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Behavioural data scientist Ganna Pogrebna believes the AI revolution is overlooking remote communities.

Invertebrates offer solutions to building microbots the size of a fly.

Breakneck speed of progress offers interdisciplinary opportunities but also continuing ethical and social concerns.

By filtering across the disciplinary spectrum, the fields continue to hit new heights.

Movement to industry is raising concerns about the future researcher workforce and maintaining ethical expertise.

Solutions are emerging for unmanageable clinical workloads, but experts warn of ethical issues.

From handling deep-sea organisms to improving climate forecasting, the technology can be transformative.

Nusrat Ghani faces pressing issues such as the future of funding for Britain’s researchers.

Science-friendly candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is leading the election polls ahead of current President Jair Bolsonaro.

The text-analysis tool could be used to help detect bogus research submitted to journals.

‘Jarring’ study reveals hiring bias at US institutions.

Pan-European agreement aims for broader measures of researchers’ contributions to science.

Examining funded proposals enables grant writers to produce more compelling proposals, say Orit Rapaport, Justin Crest and Crystal Botham.

Scientists are working with poorer communities worldwide to improve access to clean and safe energy sources.

Technology to produce, convert and store energy is central to these researchers’ efforts.

Research collaboration and a diversified approach to generation could pay dividends.

Solar energy’s promising new technology is cheap to make but can researchers find a form that lasts?

Scaled-down modular reactors could provide a more affordable, site-specific solution.

A broad and narrow look at the collaborations in the field.

Even high-profile scientists are struggling to recruit qualified postdoctoral researchers.