Safely conducting essential research in the face of COVID-19
Nature Careers BlogStaying at home is not an option for scientists working on potential vaccines or caring for research animals. Sso what’s that like?
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Confused About the DIAN-TU Trial Data? Experts Discuss
Alz ForumAt the virtual AAT-AD/PD Focus meeting, clinicians and funders involved in the DIAN-TU Trial discuss results from the first DIAN-TU treatment trial
5 Strategies for writing in turbulent times
LSE Impact BlogChris Smith shares five practical strategies to help academics manage distractions and stay focused on writing during uncertain and disrupted times.
Adding a personal backstory boosts credibility
Researchers who present themselves as curious, fallible humans might be perceived as more authentic in this post shared from Nature Careers.
Communicating your research in plain language
Dementia ResearcherResearchers share personal stories behind their science at Berlin Science Week, exploring how storytelling changes the way they communicate their work.
What Makes Research Interesting? Five Dimensions That Matter
What makes academic work interesting? Manuel Goyanes explores five key traits that help papers stand out, inspire readers and influence the field.
The Global Caring Crisis
Exploriong care systems in different economies across the world, questioning why domestic work carried out chiefly by women and girls is largely underpaid
Three-quarters of researchers say yes to meeting-free weeks
Respondents to a Nature poll largely agree that meeting free weeks… would be practical, read to reveal how much time it would save them.
Top tips for getting your science out there
Craig Cormick explains how scientists can get their arguments across to members of the public in this post shared from the Nature Careers Blog site.
Four principles for practising and evaluating co-production
A new working definition of co-produced research and suggest how different elements of successfully co-produced knowledge can be understood and evaluated.
Orderly desk, orderly mind
A tidy desk, a clear mind: discover how one researcher’s compulsive order fuels creative thinking and helps their lab tackle unexpected research themes.
The State of Open Data 2019 – Key issues for researchers
Mark Hahnel for the LSE Impact Blog presents findings from the largest continuous survey of academic attitudes to open data