Yet average distance between team members went from 100 to 1,000 kilometres in 40 years
Researchers working miles apart are less likely to make breakthroughs than those working onsite together, a study from the universities of Oxford and Pittsburgh has found.
Teams working remotely are also less likely to come up with ideas for research or for writing papers, which are needed for breakthroughs, the analysis published in Nature today concluded.
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