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What the Stanford president’s resignation can teach lab leaders
Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s departure makes overworked researchers ponder: how do we prevent misconduct in our own labs?
- Max Kozlov
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Career Column |
Bias in science: how to fight the good fight
Good luck trying to dismantle entrenched structures and processes, says Athene Donald — but don’t give up, support is out there.
- Athene Donald
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Career Column |
How a simple celebratory gathering can offer a positive outlook
My research area in the biological sciences department has a simple end-of-semester ceremony that helps us to share our successes, writes Ilinca Ciubotariu.
- Ilinca Ciubotariu
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Career Feature |
How better sleep can improve productivity
Struggling to get a good night’s rest after a long day in the lab? Sleep specialists offer some advice.
- Nikki Forrester
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Career Column |
Why I love my postdoc position at an independent research institute
Smaller, often-specialized institutes aren’t for everyone, but they helped me to find satisfaction in my academic career.
- Alex Soto-Avellaneda
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Career Q&A |
How building a phage directory can mean life or death for patients
Jessica Sacher works to develop tools for phage therapy, with the aim of overcoming antimicrobial resistance.
- Andy Tay
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Career Column |
How pandemic lockdowns changed workplace friendships
Hybrid work environments have altered how we connect with colleagues. But building work friendships can protect against burnout and make you more productive.
- Lola Brown
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How to train early-career scientists to weather failure
Workshops and training programmes tackle failure and how to recover from it.
- Laurie Udesky
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World View |
How ‘research impact bonds’ could transform science funding
Current funding models have high risks and low accountability. Public–private partnerships offer a better way.
- Michael Hill
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Editorial |
More carrot, less stick: how to make research assessments fairer
Research-assessment exercises are often misused to judge researchers or cut their funding — changes to the United Kingdom’s scheme are a promising start.
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Career Q&A |
From process to outcome: working toward health equity
Health-equity work requires thinking about strengths and assets instead of just disadvantages, says Aletha Maybank.
- Nikki Forrester
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Career Column |
How to organize your lab purchases and inventory
Christina Termini’s tweet on her do-it-yourself system for managing lab inventory went viral. Here’s how to implement the tool.
- Nicollette Jessica Setiawan
- & Christina Marie Termini
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Nature Index |
Nature Index Annual Tables 2023: China tops natural-science table
India is another notable riser whereas Russia is among those losing ground.
- Chris Woolston
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Nature Index |
Nature Index Annual Tables 2023: first health-science ranking reveals big US lead
The Netherlands punches above its weight in the country list, and a Canadian institution demonstrates the strength of its clinical collaborations.
- Bianca Nogrady
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Career Column |
How my bipolar diagnosis changed my scientific career
I spent more than a year in a manic state, burning out for the sake of my job. Here’s how I found balance again.
- Michelle Kimple
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NIH to intensify scrutiny of foreign grant recipients in wake of COVID origins debate
Researchers speak out over US biomedical agency’s new funding policy.
- Max Kozlov
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Revealed: the millions of dollars in time wasted making papers fit journal guidelines
The high cost of ‘reformatting’ prompts a call for journals to change their requirements.
- Max Kozlov
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Career Column |
How screenwriting can help your grant writing
What recent film riveted you? What if your next grant proposal engaged reviewers as effectively as that film grabbed you?
- Christine W. Hartmann
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Career Column |
The surprising benefit of meditative walks
When astrobiologist Erin Gibbons is stuck on a problem, she sometimes finds it best to just walk away.
- Erin Gibbons
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Career Column |
Ghosted in science: how to move on when a potential collaborator suddenly stops responding
Don’t blame yourself if an enthusiastic and productive first encounter goes nowhere, says Aditya Simha.
- Aditya Simha
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Career Feature |
How mixing academia and industry opens doors in graduate school and beyond
A growing number of PhD programmes and postdoc positions combine academic questions and industry resources.
- Freda Kreier
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Editorial |
Research assessment exercises are necessary — but we need to learn to do them better
Australia is overhauling its research evaluation system — an opportunity for it, and other countries, to review what makes a system work for everyone.
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World View |
Audit AI search tools now, before they skew research
Generative AI could be a boon for literature search, but only if independent groups scrutinize its biases and limitations.
- Michael Gusenbauer
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Career Column |
How I managed my intense burnout
Work felt unmanageable, and I was always angry and constantly tired. Here’s how I stepped back, says Kelly Korreck.
- Kelly Korreck
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Career Feature |
Time tracking for early-career researchers: a practical guide
Time management isn’t taught at graduate school, but a better understanding of how you pass the hours can help you achieve your goals.
- Linda Nordling
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Editorial |
Women’s health: end the disparity in funding
Funding for research on women’s health is still a fraction of that available for men’s health.
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Green transition: create a European energy agency
- Simone Tagliapietra
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Career Feature |
Say what? The principal investigators who pass down wisdom through humour
Wit can convey important truths about critical thinking and the scientific method, especially when group leaders poke fun at themselves in the process.
- Amanda Heidt
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Technology Feature |
Disasters happen — here’s how to soften their blow in the lab
Preparation and flexibility are key to a smooth recovery.
- Alla Katsnelson
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Australian researchers welcome plan to curb politicians’ power to veto grants
Under new proposals, ministerial intervention would be limited to projects where national security is at stake.
- Dyani Lewis
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Nature Index |
European Union appeals for interdisciplinary collaboration in new funding model
Brussels hopes that getting scientists from different fields to work together on big issues will bring innovations such as viable hydrogen energy infrastructure to the market more quickly.
- Charles Ebikeme
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Career Column |
How I use ChatGPT responsibly in my teaching
Large language models are here to stay. Here’s how I’m incorporating them, writes Hong Yang.
- Hong Yang
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Editorial |
Why Nature is updating its advice to authors on reporting race or ethnicity
Nature’s updated advice is a small step towards ensuring that research does not inadvertently end up harming under-represented groups.
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World View |
University ethics boards are not ready for Indigenous scholars
Ethics review processes routinely impede Indigenous academics’ research with Indigenous communities.
- Jennifer Grenz
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Career Column |
The good side of science: why I tweeted 31 reasons to love your career
Jeffrey Rathmell took to Twitter after encountering negativity on social media about research careers. He was surprised by the experience, and the overwhelmingly positive response.
- Jeffrey Rathmell
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Nature Index |
Searching the web for science: how small mistakes create big problems
Typos, acronyms and authors’ names all present issues when trawling the literature. Can next-generation search engines do better?
- Jack Leeming
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Career Column |
How to have two careers, and be happy with both
Touring the world as a bass player in a heavy-metal band alongside being a full-time physicist requires career compromises, says Alessandro Sala.
- Alessandro Sala
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Career Feature |
Split-site doctorates are helping to build Africa’s research base
University partnerships that let PhD students split their time between two countries and keep jobs at home have many benefits.
- Rachel Nuwer
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Career Column |
I’m a trans scientist — here’s my advice for navigating academia
Facing microaggressions and harassment has left me exhausted, yet empowered with insight. Here’s what I’ve learnt.
- Atom J. Lesiak
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Long COVID exercise trials proposed by NIH raise alarm
Advocates ask the US biomedical agency to rethink the design of its RECOVER initiative, citing possible harm and funding waste.
- Rachel Fairbank
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Researchers in Germany protest proposed postdoc rule change
A potential legal reform is reigniting debate about a time limit on fixed-term postdoc contracts.
- Layal Liverpool
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Correspondence |
Funding bias: nurture European researchers’ independence
- Sandeep Chowdhary
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- & Federico Battiston
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Correspondence |
Japan and Europe’s next ocean-drilling research programme
- Gilbert Camoin
- & Nobu Eguchi
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Career Feature |
Pandemic productivity loss: how scientific institutions should support academic mothers
Three years on, scientist mums implore universities, funding agencies and publishers to heed calls to account for COVID-19 disruptions.
- Nikki Forrester