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Correspondence |
Adopt universal standards for study adaptation to boost health, education and social-science research
- Dragos Iliescu
- & Samuel Greiff
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Nature Index |
How AI is being used to accelerate clinical trials
From study design to patient recruitment, researchers are investigating ways that technology could speed up the process.
- Matthew Hutson
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Nature Index |
A guide to the Nature Index
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.
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Nature Index |
A spotlight on the stark imbalances of global health research
An expansion of the Nature Index to include more than 60 medical journals has revealed the clear leaders in the field.
- Bec Crew
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Correspondence |
On the ethics of informed consent in genetic data collected before 1997
- Martin Zieger
- , Yann Joly
- & Maria Eugenia D’Amato
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News |
‘All of Us’ genetics chart stirs unease over controversial depiction of race
Debate over figure connecting genes, race and ethnicity reignites concerns among geneticists about how to represent human diversity.
- Max Kozlov
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News |
Ambitious survey of human diversity yields millions of undiscovered genetic variants
Analysis of the ‘All of Us’ genomic data set begins to tackle inequities in genetics research.
- Max Kozlov
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Editorial |
Open science — embrace it before it’s too late
A UNESCO report laments the lack of progress in making science more collaborative. Greater awareness could aid efforts to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
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Career Column |
In the AI science boom, beware: your results are only as good as your data
Machine-learning systems are voracious data consumers — but trustworthy results require more vetting both before and after publication.
- Hunter Moseley
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News Q&A |
Dana-Farber retractions: meet the blogger who spotted problems in dozens of cancer papers
Nature talks to Sholto David about his process for flagging image manipulation and his tips for scientists under scrutiny.
- Max Kozlov
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Correspondence |
Funders must get behind brain project data sharing
- Helena Ledmyr
- , Mathew Abrams
- & Randy McIntosh
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Nature Index |
Self-citations in around a dozen countries are unusually high
Researchers behind the analysis think that policy incentives in these places are to blame.
- Dalmeet Singh Chawla
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Editorial |
From Einstein to AI: how 100 years have shaped science
Looking back a century reveals how much the research landscape has changed — and how unclear the consequences of scientific innovation can be.
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Nature Index |
A guide to the Nature Index
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.
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World View |
How to make data open? Stop overlooking librarians
Digital archivists are already experts at tackling the complex challenges of making research data open and accessible. We can help to smooth the transition.
- Jessica Farrell
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Nature Index |
US agency launches experiments to find innovative ways to fund research
Caleb Watney explains how the National Science Foundation’s ‘science of science’ programme will find efficiencies and support ‘high-risk, high-reward’ studies.
- Dalmeet Singh Chawla
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News |
World’s biggest set of human genome sequences opens to scientists
The whole genomes of 500,000 people in the UK Biobank will help researchers to probe our genetic code for links to disease.
- Ewen Callaway
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Nature Index |
Why is China’s high-quality research footprint becoming more introverted?
Data from the Nature Index suggest China-based authors are increasingly publishing without international colleagues.
- Brian Owens
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News |
‘Treasure trove’ of new CRISPR systems holds promise for genome editing
An algorithm that can analyse hundreds of millions of genetic sequences has identified DNA-cutting genes and enzymes that are extremely rare in nature.
- Sara Reardon
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Nature Index |
A guide to the Nature Index
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.
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News |
What reproducibility crisis? New research protocol yields ultra-high replication rate
Four groups in the field of experimental psychology successfully replicate each other’s work by following best practices.
- David Adam
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Nature Index |
Fastest-rising nations look to solidify research gains
India–US partnerships heat up, as China contemplates rebuilding links with the West.
- Bec Crew
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Nature Index |
A guide to the Nature Index
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.
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World View |
The new Twitter is changing rapidly — study it before it’s too late
Social-media researchers overemphasized the platform now called X for years. But now, as it rapidly changes into something new and frightening, we risk paying too little attention.
- Mike Caulfield
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Spotlight |
Keeping secrets in a quantum world
Cryptographers are preparing for new quantum computers that will break their ciphers.
- Neil Savage
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Career Column |
Why I use Notion to organize my PhD research
Maya Gosztyla describes the database tool as a ‘second brain’, helping her to coordinate her work.
- Maya Gosztyla
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Editorial |
Carl Sagan’s audacious search for life on Earth has lessons for science today
The test 30 years ago of what remote sensing could tell us about our own planet shows the value of looking with unbiased eyes at what we think we already know.
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Editorial |
How to share data — not just equally, but equitably
Just as with many natural resources, wealthy countries have been extracting scientific data from poorer nations for centuries. Researchers are changing that.
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News |
Reproducibility trial: 246 biologists get different results from same data sets
Wide distribution of findings shows how analytical choices drive conclusions.
- Anil Oza
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Nature Index |
A guide to the Nature Index
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.
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Obituary |
C. R. Rao, statistician who transformed data analytics (1920–2023)
Pioneer of powerful tools for sifting data and optimizing device designs.
- Shyamal D. Peddada
- & Ravindra Khattree
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News |
Why women earn less than men: Nobel for economic historian who probed pay gap
Claudia Goldin mined 200 years of data to show that greater economic growth did not lead to wage parity, nor to more women in the workplace.
- Philip Ball
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Technology Feature |
How open-source software could finally get the world’s microscopes speaking the same language
A plethora of standards mean shareable and verifiable microscopy data often get lost in translation. Biologists are working on a solution.
- Michael Brooks
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Comment |
Replication games: how to make reproducibility research more systematic
In some areas of social science, around half of studies can’t be replicated. A new test-fast, fail-fast initiative aims to show what research is hot — and what’s not.
- Abel Brodeur
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- & Edward Miguel
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Comment |
AI can help to speed up drug discovery — but only if we give it the right data
Artificial-intelligence tools that enable companies to share data about drug candidates while keeping sensitive information safe can unleash the potential of machine learning and cutting-edge lab techniques, for the common good.
- Marissa Mock
- , Suzanne Edavettal
- & Alan Russell
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Nature Index |
A guide to the Nature Index
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.
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Nature Index |
Can cancer research shift its focus?
Misdirected funds could be undermining efforts to improve patient outcomes in regions that need it most.
- Bec Crew
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Nature Podcast |
Audio long read: Medicine is plagued by untrustworthy clinical trials. How many studies are faked or flawed?
Teams of scientists, physicians and data sleuths argue that in some fields unreliable or fabricated trials are widespread.
- Richard Van Noorden
- & Benjamin Thompson
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Nature Index |
A guide to the Nature Index
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.
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Technology Feature |
Artificial-intelligence search engines wrangle academic literature
Developers want to free scientists to focus on discovery and innovation by helping them to draw connections from a massive body of literature.
- Amanda Heidt
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News |
Ancient DNA reveals the living descendants of enslaved people through 23andMe
A landmark genomic study raises the possibility that many more people could find links to distant ancestors through genetic analysis.
- Ewen Callaway
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News |
ChatGPT-like AIs are coming to major science search engines
The Scopus, Dimensions and Web of Science databases are introducing conversational AI search.
- Richard Van Noorden
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Correspondence |
Data sharing: putting Nature’s policy to the test
- Xiwei Chen
- , Stephanie L. Dickinson
- & David B. Allison
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News Feature |
Medicine is plagued by untrustworthy clinical trials. How many studies are faked or flawed?
Investigations suggest that, in some fields, at least one-quarter of clinical trials might be problematic or even entirely made up, warn some researchers. They urge stronger scrutiny.
- Richard Van Noorden
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Career Column |
Fourteen things you need to know about collaborating with data scientists
Experimentalists often need help to analyse data. Here’s how to ensure your collaboration is productive.
- Michele Tobias
- , Nick Ulle
- & Tyler Shoemaker
Researchers want a ‘nutrition label’ for academic-paper facts