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Previous Covid Infection May Not Offer Long-term Protection, Study Finds
Research found marked differences in immune response of medical staff six months after contracting virus.
Earth is Trapping 'unprecedented' Amount of Heat, Nasa Says
Scientists from agency and Noaa say Earth's 'energy imbalance' roughly doubled from 2005 to 2019 in 'alarming' way.
Citizen Initiative Yields New Parliamentary Science Office for Spain
New body will foster evidence-informed decision-making and awareness programmes for the public
Reframing Strategic, Managed Retreat for Transformative Climate Adaptation
Human societies will transform to address climate change and other stressors. How they choose to transform will depend on what societal values they prioritize. Managed retreat can play a powerful role in expanding the range of possible futures that transformation could achieve and in articulating the values that shape those futures. Consideration of retreat raises tensions about what losses are unacceptable and what aspects of societies are maintained, purposefully altered, or allowed to change unaided. Here we integrate research on retreat, transformational adaptation, climate damages and losses, and design and decision support to chart a roadmap for strategic, managed retreat. At its core, this roadmap requires a fundamental reconceptualization of what it means for retreat to be strategic and managed. The questions raised are relevant to adaptation science and societies far beyond the remit of retreat.
How Scientists Are Embracing NFTs
Is a trend of auctioning non-fungible tokens based on scientific data a fascinating art fad, an environmental disaster or the future of monetized genomics?
How the COVID Pandemic is Changing Global Science Collaborations
The pandemic and political tensions might slow the march towards more globalized science.
What's New in Horizon Europe
Horizon Europe, the EU's new €95.5 billion R&D programme, is finally underway. It is starting more than five months late - a record even by Brussels' dilatory standards. But what's in it?
Opinion | University Vaccine Mandates Violate Medical Ethics
College students aren't guinea pigs.
Science Europe Strategy 2021-2026
Science Europe launches its 2021-2026 strategy in order to support its Member Organisation in their mission to create world-class scientific knowledge, delivering more benefit for our societies.
ELife Announces New Approach to Publishing in Medicine
By bringing rigorous review and editorial oversight to clinical preprints, eLife hopes to make peer-reviewed preprints a currency of trust in medicine.
How Wellcome is Tackling Racism
A specialist in diversity and inclusion lays out the science funder's plan for promoting equity.
Texas Power Grid, Strained Last Winter, Now Faces an Early Heat Wave
Regulators have asked residents to start conserving energy after demand hit a June record just one week into the month.
BioNTech-Pfizer, AstraZeneca … or Both? A Mixed Approach May Hold Promise
Scientists are studying mix-and-matching vaccines for Covid-19 and other diseases.
The U.S. Government Has Made International Science Harder Right When It Needs It the Most
The U.S. Government Has Made International Science Harder Right When It Needs It the Most
The U.S. government has thrown up hurdles that make collaborating with researchers from other countries a bureaucratic hassle. And if they don’t follow the rules carefully, they could end up in trouble.
Scientists Convert Used Plastic Bottles into Vanilla Flavouring
Production of chemical could help make recycling more attractive and tackle global plastic pollution
Polarstern Team Warns Arctic May Be Past Tipping Point
A research team that set sail for the Arctic has warned that the tipping point for irreversible global warming may have already been triggered.
Open Access: Simple and Efficient Publishing with ChronosHub
The SNSF is launching a new pilot project: researchers will be able to publish their open access articles via the ChronosHub platform, thereby saving a lot of time and effort.
Ultra-thin Film Could One Day Turn Regular Glasses into Night Vision Goggles, Researchers Say
Ultra-thin Film Could One Day Turn Regular Glasses into Night Vision Goggles, Researchers Say
Developed by Australian and European researchers, the film works by converting infrared light into light visible to the human eye
A Year After Lockdowns Began, Has Research Got Any Kinder?
Gemma Derrick revisits calls for a better research culture.
Are Women Submitting Fewer Grant Proposals?
Studies and surveys confirm that during the COVID-19 pandemic, women's workload at home has increased. Does that mean women researchers are also submitting fewer proposals to the SNSF? Analyses show that, with one exception, their share has remained stable.
Befristete Verträge an Hochschulen: "An die Weltspitze gelangt man nur, wenn man Zeit hat"
Befristete Verträge an Hochschulen: "An die Weltspitze gelangt man nur, wenn man Zeit hat"
Antonia Scholkmann hangelte sich zwölf Jahre lang an deutschen Unis von Zeitvertrag zu Zeitvertrag. Jetzt hat sie eine feste Stelle als Professorin in Dänemark - und sagt, sie sei so produktiv wie nie.
Science for Policy Podcast | SAPEA
How far should we rely on science to make political decisions? What makes a good science advisor -- or a good science advice system? What do we do when the evidence is incomplete or controversial? What happens when science advice goes wrong and how can we fix it?
The Science for Policy podcast, produced by SAPEA, explores these questions and many more in conversation with the politicians, policymakers, academics and science communicators who make science advice happen around the world.
Wait, Vaccine Lotteries Actually Work?
Ooh, the behavioral economists are going to be so smug about this.
The Myth of Diversity and Inclusion in Science
The US scientific research enterprise is completely intertwined with US global hegemony.
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