Lab drowning in paperwork? Hire an in-house writer
A technical writer can complete grant applications, reports and manuscripts, freeing up time for a principal investigator to do more
China pours money into brain chips that give paralysed people more control
China has medical infrastructure and large population to test the efficacy of brain implants.Credit: Chen Zhonghao/Xinhua/Alamy A deep brain device
Academic language has become a proxy for European culture wars
International students reacted positively when the University of Tartu introduced compulsory Estonian-language courses for English-language master’s programmes — in contrast
I pioneered my country’s newborn health-screening programme
“Standing by this instrument in my laboratory, I am transported back three decades, when I launched a pilot study that
First independent survey of deaths in Gaza reports more than 80,000 fatalities
It has been difficult to gather reliable estimates of deaths during the war in Gaza.Credit: Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu via Getty
We need to predict the people disasters will hit, not just the places
Whether for hurricanes, heatwaves, wildfires or floods, preparing for disasters and issuing warnings and evacuation orders are essential to save
study of 100,000 applicants hints at why
The Matthew effect describes how scientists who win grant funding early in their careers are more likely to have success
Is a monster web of ocean currents headed for collapse? The race is on to find out
Eight hundred kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, the research vessel Kronprins Haakon drifts quietly through a thick pack of
Some US researchers want to leave the country. Can Europe take them?
In early May, European politicians and university leaders gathered in Paris at Sorbonne University to deliver a message to US
Happy birthday quantum mechanics! I got a ticket to the ultimate physics party
As the ferry pulled into the dock at the North Sea island of Heligoland, I wondered: did German wunderkind Werner