What’s new

The best resources, front and centre – New

Story pages used for research projects, clinical trials, and more, can now show selected links to external resources right at the top of the page with our new Featured resources section. This lets Story creators put the spotlight on the resources that matter most to their audience, such as video explainers, vital infographics, or breaking news.

Each featured resource link can be shown alongside a short article providing important context about the resource. Story creators can use this to explain how a resource ties in with their research, provide useful pointers on what to check out afterwards, and more.

This new section has been shaped by our very own Taming the Crocodile research project, which is providing valuable insights into how the rise of 'zero click' AI-driven workflows is affecting how people find and understand information online. By highlighting and contextualizing the most important resources related to their Story, authors can help guide readers and AI agents to the most useful information as efficiently as possible. Plus, it looks fab!

This feature was brought to life by Annie and Alex – thank you!

Feature fast, feature often – New

If you're a collaborator in a research group, organization, or company on Kudos, you can easily feature resources from the Story Manage page. You can either create a new resource to feature from scratch, or highlight an existing resource. And you can come back and highlight new resources as your research progresses, to help keep your Story page fresh and interesting.

Stories just got snazzier! – New

We've completely reworked the Story pages used for research projects, clinical trials, and more. The new pages load faster and use the same clean, modern design you see on other public pages like Showcases and the home page, so it's even easier for everyone to benefit from the latest scientific knowledge.

The new Story pages work beautifully on every device, from the smallest smartphone to the largest desktop monitor, with the layout automatically adapting to make the best use of the space while remaining easy to read. Sections are clearly labelled, and large lists are collapsed down so you can quickly scan and find what you need.

We now always show the full hero image at the top of the page without cutting it off or obscuring it with other information, which allows each Story to feel unique from the very start. We've also carefully adjusted the typography to highlight the 'What's it about?' section to emphasize the most vital information up front.

Thanks to Alex and Annie for all their work on this enormous endeavour! We really hope you enjoy it. We've added some highlights below, or you can go and explore yourself – check out Fraying Ties? Networks, Territory and Transformation in the UK Oil Sector, or browse our Medical Research Showcase and keep an eye out for clinical trials and publication extenders!

New Story page: Go straight to the (re)source – New

Story resource links let you continue exploring related content, both on and off Kudos. We've revamped the layout of this section to allow each resource's image to shine in a more natural aspect ratio.

When there's a lot to browse, we now show the most important resources, plus a button you can use to explore the full set, which helps you to explore the whole Story page without wearing out your scrolling finger!

New Story page: Who's who – New

Kudos brings you research Stories straight from the source, so you know you're looking at the most up-to-date and trustworthy information available. We now show the people and organizations who were involved in the science together in one place, so you can check out more from them on Kudos and beyond.

New Story page: Share like it's 2026 – New

We've added new share buttons so you can easily share Kudos Stories with your friends and colleagues. As well as email (never out of style!), Facebook, LinkedIn, and X, we've added support for the decentralized social networks, Mastodon and Bluesky, which are increasingly in use by many in the scientific community and beyond as an alternative to traditional social media.

You'll get Results – Improved

We've revamped the results page for people who are collaborators in a research group, organization, or company, to make it clearer and easier to navigate, with better use of colour. We paid particular attention to the global views map, so it's simple to judge where your Story is popular.

Thanks to Alex for this lick of paint!

Change the order of Project outputs – New

Project Story collaborators can now reorder outputs from the manage page UI. You could move a key output at the top of the list to show off your latest successes, or put your outputs in chronological order to help tell your research Story.

Start by clicking the Change order button above the output list on your Manage Project page. We’ve taken care to make the reordering interface as easy and accessible as possible. Quickly rearrange many outputs with drag and drop, or make precise changes using the up and down arrow buttons. Once you Save your new output order, your Project Story's public page will be instantly updated.

Thanks to Annie for bringing this intuitive feature to Kudos Project Stories!

Browse the Kudos Research Summaries Showcase – Improved

If you're not looking for a specific Showcase, check out our refreshed Kudos Research Summaries Showcase, which collects together the latest Stories from across Kudos. We've updated this page with our latest Showcase features and modernized its look and feel. You can get there any time by choosing All Stories from the Subjects menu in the navigation bar. Thanks to Alex for this update!

Find what you're looking for – New

We've made searching Kudos to find Stories and Showcases even easier by placing the search box directly in the navigation bar at the top of the screen, so you can search instantly from page on the site. On smaller devices such as tablets and phones, you can pop open the search box with a quick tap of the magnifying glass icon.

Explore our subjects – New

We've made it easier to find key subject-specific Showcases directly from the navigation bar. These Showcases bring together the latest updates to Stories within that field, as well as links to featured researchers and related Showcases. On larger screens, just click Subjects to get started. On smaller screens, you'll find them in the main menu under Explore. Thanks to Alex for these improvements to the navigation bar!

Search our Showcases – New

We've made it easier to find Showcases, which collect Stories on a particular topic, theme, and from Kudos partners together in beautiful, easy-to-browse pages. Now, when you search Kudos, you'll see Showcase matches for your search terms alongside matching Stories. Try searching for hot-button topics like climate change or sustainable development – just click the search button in the Kudos navigation bar at the top of the page to get started. You might also notice our new-look search results page! Thanks to Alex for the search improvements.

Navigate with ease – New

When you have a large site that's been around for many years, it's easy to end up with confusing site navigation, and Kudos is certainly no exception. Over the summer, we've taken a long hard look at all the different navigation bars you can find at the top of pages on Kudos, and decided to standardize on a single, easy-to-use navigation bar design – the very one you can see at the top of this page!

Kudos uses a lot of different technologies for different pages (even ones that might look the same!), which makes this much more difficult than just copying and pasting. We're using a new technology called Web Components to allow us to use the same code everywhere, which means that you get a perfectly consistent navigation experience no matter where you are.

We're still working on this, so there are still a few places you might see other navigation bars, but the majority of pages Kudos readers and authors use are now up-to-date. We've also taken the opportunity to refresh the typography throughout the site to make everything that bit easier to read across desktop and mobile devices.

Thanks to Annie for making this bumper-sized project happen!

AI transparency – New

We're experimenting with ways recent developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help to make research more accessible to more people. We always want to be transparent about where the content on Kudos comes from, so we've always ensured content created using AI was clearly marked in the text on the Story page. To make this clearer (and to add a bit of sparkly visual flair), we've added a standard notice that you'll see on Story pages where AI was used. For Story authors, we've also made sure that there's an entry in the Story activity log if any content has been automatically added.

Thanks to Alex for making this happen!

New: 'What's new'! – New

Here on the Kudos Product team, we're constantly at work making changes to the Kudos platform, but we haven't had any single place you could go to find out about them.

We'll be regularly updating this page to celebrate improvements as we make them, so check back often to be among the first to know about all the latest fixes, improvements, and brand new features! In the mean time, we'll also be adding some recent highlights that you may have missed.

Thanks to Alex for the engineering work on this page!

Your Personal Showcase: now in colour! – New

You might already know that Kudos premium members' profile pages get a glam makeover into their very own Personal Showcase. Our Premium members told us that they love the ability to add their own bio and the bold photographic cards for each of their Stories, but asked us if there was a way to amp up the personality of the page. We came up with a tonne of ideas (and maybe you'll see some of those in the future), but the one that bubbled to the top was custom colour themes!

If you're a Premium member, you can now choose your favourite colour theme for your Personal Showcase by visiting your Profile settings and selecting the Edit Personal Showcase button. Pick from our five beautiful colour themes, from bold Passion pink to chill Wisdom blue.

If you're not yet a Premium member, you can get a sneak peak of what your Personal Showcase could look like by visiting your Profile page and selecting the See my preview button. We'll pick a colour theme for your preview, but you can change any time you like if you decide to subscribe to Kudos premium. Fun fact: the colour theme we pick for the preview is actually determined by the initials of your first and last name!

Thanks to Rory for bringing this feature to life!

Inform with infographics – New

A picture is worth (at least) a thousand words, and that saves a lot of typing! Our members told us they had all sorts of visual aids that would help explain their Stories on Kudos, if only there was somewhere to put them. Well, now there is!

For Stories associated with articles published by selected publishers, you can now upload your own infographic, diagram, or that one perfect photo to make your Story even more engaging and easier to understand. Uploaded infographics are shown prominently on your public Story page. It's really simple to get started – just visit your Stories page, select one of your articles, and follow the instructions in the Add an infographic section.

If you're really into your infographics, Kudos premium members can upload infographics to Stories associated with articles published by any publisher! We've loved seeing all the fascinating infographics you've uploaded so far.

Thanks to Liam for building this new feature!

Stunning Showcases – Improved

You might be familiar with our Showcases, which for a while have been collecting together related Stories on Kudos on a single subject, a cross-subject topic, or by related organisations. We created our first prototype of Showcases a few years back, and we were pretty bowled over by the incredible response from both readers and authors using Kudos.

As part of the snazzy new look and feel you've probably seen rolling out across the site, we had the opportunity to revisit Showcases and completely rethink them. Internally, we call our new look 'Magazine UI', the goal being to show off our members' Stories in a beautiful format that's a delight to browse, just like a really interesting magazine. Our Magazine UI Showcases feature bold photographic imagery and unique theme colours for each Showcase, matched with beautiful typography and a layout that adapts to make the most out of any size screen, from mobile phones to widescreen desktop monitors.

Our brand new Featured Researchers sections on selected showcases celebrate the people behind the Stories, while Related Showcases let readers dive deeper into focused selections of Stories. We've also taken the opportunity to improve navigation within and between Showcases, and, of course, to make sure it's all incredibly responsive and accessible to all.

You'll find links to Showcases everywhere in Kudos – a great place to start is the Subjects menu you can find at the top of every page (on smaller screens such as phones, you'll find it in the Main Menu under Discover). Or if you want to check out everything we have to offer, our Showcase directory page gives you the full picture.

If you're a researcher, you can get your Stories included in multiple Showcases by making sure they have a What is it about?, and choosing a beautiful Featured image from our photo library to illustrate your work. You can visit your Stories page and pick a Story to get started.

Thanks to Rory, Liam, Annie, and Alex for the enormous effort that's gone into revamping our Showcases!