibody research and drug analysis is too demanding and may risk patient safety, argues expert

Strong levels of ‘instinctive’ backing for UK research cannot be taken for granted given lack of personal connection, warns science campaign group

UK delegation to Beijing paves way for ‘cautious, sensible and informed international science cooperation’ says minister

City leader outlines how government is making help available for universities to recruit top scientists and researchers

Majority of researchers feel greater pressure to focus on topics deemed important by government, says Elsevier survey

Without bespoke research funding it is harder than ever for research universities to collaborate with those in low-income countries. Jack Grove hears from two institutions that have fought to make these partnerships work

Writing a letter of gratitude for an inspirational talk or piece of advice sounds schmaltzy but it’s the best self-help therapy available, says Adrian Furnham

US climate scientist wins Maddox Prize after highlighting attempts to downplay findings about human-caused warming

UK told to strengthen and protect its visa offer to international scientists if it wants to achieve ambition of becoming Europe’s leading life sciences economy

Bosnian-born president of University of Connecticut says her unusual academic career shows how US promotes outsiders like no other country

Irene Tracey stresses importance of teaching students courtesy and respect to model what ‘good disagreement’ looks like

Sethuraman Panchanathan says research funder and scientists must improve ‘storytelling’ as agency faces $5 billion cuts

Demonstrating research impact more clearly will reverse falling public support for higher education, argues scholar turned education minister

A year after joining the ‘MIT of the Middle East’, the former King’s College London president reflects on the need for scholars to align their research with national priorities and the joys of leading a ‘city community of scholars’

Not our role to ‘police the personal political opinions of individual fellows,’ says president

Results of the fifth annual Knowledge Exchange Framework show research-intensive institutions performed most strongly on intellectual property and commercialisation

Research England hopes transparency pilot could lead to more accountability but critics fear bureaucracy and government control

Research England to use REF pause to consider whether institutions must meet baseline performance measures as a condition of receiving funds

Using REF to tackle research culture risks making it too ‘bureaucratic and burdensome’, university leaders warn as Vallance rethinks changes to weightings

Failure to explain how AI-aided academic writing is a form of plagiarism leaves graduate students horribly compromised, says E.M. Wolkovich

Excluding academia from the main discussions at recent national productivity summit is short-sighted and complacent, says Shamit Saggar

Huge dividends from Denmark’s weight loss drug industry are result of high tax and high investment economy, says Nobel prizewinner Morten Meldal

Ban on uninvited resubmissions of proposals at Natural Environment Research Council may cost system dearly, warns expert

Setting UK’s main research funder clearly defined objectives can bolster the case for R&I investment, finds Public Accounts Committee

Universities and institutes to receive funding to pay to relocate 60 to 80 researchers, with five of 12 winners hailing from Greater South East region

Research-intensive universities face £315 million bill for proposed fee levy, adding to pressures caused by massive erosion of fee value, says lobby group

Without foreign research talent pouring into leading US institutions, America will fall further behind in tech race, says former US energy secretary Steven Chu

Boris Johnson-era messaging about ‘UK greatness’ in science annoys and alienates potential research partners, says report from major funder

Leading light of Cambridge biotech industry Greg Winter says country should seize ‘once in a lifetime’ chance to poach American scientists fleeing Trump cuts