EU Ombudswoman Probes Use of AI to Evaluate Research Funding Bids
The groundbreaking inquiry follows a complaint from a Polish company that the use of AI to evaluate its EIC bid was unfair.
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Science policy education should start on campus, say researchers
Although modern science has only been around for a few centuries, we've become quite adept at training students in the scientific method. But learning how to translate research insights into practical actions often isn't part of a budding scientist's curriculum.
New Collaborative Models of Knowledge Exchange Are Needed
The traditional commercialisation paradigm isn't the only way to approach knowledge exchange. Kim Stuart and Audrey Cumberford explain a new initiative in Scotland spanning modern and smaller universities and the college sector
EU Budget Flexibility Gives Brussels Too Much Power, Says Ex-Commissioner
Geopolitical imperatives should not give the Commission the right to move funding at its discretion, Lewandowski says
Future Agenda for Science 2040: Instrumentalised Research or Germany As a Science Republic?
Future Agenda for Science 2040: Instrumentalised Research or Germany As a Science Republic?
On 30 January 2026, the German Science and Humanities Council (Wissenschaftsrat, WR) published its future agenda for Germany as a centre of science and research, entitled "Science in Germany - Perspectives until 2040". sets out a future agenda for Germany as a centre of science.
New Global Science Highlights Business Risks from Nature Loss
The assessment comes as the EU is stepping up its push for greater investment and private finance for nature.
Finding Stars: Mapping the Geography of the World's Scientific Elites
Finding Stars: Mapping the Geography of the World's Scientific Elites
Scientific excellence is clustering ever more tightly in a few ‘superstar’ cities. Four—New York, Boston, London and the San Francisco Bay Area—now host 12% of the world's top scientists.
Covid Prompted New Ways to Publish Research - It's Time to Embrace Them
Covid Prompted New Ways to Publish Research - It's Time to Embrace Them
The pandemic showed the benefits of a system based around reviewing preprints. Why was eLife the only journal to respond, asks Damian Pattinson.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Four Women Whose Pioneering Contributions to Science Have Been Largely Overlooked
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Four Women Whose Pioneering Contributions to Science Have Been Largely Overlooked
Ethel Browne Harvey, Hilde Pröscholdt Mangold, Ida Henrietta Hyde and Marthe Gautier all made important contributions to developmental biology, but their names are largely absent from histories of science.
So... IS the Essence of a Journal Portable? Checking in on NeuroImage and Imaging Neuroscience
So... IS the Essence of a Journal Portable? Checking in on NeuroImage and Imaging Neuroscience
How are two competing neuroscience journals faring since the editorial board of one departed to create the other?
University Journal Publishers - Global, Messy and Underestimated
Despite being systematically underestimated university presses are a widespread and structurally significant part of the journal publishing landscape.
UK Issues Guidance to Counter Foreign Interference Risks in Higher Education
UK Issues Guidance to Counter Foreign Interference Risks in Higher Education
The UK government has published guidance aimed at helping universities and higher education providers recognise, prevent and report foreign interference, as part of efforts to protect academic freedom, people and research.
UK ‘could lose generation of scientists’ with Cuts to Projects and Research Facilities
UK's £8bn Research Fund Faces "hard Decisions" As It Pauses New Grants
UK's £8bn Research Fund Faces "hard Decisions" As It Pauses New Grants
The boss of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the public body which spends £8bn of taxpayer money each year on research and innovation in the UK, has warned the organisation faces "hard decisions" on funding future projects.
How Revolutions Can Be a Sign of Moral Progress
Lea Ypi argues that revolutions have the ability to generate enthusiasm among spectators, changing our perception of what is feasible.
International science cooperation must go on, say research leaders
Science leaders in Europe and Canada say international cooperation must go on amid geopolitical turmoil. At the same time, Europe and like-minded countries should continue to enhance and diversify international partnerships.
Fragmented Single Market is ‘Number One Problem’ for EU Research
Fragmented Single Market is ‘Number One Problem’ for EU Research
The future success of European research and innovation rests not on the structure of the next Horizon Europe or the new Competitiveness Fund (ECF), but on the continent’s capability to scale cutting edge technologies across borders.
Indirect Cost Caps: A Hidden Threat to American Science
Reductions in federal reimbursement rates for institutional research facilities and administration costs could bankrupt America’s research universities.
Now is Not the Time to Defund Human Fetal Tissue Research
Hindering studies involving fetal tissue will impede the development of the alternatives intended to replace it, while slowing the search for new medicines.
EU Reaffirms Commitment to Science-based Multilateralism
EU Reaffirms Commitment to Science-based Multilateralism
Countries are meeting in Geneva for the first Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution plenary.
What We Lose when We Outsource Scientific Writing
Writing is often said to be thinking. Based on a study of scientific writing practices, this post analyses what is lost when academic writing is outsourced.
Why Write a Literature Review if AI Can Do It for You?
The potential for AI tool to assess and organise research literature presents an opportunity to rethink why they are undertaken in the first place.
EU-India Deal Highlights Growing Alignment on Technology Policy
EU-India Deal Highlights Growing Alignment on Technology Policy
With both powers wary of Chinese and US dependence, joint work on green technology and digital platforms is increasingly attractive.
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