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China Bets Big on Brain Research with Massive Cash Infusion and Openness to Monkey Studies

China Bets Big on Brain Research with Massive Cash Infusion and Openness to Monkey Studies

Ambitious $746 million program aims to complement big neuroscience projects in Europe and the United States.

Open Letter: Open Science Should Provide Support, Not Impose Sanctions

Open Letter: Open Science Should Provide Support, Not Impose Sanctions

Beyond ideological boundaries, the Open Science movement should address the question of whether and, if so, under which framework conditions “closeness” can be appropriate in global, political crises. Openness must not be abused to place sanctions in global, political crises by closing open offers.

Championing the Role of Technicians

Championing the Role of Technicians

As the start of the 2022/23 academic year begins, it’s timely to draw attention to technicians who play a critical role in higher education and research. 

Kindness Awards - Teamkind - #Kindfest2022

Kindness Awards - Teamkind - #Kindfest2022

The Kindness in Education Awards aims to celebrate, inspire and encourage projects related to kindness and compassion in schools, colleges and universities.

NIH advisers seek tighter oversight of risky pathogen experiments

NIH advisers seek tighter oversight of risky pathogen experiments

Biosecurity advisers to the federal government are calling for tighter scrutiny of experiments with potentially dangerous viruses and other pathogens, reflecting an ongoing debate within the scientific community over the benefits and risks of such laboratory research.

Determining the Credibility of Commitments in International Climate Policy

Determining the Credibility of Commitments in International Climate Policy

The success of international climate cooperation relies on whether national commitments are believable under the Paris Agreement. What determines the credibility of these commitments?

EU Called Out for Bureaucratic Obstacles to Cross-Border Researcher Mobility

EU Called Out for Bureaucratic Obstacles to Cross-Border Researcher Mobility

The lifting of pandemic restrictions on travel and increased requirements in EU research programmes for researchers to spend time abroad is drawing renewed attention to the way in which blanket EU rules for managing labour flows are getting in the way.

New WHO Policy Requires Sharing of All Research Data

New WHO Policy Requires Sharing of All Research Data

Science and public health can benefit tremendously from sharing and reuse of health data. The Research for Health department has helped spearhead the launch of a new policy from the Science Division which covers all research undertaken by or with support from WHO. The goal is to make sure that all research data is shared equitably, ethically and efficiently.

Mapping ERC Frontier Research

Mapping ERC Frontier Research

The ERC funds curiosity-driven research without predetermined thematic priorities. Even so, ERC grantees often tackle global challenges in their research, offering innovative and sustainable solutions. With the intention to map the breadth and diversity of the research it supports, the ERC analysed the content of the projects funded under the Horizon 2020 framework programme for research and innovation. The analysis gives a comprehensive picture of ERC frontier research across scientific fields, including interdisciplinary crossovers and collaborations.

The Fraught Quest to Account for Sex in Biology Research

The Fraught Quest to Account for Sex in Biology Research

Funders and publishers are increasingly asking researchers to account for the role of sex in experiments - a requirement that's contentious and hard to get right.

Opinion: Feminist Science Is Not an Oxymoron

Opinion: Feminist Science Is Not an Oxymoron

Feminists have generated a set of tools to make science less biased and more robust. Why don't more scientists use it?

UK Science Advice 'lacks Autonomy and Transparency'

UK Science Advice 'lacks Autonomy and Transparency'

Researchers examined Covid-19 response and recommended the nation separates science advice from government

New Scheme Will Allow Thailand-based Researchers to Join European Research Council Teams

New Scheme Will Allow Thailand-based Researchers to Join European Research Council Teams

Thailand and the EU last week signed off a new scheme allowing researchers from Thailand to join European Research Council-funded projects. ERC already has a number of such arrangements with countries including Australia, Brazil, China, India and the US, but this is the first time it has cooperated with Thailand's National Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation Policy Council.

Inside the US Supreme Court's War on Science

Inside the US Supreme Court's War on Science

A new ultraconservative supermajority on the United States' top court is undermining science's role in informing public policy. Scholars fear the results could be disastrous for public health, justice and democracy itself.

World Heading into 'uncharted Territory of Destruction', Says Climate Report

World Heading into 'uncharted Territory of Destruction', Says Climate Report

Governments and businesses failing to change fast enough, says United in Science report, as weather gets increasingly extreme

A Double-edged Eco Sword

A Double-edged Eco Sword

Climate change affects us all yet not equally. The plight of those forced to migrate as a result - often called 'climate refugees', though not officially - has become contested ground between human rights/environmental activists and anti-asylum lobbyists. Could 'ecologically displaced', avoiding racialization, xenophobia and division, be a viable alternative?