#NatureIndex Immunology www.nature.com/collections/... Measles, polio, tuberculosis: what’s causing spikes in infectious diseases? The huge power of vaccines is being diluted by hesitancy, funding cuts and conflict. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

“There are more vulnerable people right when our walls of defence are crumbling." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The journal Nature has named Thomas Karikari, PhD, one of three Rising Stars in Aging Research! Dr. Karikari is an internationally recognized expert in plasma biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease. Read more here: bit.ly/3XukLa9

“I’m very optimistic that we will be able to slow down the biological process of ageing. I think it will happen in our lifetime.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Does it make sense to classify ageing as a disease? It'd be helpful for funding, say some researchers, but others say it doesn't make sense: "You either have a disease or you don’t — and who doesn’t have ageing?” by @rachelnuwer.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

“We need is a concerted global effort with enormous sharing of resources and collaboration to solve this problem that kills so many people. We aren’t even close to that.” Reporting by @rachelnuwer.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

“I’m very excited. I think this will be a real game-changer.” A guide to some of the most exciting tools and techniques immunlologists are using. by @gvconroy.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A new Google Scholar tool quantifies how much credit each study author gets — my latest for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41... @michaelgusenbauer.bsky.social

There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used. As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how Part 1: is your work in Libgen? www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Reviewers are more likely to approve a manuscript if their own work is cited go.nature.com/4oOf3MI

There's an large uptick in papers published in the year before researchers attain tenure, a new analysis shows. From there it diverges: those in fields that have labs (eg biology, chemistry) keep churning papers, while those that aren't (eg sociology, math) see a decline in papers.

Some good news: Australia has just launched its first new cancer screening program in decades, using low-dose CT to screen current and former smokers for early lung cancer. Could save hundreds of lives every year. www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

A key US Senate committee has indicated that it will reject the huge budget cuts that President Donald Trump proposed for some science agencies, including the US National Science Foundation and NASA. go.nature.com/40H0XST

Hot off the press, our latest Nature Index supplement on private-sector science. Lots of interesting questions/data to explore, especially in the context of public research funding being cut in the US. www.nature.com/collections/...

"Technology’s potential to shape almost every aspect of our lives makes public scrutiny of its research output all the more important." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

“There’s a niche group that knows [the journal] well, but many more of us are clueless." Story by @sciwriabdul.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Researchers told Nature that long-term threats to science at Harvard University are likely to remain no matter what happens in the legal battle between the university and the Trump administration. #Academicsky 🧪

I had the opportunity to speak with Brian Owens (@scibri.com) at Nature Index about why firms invest in scientific research and what drives their decisions to publish. Grateful for the thoughtful reporting: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

Where the academic researchers to flocking to. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

There are good commercial reasons for firms to share their research in science journals, but the practice seems to be falling out of favour. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

If the United States continues to cut funding for fundamental research, it could undermine its own innovation pipeline with potentially dire consequences. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

“Having the freedom to defend science is a privilege. Those who have it owe it to everyone the world over to make their voices heard.” Our editorial calling for global academies to speak out like the Pontifical Academy just did - www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"Until China’s ascent, no country or region (not even the 27-member European Union) had come close to the United States in overall volume of research funding or influential publications." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

An NIH staffer reacts to today's ruling: "I'm looking forward to the day that we are so slammed with work trying to reinstate everything that we had to terminate illegally — I'll work 24/7 to make that happen if I can."

Trade in a mythical fish is threatening real species of rays that are rare and at risk https://theconversation.com/trade-in-a-mythical-fish-is-threatening-real-species-of-rays-that-are-rare-and-at-risk-247433 #conservation #environment #science #STEM

Western universities and research institutions continue to tumble in the annual Nature Index Research Leaders rankings while Chinese institutions soar. go.nature.com/43Q91S9

We've just released the Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders, which shows that China’s lead over the United States in high-quality research output has multiplied by more than four times in a single year. go.nature.com/444uxD4 by @benjplackett.bsky.social

Bot-made art undermines research and public trust in science, say illustrators frustrated by inaccurate and outlandish depictions. @kamalnahas.bsky.social @ella-maru.bsky.social‬ ‪@blokoweka.bsky.social‬ www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Trump's cuts to US science are affecting researchers in Canada too - but they might offer an opportunity for the country to recruit new talent. My story for @nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Another blow to a great American success story - pausing foreign applications to US universities is a terrible idea 🧪 #AcademicSky economist.com/leaders/2025... from The Economist

Detection tools are going to struggle to keep up. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

‘Sitting ducks’: the cities most vulnerable to climate disasters: Extreme weather means wildfires and flooding are becoming more likely, posing a risk to urban areas around the world on.ft.com/3Z1HVpF

Nature’s careers team spoke to a dozen scientists who have been laid off from US federal agencies and from universities because of federal funding cuts in the past two months. #Academicsky 🧪

“I do feel confident that, if something happens that is catastrophic in the US, our colleagues across the globe will pick up the ball for us.” go.nature.com/4msMdAz by @jacksonwryan.com

Collaborations between privately run foundations provide an opportunity to fund risky science that governments cannot take on - a spot-on perspective from Cynthia Friend which I first heard at the STS Forum in 2024 #AcademicSky @kavlifoundation.bsky.social @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Delighted to learn that the Inuit do have many words for snow, after all (long thought to be an urban legend). www.scientificamerican.com/article/ling...

I'm taking a screenshot for the next time I talk about hyphens! (This reminds me of all the great #whyhyphensmatter posts by @madamgrammar.bsky.social on Twitter in days of yore.)

Nature reports how the Trump administration’s anti-mRNA sentiment has sparked fears that this once-celebrated technology, widely seen as a major engine of next-generation vaccines and therapeutics, could soon find itself on the chopping block. #medsky 🧪

Great article with lots of perspectives from scientists who are scared to speak out — and other scientists who are scared of what will happen if they don't. Trump & Musk & Kennedy are devastating U.S. research and setting progress back decades www.science.org/content/arti... on @science.org

Racist and sexist roots in the cancellation of NSF grants under Trump: Grants with female PIs canceled 2x more than men Grants with Black PIs canceled 4x over White PIs Grants with Hispanic PIs canceled 2x over White PIs Grants with PIs with disabilities canceled 2x more than without

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Bringing together proponents of rival theories to test their ideas against each other can advance science — but only if all sides can accept that they might be wrong. In our editorial we argue that the time for ‘adversarial collaboration’ has come 🧪 #AcademicSky www.nature.com/articles/d41...

In 2024, the US National Cancer Institute recorded a large decline in grant funding, but the reasons are unclear. go.nature.com/4jJvwPF

Harvard dominates high-quality cancer research publishing, having widened the gap between itself and the Chinese Academy of Sciences dramically over the past few years. go.nature.com/3EoPuQi

The US is responsible for more than half of the global public and philanthropic funding for cancer research. Funding cuts, like we've seen recently under Trump, pose a serious risk to new tests and treatments: go.nature.com/3EoPuQi

Chinese companies have overtaken the US in cancer clinical trial starts. Its rise to the top is unlike anything we've seen from other leading science nations: go.nature.com/3EoPuQi

This is really good news 🎊 "Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work." www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...