Science diplomacy is becoming increasingly important across Europe. According to former diplomat Anna Przybyło-Józefowicz, science communication could also benefit from diplomatic knowledge and practice. International mobility in science communication is emerging as a valuable avenue for strengthening individual and institutional capacity, as recently argued in University World News. Traveling across borders, learning new tools and […]

Guess which papers received more citations per year, and see why citation counts are risky for assessing research quality or impact.

Nature talks to five artists about their approaches to communicating science visually.

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Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the lab.

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Physicists isolated the ‘last sound’ of a black hole collision, providing an unprecedented glimpse of the region right next to the event horizon — the black hole’s mysterious point of no return.

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We analyze the relationship between open-accessibility in data, code, and paper text in astrophysics using a sample of 53,194 peer reviewed papers published between January 2021 and April 2025, drawn from NASA's Astrophysics Data System (ADS). We measure eleven quantities: open accessibility of text, open-code status, open-data status, number of grants received, code size, programming language, data repository size, citation count, number of authors, paper length, and publication date. We break down citation advantages based on six astrophysical sub-fields: Solar System, Planet, Stellar, ISM, High Energy, and Galaxies+Cosmology, determined by keywords. This is accomplished by tuning a multivariate least-squares regression model with alongside partial correlations and non-parametric tests to isolate the contribution of each facet of openness. After controlling for the aforementioned quantities, we find significant citation advantages associated with all three forms of openness: open data (+32%, p < 10^-24), open access (+26%, p < 10^-67), and open code (+16%, p = 0.003). The open-data citation advantage is present in all six sub-fields, and especially in Galaxies+Cosmology and ISM, which have the strongest cultures of sharing simulation outputs and observational data products. Open-code and open-data sharing rates are highest in Galaxies+Cosmology and HEA (~0.9% and ~2.9%), reflecting their more developed community data infrastructure, and lowest in Solar System and ISM, where data is distributed on platforms not taken into account by this study. Our findings support the long held notion that public access comes with concrete personal incentives for authors in terms of citations.

Trust in elite institutions is on the wane globally. Building public participation into research and government advice can turn the tide.

Broadcast journalists move quickly. Two editors explain how scientists can recognise the moment, shape the story and get their work on the media agenda.

Broadcast journalists move quickly. Two editors explain how scientists can recognise the moment, shape the story and get their work on the media agenda.

Broadcast journalists move quickly. Two editors explain how scientists can recognise the moment, shape the story and get their work on the media agenda.

Broadcast journalists move quickly. Two editors explain how scientists can recognise the moment, shape the story and get their work on the media agenda.

From AI to biotechnology, today’s scientific breakthroughs raise ethical and social challenges that technical expertise alone cannot solve.

In this episode Nick talks to Dr Louise Saul, Network+ coordinator for CaSDaR (Careers and Skills for Data Driven Research), a UKRI-funded initiative ai...

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The European Science Journalism Conference will take place on 14 and 15 October in Hannover, Germany, alongside the annual WPK Wissenswerte conference on 15 and 16 October. The main topic of the conference will be "Science journalism for a world in crisis”. View the programme   Early bird registration will be open until September 30, so register soon to

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