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Their goals may be different, and so may the paths they are taking to reach them, but the universities aged 50 and under featured in this Nature Index supplement are proof that youth need not be a barrier to strong research performance.
A description of the terminology and methodology used in this supplement, and a guide to the functionality that is available free online at natureindex.com.
Academic convergence at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology aims to produce specialists for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in South Korea.
Skoltech, one of Russia’s youngest universities, is pioneering new applications in artificial intelligence (AI) and mass spectrometry to address old and new questions across the sciences.
The Universitat Politècnica de València is pairing ambition with pragmatism to bring sustainability to its campus, curricula and community. Others should take note.