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Articles by David Matthews
Universities are looking to take more vaccine creation processes in-house, as Oxford head warns that coronavirus jabs have created ¡®perverse¡¯ profit incentives, reports David Matthews
Academics¡¯ reading lists are increasingly directed by algorithms. But are the recommendation services of platforms such as Google Scholar, ResearchGate and Mendeley distorting science? And might AI ultimately lead it to a disastrous echo chamber? David Matthews reports
Campaigners at Bo?azi?i University say their victory could inspire others ¨C but also fear a harsher crackdown under a new appointee
¡®Don¡¯t always stick with what you have,¡¯ says science minister Amanda Solloway, as new innovation strategy points to US and German models
New study raises questions over validity of single studies and suggests detailed tracking of researchers¡¯ decisions during analysis
Sister-in-law of Azerbaijan¡¯s autocratic president sits on board of centre set up to study country after brokering a ?10 million donation
Commission considers suggestion that ¡®fire drill¡¯ exercises could help prepare for environmental, health or economic disasters
For the first time prestigious funder has explicitly told academics they must not include metric when applying for grants
Years of restrictions have stymied scholars¡¯ work on topics such as the Algerian war of independence, and a new law could cement this lack of access
Frustrated by rises in publishers¡¯ article processing charges, the country wants to expand non-commercial journals instead
The former Austrian molecular biologist explains how a boring childhood was an advantage, why he switched careers and how designing board games is like basic research
Scholars say that the new institute, whose remit describes the genocide as ¡®baseless¡¯, will lack credibility
Chemistry laureate George Smith argues a publicly funded system would more than pay for itself by ending monopoly pricing in pharmaceuticals
In unprecedented comments ahead of federal elections in September, Anja Karliczek applauds university that shuttered its institute
Now concerned about impact of runaway artificial intelligence, diplomat worries scientific advances have overtaken capacity for reflection on their impact
Performance can help explore academic questions, say advocates, but the field still lacks full acceptance in the corridors of power and policymaking
Wave of money is ¡®truly unprecedented¡¯, says Italian rectors¡¯ head, but some worry the money is too focused on technology transfer and that national plans overlap
Federal prosecutor alleges that ¡®Ilnur N¡¯ passed on university information to Russian intelligence services in return for cash
Governments have focused on building up a lavishly funded research elite, but the forced switch online has made them realise losers in this system cannot cope
After criticism that it failed to declare Peter Daszak¡¯s work with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, journal has also ¡®recused¡¯ zoologist from its coronavirus origins taskforce
Ko? University dismissed media scholar Amir Hetsroni for ¡®inappropriate behaviour¡¯, but he suspects a link to his private criticism of Turkey¡¯s government
Scholars, fed up with decades of living from contract to contract, force government to remove video that seemed to celebrate insecurity
Former UK foreign policy adviser fears countries could lose ¡®monopoly¡¯ over accreditation for failing to inject critical thinking, curiosity, emotional intelligence and empathy into higher education
Parliamentary resolution seen as culmination of a campaign against gender, race and migration scholarship
