Publishers trial paying peer reviewers — what did they find?
Trials suggest that offering payment can increase the chance of a researcher agreeing to review, and in some cases speed
Mathematician who reshaped theory of symmetry wins Abel Prize
Masaki Kashiwara’s work spans distant mathematical disciplines.Credit: Peter Bagde/Typos1/The Abel Prize Mathematician Masaki Kashiwara has won the 2025 Abel Prize,
US universities curtail staff, spending as Trump cuts take hold
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge has frozen hiring for non-faculty positions.Credit: Mel Musto/Bloomberg/Getty The onslaught of US spending
How ‘animal methods bias’ is affecting research careers
Animals do not always need to be used in preclinical studies.Credit: Evgenyi Eg / Getty While Catharine Krebs was working
Errors in the Huntington’s disease gene accumulate slowly and then all at once
Huntington’s disease, a neurodegenerative condition, stems from a mutation in the HTT gene sequence in which a trio of nucleotides,
Stay safe from online hate with these five tips
With papers to write, grants to apply for and students to teach, cybersecurity can be a low priority for scientists.
How a vast digital twin of the Yangtze River could prevent flooding in China
China’s Yangtze River is the longest in Eurasia and the third-longest on the planet, flowing more than 6,000 kilometres from
AI tools are spotting errors in research papers: inside a growing movement
Two new AI tools check for errors in research papers including in the calculations, methodology and references.Credit: Jose A. Bernat
Solanum pan-genetics reveals paralogues as contingencies in crop engineering
Plant material, phenotypic analyses and imaging Details on all plant material used in this study, including the passport identification numbers
How academia’s ‘lone wolf’ culture is harming researcher mental health
Adam Levy 00:02 Hello, I’m Adam Levy, and this is Mind matters: academia’s mental health crisis, a podcast from Nature