Research

Biden signalled new approach to scientific engagement with Asian superpower, but scholars say Trump’s China Initiative is continuing under new guises

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

The technology threatens to impoverish research and destroy humans’ ability to understand the social world, says Dirk Lindebaum

Rare involvement of learned academy in establishing ‘reasonable doubt’ over child murder conviction paves way for mechanisms to forestall future injustices

Success of Turing Scheme should not obscure lost benefits of deeper, reciprocal student exchange initiatives, explains House of Lords review

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

Clarivate report highlights reliance of US on research collaboration with China in key fields like engineering and technology

Interest in India growing as Washington-Beijing tensions show no indication of waning, scholars say

In high-profile instance of Trump administration crackdown, former Harvard nanoscientist gets leniency as he faces incurable cancer

Farah Karim-Cooper – one of the UK’s few ethnic minority Shakespeare professors – reflects on being an outsider in a discipline not known for its non-white faces and ponders how diversity can be improved

University of Winchester historian Ryan Lavelle reflects on nearly a decade advising on streaming giant’s blockbuster Vikings series

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

Review calls for reduction in ministerial veto powers, highlights ARC’s role as ‘guardian of basic research’, but keeps applied research in the mix

Universities must address ethical questions and bias in AI and ensure students are ‘better than ChatGPT’, says Wei Li

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

Bibliographic databases’ default ‘sort by relevance’ listings perpetuate bias towards white, Western men, says Katy Jordan

Publishing giant announces list of more than 100 nations where open access charges will not apply

The India-born, CUNY-based expert on light-matter interaction discusses his work to help school students share his sense of excitement

Projects that pose no risk to participants are being distorted or prevented by regulations designed for medical interventions, says Martyn Hammersley

While few dispute the need to increase the quantum, opinions differ over how to share the spoils

Assessment needs rethinking, but ChatGPT et al could streamline processes, improve tutoring and highlight collaborations, says Nick Jennings

Universities must lead on social justice and sustainable development, argues Dave Petley

Social scientist sees hand of ChatGPT in list of non-existent papers cited in peer reviewer’s rejection

Montana-based founder of Networked University idea eyes new way to aid students, share resources and, perhaps, bridge societal divides

Scientific community counts nation’s economic losses from two decades of underinvestment but can’t budge Trudeau government

Many such journals are on government-approved lists and indexed in mainstream bibliographic databases, says Emanuel Kulczycki

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

Trailblazing physicist Donna Strickland hopes new institute will tackle waning public trust in science

Hate campaign directed towards America’s chief pandemic scientist makes it harder to find permanent leader for world’s biggest research funder

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

While scores of doctoral students have at long last received permission to travel Down Under, the waiting list is long

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

‘Misinterpretation’ of Research Excellence Framework guidance on staff selection judged not to have materially benefited university

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

Ability of a university to work in flexible, interdisciplinary fashion meant Hopkins researchers could ‘fill gap’ between WHO and governments

Ex-Birmingham v-c and Hefce chief exec tells MPs that England’s regulator lacks skills needed to engage properly with universities

Repeated power outages cause widespread disruption on campuses, with fears that more students will drop out as a result

China studies programmes and language courses are on the decline, just as understanding of the superpower is needed most

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

The exascale machine referenced in the budget will be expensive, but the price of strategic missteps is higher, say Peter Coveney and Roger Highfield

After claims of image manipulation in papers by Marc Tessier-Lavigne, neuroscientist promises vindication amid signs of faculty unease

The UK’s ‘rock star historian’ Peter Frankopan talks to Matthew Reisz about his ambitious follow-up to his Silk Roads chronicle and the perils of being seen as a modern-day sage

The AI chatbot may soon kill the undergraduate essay, but its transformation of research could be equally seismic. Jack Grove examines how ChatGPT is already disrupting scholarly practices and where the technology may eventually take researchers – for good or ill

Academics left ‘traumatised’ by ‘absurd’ and ‘Byzantine’ corporate booking systems that drain departmental travel funds

A year after his ordeal, Chinese American semiconductor specialist Gang Chen reflects on how a 12-month government investigation changed his life and work

New guidelines on use of ChatGPT follows plagiarism concerns and authorship controversies caused by rise of generative AI

It would be extraordinary if the UK chose to switch to Plan B at the very moment the main obstacle to Plan A was being removed, says Joanna Burton

Requests to withdraw from less lucrative areas of Europe’s research scheme will delay UK membership and cost universities billions of pounds, warn science policy experts

Academics lay out plan for knowledge from Global South to take ‘rightful place’

Government red tape on foreign research collaborations is ‘overwhelming’ and ‘demoralising’ staff, says report, which calls for national ‘clearing house’ to ease security assessments

Even as Covid travel restrictions are lifted, Xi-era crackdown on freedoms is making on-the-ground research much more difficult

Crick director Sir Paul Nurse urges government to diversify institute mix and ‘rescue’ ailing centres with more funding and autonomy

A consensus has emerged on changes that would make the second half of the multi-national programme even more successful, says Jan Palmowski

Those focused on dissecting pop culture face hostility from politicians, the media and fellow academics, but their work remains vital, ‘Kylie scholar’ Liz Giuffre tells Rosa Ellis

As NIH pushes for improvement on racial and gender measures, drag attributed to growing segment of non-diverse principal investigators

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen says discussions will begin once new Northern Ireland framework is confirmed