Science

how science is harmed by the bullying and harassment rumour mill

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[ad_1] Illustration: Fran Pulido Misconduct aftermath Misconduct allegations and findings can tear academic communities apart, and university disciplinary processes can amplify the harm. This two-part series explores the community fallout from harassment and bullying misconduct, beginning with the ripple effects of secrecy surrounding disciplinary processes. A second article will investigate how changes to institutional responses … Read more

science mourns physicist Peter Higgs

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[ad_1] Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Colleagues remember Peter Higgs as an inspirational scientist, who remained humble despite his fame.Credit: Graham Clark/Alamy Theoretical physicist Peter Higgs, the namesake of the boson that was discovered in 2012, died on Monday, aged 94. … Read more

India is booming — but there are worries ahead for basic science

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[ad_1] Some 970 million people in India will head to the ballot box starting on 19 April in a general election that polls predict will see Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), win a third five-year term. Many scientists in India are hopeful that the next five years could bring greater … Read more

Brazil budget cuts could leave science labs without power and water

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[ad_1] More than three months into 2024, politicians in Brazil are still at odds about how much money the country’s research institutes and federal universities will receive this year. Scientists say that unless more funding is found, they won’t have enough money to cover basic expenses such as water, electricity and financial aid for students. … Read more

Ready or not, AI is coming to science education — and students have opinions

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[ad_1] Leo Wu, an economics student at Minerva University in San Francisco, California, founded a group to discuss how AI tools can help in education.Credit: AI Consensus The world had never heard of ChatGPT when Johnny Chang started his undergraduate programme in computer engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign in 2018. All that the … Read more

The beauty of what science can do when urgently needed

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[ad_1] Cultivarium chief scientific officer Nili Ostrov works to make model organisms more useful and accessible for scientific researchCredit: Donis Perkins Nili Ostrov has always been passionate about finding ways to use biology for practical purposes. So perhaps it wasn’t surprising that, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit during her postdoctoral studies, she went in the … Read more

What Putin’s election win means for Russian science

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[ad_1] Vladimir Putin spoke at an event marking the 300th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences.Credit: Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin has secured a fifth term in office, claiming a landslide victory in the country’s presidential election on 18 March. Election officials say he won a record 87% of votes. This outcome came … Read more

How AI images and videos could change science

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[ad_1] Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every week? Sign up here. Sora is one of several AI tools that generates video from text promptsCredit: OpenAI The release of OpenAI’s sophisticated video-generating tool Sora has been met with a mix of trepidation and excitement. Some observers worry … Read more