For the first time in a decade, the US university has lost its top position in the academic rankings, usurped by a Chinese institution.

Funding worries and publishing trends loom large in the minds of scientists surveyed by Nature Index.

Japan and South Korea are challenging Western peers in a shifting research landscape.

For the first time in a decade, the US university has lost its top position in the academic rankings, usurped by a Chinese institution.

As some countries lower the screening age for breast, colorectal and other cancers, scientists warn that it could cause more harm than good.

Meet the creative minds that aim to improve cancer detection and treatment.

Meet the creative minds that aim to improve cancer detection and treatment.

Nature - People with aphantasia are offering a window into consciousness.

From lectures by avatars to entire qualifications, higher education centred around AI is just around the corner.

Tools fail to identify most AI-generated peer-review reports, say researchers, who warn that the issue is only getting worse.

As submissions to AI conferences soar, authors’ own rankings — combined with peer review — could offer a powerful way to identify high-impact research.

As submissions soar, could authors’ rankings work together with peer review to help identify high-impact research?

Without clear protocols to catch errors, artificial intelligence’s growing role in science could do more harm than good.

Why some institutions are betting on technology to stay relevant.

The huge power of vaccines is being diluted by hesitancy, funding cuts and conflict.

Other scientists believe extending lifespan might be difficult but are pursuing therapies that aim to make us feel younger for longer.

Classifying ageing as a disease might bring funding and other benefits, say some researchers, but others say this is fraught with ethical and regulatory implications.

The huge power of vaccines is being diluted by hesitancy, funding cuts and conflict.

Researchers are getting an unprecedented look at the human immune system through emerging techniques.

Researchers welcome the initiative, but say it doesn’t go far enough to capture the nuance of researcher productivity and impact.

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

Nature - Preprint examines how citations can influence the review process.

Paper output varies between disciplines, as does the trend after tenure is achieved.

Australia has launched its first lung cancer screening program, which targets current and recent smokers with biennial low-dose CT scans.

Committee gives first hint that policymakers might preserve, rather than slash, funding for US National Science Foundation and other agencies.

Corporate research is a major part of the global science ecosystem, and all eyes are on the sector amid federal funding cuts in the United States.

The results of technology research and development must find their way into the published literature. New models of regulation could help.

The Journal of Public Health in Africa faces a pivotal moment, and researchers say it must evolve to better serve the scientific community.

Research across science and medicine will probably shrink at one of the world’s most elite universities amid a new political reality.

There are good commercial reasons for firms to share their research in science journals, but the practice seems to be falling out of favour.

Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit.

Here’s where academic researchers are flocking to — and the topics they’re pursuing.

There are good commercial reasons for firms to share their research in science journals, but the practice seems to be falling out of favour.

If companies do step in to support research, will they publish the results, or keep them close to their chest?

More scientific leaders need to speak out about anti-science agendas and threats to academic freedom across the world.

As China continues its scientific ascent, the rest of the world should keep engaging.

They look like devils and hence are called pez diablo in Spanish, but these demonic objects are dried and mutilated versions of living rays known as guitarfish.

Bot-made art undermines research and public trust in science, say illustrators frustrated by inaccurate and outlandish depictions.

Researchers in Canada prepare for turbulence in the wake of US funding changes — but there’s a silver lining.

The Trump administration hobbles a great American export

The race is on to build tools that can detect fradulent AI-generated images in research.

The health secretary said the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association and The Lancet are in bed with pharma.

Extreme weather means wildfires and flooding are becoming more likely, posing a risk to urban areas around the world