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Research news and features across major scientific disciplines.
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Find the study behind science news
Open the referenced work and identify authors, methods and scope.
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Find the study behind a science news item
- News item
- Understand context.
- Research reference
- Examine the result.
- Record title, date and named researcher.
- Follow the publication reference when provided.
- Compare the conclusion with the study’s scope.
Fictional example: a materials result becomes an industrial promise in a summary; that extrapolation needs justification.
Your useful record: Keep reference, passage and observed limitation.
News coverage is not independent validation.
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Trace a news item to the research it describes
CNRS presents research across many disciplines. Distinguish the public explanation from the scientific publication it mentions. Record the teams, context and study reference; preserve stated limitations rather than only the headline result.
- Institution
- French National Centre for Scientific Research.
- Resources
- Research news, features and institutional information.
- Record
- Team, discipline, cited publication and date.
- Science communication
- CNRS News is the English counterpart of CNRS Le journal.
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- Articles, interviews, features, videos and galleries.
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Is a news item the scientific paper itself?
No. Open the study reference when supplied to examine methods and results.
How can I avoid overgeneralising?
Keep the studied system, conditions and limitations. Do not automatically transfer findings to other contexts.
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