Remote collaboration now ‘leads to more scientific breakthroughs’

New study suggests long-distance collaboration is good for breakthroughs in research

A new study has found that long-distance collaboration between academics has become a boon for, rather than a drag on, scientific breakthroughs over the past decade.

The Oxford Martin School, a research organisation that conducted the study, suggests its findings could indicate a “change in the near future” to the current trend of incremental discoveries being more common than large breakthroughs in research.