What Role for Science in Swiss Democracy and Worldwide?
In Switzerland, science enjoys greater public trust than the police, government or parliament. But what exactly is the role of science in a democracy, and how does it differ in dictatorships?
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Treat Education as Infrastructure During Wartime, Say Researchers in Ukraine
Treat Education as Infrastructure During Wartime, Say Researchers in Ukraine
Protecting science under the systemic stress of wartime means treating education and training itself as infrastructure, rather than as a series of one-off events.
Structural Reforms Urged to Enable Young Researchers to Take Risks
Structural Reforms Urged to Enable Young Researchers to Take Risks
Paper calls for stable careers and creativity-focused assessment, but authors pessimistic about seeing meaningful change,
Who Owns the Time AI Saves? New Politics of Academic Labour
The future academic labour agreement may have to do something no previous faculty contract was asked to do. It may have to specify which forms of cognition belong to machines, which belong to professionals, which may be shared between them and where final authority must remain human.
When Your AI Knows You Too Well: Personalization, Sycophancy, and the Risk of an Intellectual Echo Chamber in AI-assisted Research
When Your AI Knows You Too Well: Personalization, Sycophancy, and the Risk of an Intellectual Echo Chamber in AI-assisted Research
As AI research assistants learn our preferences, they may also become better at mirroring our assumptions. Avoiding that outcome will require more than a better prompt.
From Access to Impact: How Open Access Shapes Research Reach, Citations, and Global Visibility
From Access to Impact: How Open Access Shapes Research Reach, Citations, and Global Visibility
Springer Nature's new white paper shows the gold open access advantage is stronger than ever - across downloads, citations, global reach, and speed of dissemination.
Science and the Common Good: Reconceptualising the Relationship
Science is often judged by measurable outcomes, which can undermine collaboration and the common good. A view is proposed in which science helps create and sustain flourishing communities through shared practices and values.
EU Must Support Research Managers in Central and Eastern Europe, Says Visegrad Fund Head
EU Must Support Research Managers in Central and Eastern Europe, Says Visegrad Fund Head
Grant support is still a developing practice in the region, a hangover from the Soviet style of funding research.
Russia Widens Targeting of European Research Centres
Moscow’s academic repression is expanding into the EU, scholars say, with researchers in Europe facing cyber-attacks and designation as “extremists”.
Nations Expanding Their Research Programmes Impose Sweeping Penalties for Malpractice
Standing Together for Academic Freedom: Leopoldina Signs Position Paper of the Berlin Research Network
Standing Together for Academic Freedom: Leopoldina Signs Position Paper of the Berlin Research Network
The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina has signed the position paper Free Science – Successful Economy – Strong Germany, published today by the Berlin Research Network.
Do Data Availability Statements Increase the Sharing of Research Data?
This study assessed trends in data accessibility, compliance with Data availability statements (DAS), and the relationship between data sharing and citation impact in oceanographic research.
Switzerland Has Opted Out of EU Copernicus Scheme - What It Means
Switzerland Has Opted Out of EU Copernicus Scheme - What It Means
Bern has rejected participation in the EU's Copernicus programme, despite growing demand for climate and environmental data.
Universities Rarely Use Research Evidence in Their Decision-making, So Why Do They Expect Anyone else To?
Universities Rarely Use Research Evidence in Their Decision-making, So Why Do They Expect Anyone else To?
Despite universities' important role as evidence-producing organisations, they rarely draw upon research evidence for internal decision making, why?
Surprising AI breakthroughs raise soul-searching questions for mathematicians
Whether mathematics thrives or perishes in the age of AI depends on what it is that society values in the human intellect.
US Policy Study Warns Swiss Pharma Industry Could Lose Billions
A industry-backed study estimates potential losses for the Swiss pharma industry from US policies could be in the billions.
Worldwide Study of Diseases Gets Historic Funding Influx
Gates Foundation pledges $540 million to a project often criticized for its opacity.
Canada Recruits Dozens of US Scholars - Including Several Science Stars
Canada Recruits Dozens of US Scholars - Including Several Science Stars
US funding uncertainty was a key factor for several of the researchers heading to Canada. Observers predict more will follow.
Swiss Innovation Fund Faces Conflict of Interest Concerns
Swiss Innovation Fund Faces Conflict of Interest Concerns
The Swiss Innovation Agency, which funds start-ups, faces questions over conflicts of interest.
EU Set to Bring in World-leading Screening to Prevent Man-made Pandemics
The EU’s proposed Biotech Act will bring in one of the world’s first mandatory screening mechanisms to stop risky fragments of DNA falling into the wrong hands and potentially triggering a man-made pandemic.
Does Europe Dare to Invest in the Arctic?
Prioritising long-term strategic investment in the Arctic requires courage, but it is a choice Europe cannot afford to postpone.
Greenland Research Institutions Halt New US Collaborations Citing Mistrust
Greenland Research Institutions Halt New US Collaborations Citing Mistrust
Over the summer, Greenland’s two largest research institutions, the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources and the University of Greenland, both announced policies of not starting new research projects with US researchers.
Putting Art into Dialogue with Research Can Reframe Approaches to Wealth Inequality
Putting Art into Dialogue with Research Can Reframe Approaches to Wealth Inequality
Can bringing art and social science into dialogue place "research facts" and "artistic values" into new and productive relationships?
What Kind of Discipline is AI?
Universities are creating AI schools alongside disciplines such as logic, economics and communication without addressing their shared foundations. Mouhamdy M. Dahoud argues that this reflects an ontological gap, with current research funding and assessment taxonomies overlooking an entire category of science.
Nova Scotia's Experiment in Research That Solves Real Problems
Nova Scotia's Experiment in Research That Solves Real Problems
Locally focused research investments enable coalitions of scientists and citizens to serve community needs.
AI-detection Tools Have Made Huge Leaps Forward - How Good Are They?
AI-detection Tools Have Made Huge Leaps Forward - How Good Are They?
Scientists and publishers are testing a new breed of software that promises impressive accuracy at spotting AI-written text.
Fraudulent Images are Rife on Antibody Sellers’ Websites, Researcher Says
Fraudulent Images are Rife on Antibody Sellers’ Websites, Researcher Says
New tally reveals nearly 19,000 altered images in reagent catalogs.
Academics ‘See Research Security as Bureaucratic’, UK Survey Finds
Academics ‘See Research Security as Bureaucratic’, UK Survey Finds
Government report shows “challenges with academic engagement”.
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