Science

Regulators vow to push ahead with ‘in-year’ submissions despite damning report on project’s impact on workloads

Nobel laureates back calls to pause new system of Medical Research Council funding which threatens future of well-established research units

Generalists are needed to help India achieve its ambitious space goals, THE summit hears

Devolving research and skills funding to metro mayors would allow universities to drive innovation-led economic growth, says Neal Juster

University of Manchester physicist hits out at critics who claim Nobel-winning discovery has not yet delivered

Forcing UKRI-backed researchers to publish their papers as preprints would save £40 million annually and ‘accelerate scientific progress’, says thinktank

Money awarded under Horizon Europe Guarantee helped scholars remain competitive as Britain returns to Europe’s research programme, says UKRI’s international champion

European Molecular Biology Laboratory boss will lead the Crick from next summer as Nobel laureate director steps back

Having brokered some of the world’s biggest pacts on global warming, MIT climate scientist Susan Solomon tells Matthew Reisz why she is optimistic that environmental damage can be reversed

A radical new manifesto for science communication is warning about the dangers of making arrogant claims that academic knowledge can explain the mysteries of the universe. Matthew Reisz meets its authors

Institutions must also raise awareness and create more welcoming environment for women, experts say

University of Miami president Julio Frenk explains how his institution is reaping rewards from the tech and finance influx to south Florida

Leading cell biologist says outstanding young researchers are missing out on funding as panellists are focusing excessively on open science contributions

Barely half of postgraduate researchers in the UK and Australia feel like they are part of a community of postgraduate researchers, according to major survey

Extensive comparison of course descriptions to actual syllabuses shows persistent silos, with highest cost for science students

Researchers will work with faculty co-led by Sir Tony Blair at huge new multidisciplinary institute funded by Oracle software magnate Larry Ellison

From dedicating time for brainstorming to taking inspiration from their dog, five writers explain how they are changing their approach to academia and life as another academic year begins in the northern hemisphere

Women are given less time on equipment and more administrative duties than men in mixed gender laboratory groups, new research indicates

Nobel-winning scientists are now using large language models, but experts say their impact on research is only just starting

Rishi Sunak hints that an agreement on the European Union’s research scheme is close as media reports claim a deal will be announced in coming days

Affordable AI-powered writing software offers some hope to scholars unfairly criticised for their imperfect English, but more radical change is required, says Natalia Kucirkova

University educators may not fully understand generative AI or its long-term impact on society, but they must seek to integrate the technology into degree courses, says Stephanie Marshall

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

Additional three months of funding follow deadlock over UK’s membership of European research scheme

Creating new publications for disaffected editors could catalyse a sector-wide rethink on publishing norms, say experts

World-leading research identified by UK’s Research Excellence Framework was also found in less well cited journals

PhD candidates face ‘inconsistencies and inequalities’ in the support provided by supervisors, says British Academy-funded study

As anger mounts over cost of open access deals, moves to finance diamond journals and expand state-run digital platforms have divided opinion

‘Infinite’ research budgets have allowed industry to surge ahead of academia, but scholars will be essential for steering new technologies towards common good, say experts

Georgia State’s transformation of student outcomes has been praised by Barack Obama and Bill Gates. Jack Grove talks to its president, M. Brian Blake, about the trailblazing institution’s incredible journey and his own remarkable rise through US academia

Raising the visibility of scientific breakthroughs with high-profile awards builds public trust and inspires the innovators of the future, says Richard Friend

‘Creeping authoritarianism’ and university expansion behind Ryan Craig’s play, after academia largely absent from UK stage since 1980s

Government-led review of ‘low-performing’ research system will increase pressure to reform the role of France’s biggest scientific agency

Judge papers on a case-by-case basis, says author of study that found most ‘unusually high levels’ of self-citations are explained by legitimate reasons

Alliances with university colleagues can be inspiring and life-affirming but may also be grounded in little more than ambition or survival instinct. Six writers reflect on the joys and challenges of having friends in academia

Document disappoints campaigners with lack of detail or targets after major funder promised overhaul during Black Lives Matter protests

Study finds trainee doctors become cynical, emotionally distanced and desensitised towards their patients

Editorial team at NeuroImage will work with MIT Press to establish new non-profit journal

Ministers’ blueprint for Horizon alternative will be seen by Brussels as a ‘paper tiger’, warns Crick director

Imperial president reflects on his institution’s role in UK growth and the importance of collaboration within Horizon Europe 

Britain’s claims to ‘science superpower’ status look shaky as it is being outperformed by smaller nations on top-rated papers, says study lead

When Purdue biologist David Sanders ran for election to Indiana’s senate last autumn, he assumed a commitment to evidence and personal engagement would give him traction. But while his pitch was well received on doorsteps, the system’s dark arts fended him away from the legislature’s threshold

Attempt to balance interests of employers and researchers pleases no one, and weekend Twitter storm forces the plan ‘back to the assembly hall’

Clarivate’s delisting of academic publications will send a message that research integrity is paramount, says campaigner

Flaws in reporting health intervention studies mean years of research have ‘limited scientific use’, says University of Cambridge study

Three-year scheme will support institutional projects that address racism and racial inequalities

Postgraduate training likely to be concentrated in larger universities as EPSRC and Wellcome make cuts

In the week his sister should have graduated in Kabul as a doctor, PhD student Naimat Zafary describes the reality for Afghan women denied their degrees

Preventing expert reviewers from reading applicants’ CVs could damage Netherlands’ hard-won research excellence, warns senior researcher

Bibliometric-led evaluation of research outputs unable to replicate ‘richness’ of peer-review model

With a Nobel for nudge theory and growing political interest in ‘choice architecture’, the future of behavioural sciences seemed bright. But its experts were often ignored – even dismissed as ‘charlatans’ – when life-or-death calls on Covid were made. Two professors reflect on where the discipline goes next

This year’s Maddox Prize winner shows how community-led research can help communities escape polarised debates over scientific evidence

Ambitious plans announced at China’s National Congress will push elite universities towards supporting research spin-offs and graduate start-ups, says Hao Ni

Changes that pretend scientists do not care about publishing in highly selective journals will end eLife’s crucial role in science publishing, says long-time supporter Paul Bieniasz

Pioneering conference for leading black cancer scientists is part of drive to diversify UK science

Compelling stories of how foreign-born founders drive economic prosperity are more likely to convince policymakers about the need to embrace overseas students, says Alice Gast, who recently stepped down as president of Imperial College London

The Italian physicist known for making complex science intelligible explains how radical student politics, hallucinogenic drugs and hitch-hiking around America helped him become one of science’s foremost thinkers

Spin-off companies from Russell Group universities boast largest annual turnovers, data reveal

Backed by state government, an ambitious university-led initiative is aiming to restore the Ruhr Valley’s former industrial glory. John Morgan meets academics behind the experiment in driving regional renewal by building a reputation for world-class science

The University of Northampton’s outgoing vice-chancellor reflects on how lessons from punk rock led him to survive in academia and deliver one of UK higher education’s most ambitious campus projects. Jack Grove reports