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Researchers moving between institutions in low- and middle-income countries can confer wide-reaching benefits on their colleagues.

Caleb Watney explains how the National Science Foundation’s ‘science of science’ programme will find efficiencies and support ‘high-risk, high-reward’ studies.

Data from the Nature Index suggest China-based authors are increasingly publishing without international colleagues.

Shouting about the far-flung impact of city-based research can help counter attempts at urban–rural division.

Research is central to the success of major photovoltaic programmes in ramping up clean energy and alleviating rural poverty.

Scientists are working with Indigenous communities in Alaska to improve many facets of rural health.

Californian projects show how community engagement can break down urban–rural barriers in the United States.

Artificial intelligence is asking questions that humans hope to answer.

Landing tenure is a pipe dream for most postdoctoral researchers. They need business skills to help them thrive outside academia.

Building on the success of blockbuster drugs, the country’s focus on reinvestment is feeding a stream of discovery.

The domestic pool of talent is deep, but international links are still crucial for maintaining the country’s role in the search for global solutions.

But collaborations are still hampered by bureaucracy and underfunding.

With the world at their feet, these prolific young researchers are making their mark.

India–US partnerships heat up, as China contemplates rebuilding links with the West.

Four researchers offer tips for excelling in interdisciplinary training.

The continent’s scientists see opportunities in international collaborations that are rooted in Africa, rather than originating in Europe and North America.

The head of Europe’s main body for research-management professionals talks about the impact of artificial intelligence and the continued battle for recognition for those supporting scientists’ work.

The fact that artificial intelligence can do much of the work makes a mockery of the process. It’s time to make it easier for scientists to ask for research funding.

But research will need to renew and redouble efforts to provide solutions as the climate emergency deepens.

The pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine have had a significant impact on international collaboration and field access.