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How Can We Tell if Health Policies or Guidelines Are Truly Evidence-based?

Public Health

How Can We Tell if Health Policies or Guidelines Are Truly Evidence-based?

It is easy to claim one is "following the scientific evidence", but what does it mean to actually do so?

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Could a Novelty Indicator Improve Science?

Could a Novelty Indicator Improve Science?

A competition to develop computational approaches to detect 'novelty' in published papers will help metascientists to study how out-of-the-box research changes the scientific landscape.

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United States Losing Ground As China's Lead Expands Rapidly

United States Losing Ground As China's Lead Expands Rapidly

Although the latest data predate the current Trump administration, observers warn that funding cuts will accelerate the rate of China's gain.

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Do People Want a Gender-Balanced Government?

Do People Want a Gender-Balanced Government?

A new study finds that people around the world see gender-balanced government as better for policy-and better for democracy.

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Study shows how citizens evaluate scientific research proposals

Study shows how citizens evaluate scientific research proposals

New research by ESMT Berlin and Politecnico di Milano explores how non-experts assess scientific research proposals and reveals key implications for public participation in science funding.

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Science Thrives on Trust: Why Collaboration Is Our Greatest Strength

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Trust

Collaboration

Science Thrives on Trust: Why Collaboration Is Our Greatest Strength

In a competitive academic world, building bridges instead of walls may be our most powerful tool to accelerate discovery and rebuild public trust in science.

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U.S. Uncertainty Creates Clinical Trial Leadership Opportunity for Europe

Clinical Research

International

U.S. Uncertainty Creates Clinical Trial Leadership Opportunity for Europe

While cancelled NIH grants and regulatory uncertainty are less hospitable to clinical research in the U.S., Europe must play its cards right to attract more studies.

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ERC

Sector Unaware of Political Risk to ERC, Grantee Leader Warns

ERC

Sector Unaware of Political Risk to ERC, Grantee Leader Warns

Association of European Research Council Grantees calls for funder to gain legal independence.

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Ocean Crisis Demands a New Kind of Science

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Sustainability

SDG

Ocean Crisis Demands a New Kind of Science

Scientists must make their voices heard to shape responses to our ocean crisis, write authors from the International Science Council's Ocean Expert Group.

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Congress Shows First Signs of Resisting Trump’s Plans to Slash Science Budgets

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Congress Shows First Signs of Resisting Trump’s Plans to Slash Science Budgets

House panel rejects cuts to agricultural research, and Senators express doubts about cuts to NIH and forest research.

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Open Science

The U.S. Government Is Starving Its Own Scientists of Knowledge

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Open Science

The U.S. Government Is Starving Its Own Scientists of Knowledge

Opinion | The National Agricultural Library canceled many journal subscriptions to save costs, leaving USDA staff without access.

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MEPs Call for a €60B Standalone EU Space Programme

Space

Europe

MEPs Call for a €60B Standalone EU Space Programme

The EU needs a standalone European Space Programme with a "clearly ring-fenced budget of at least €60 billion" in the next long-term budget, according to the European Parliament's Industry, Research, and Energy Committee.

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Authorship for Sale: Nature Investigates How Paper Mills Work

Publishing

Authorship

Authorship for Sale: Nature Investigates How Paper Mills Work

Companies selling authorship slots thrive in a culture that equates success with a strong publication record. Customers, sleuths and the shadowy owner of a paper mill explain why.

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Indian Researchers Call for Balanced and Responsible Research Assessments

Research Assessment

India

Indian Researchers Call for Balanced and Responsible Research Assessments

PRNewswire New Delhi [India], June 11: A global survey conducted by Springer Nature reveals that researchers in India are calling for more balanced and responsible approaches to research assessment, with an emphasis on transparency, integrity, and moving beyond over-reliance on quantitative metrics. Show Full Article The 2024 Research Assessment Survey, which gathered responses from over […]

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How Trump's Budget Cuts Could Derail Global Science Collaborations

Collaboration

How Trump's Budget Cuts Could Derail Global Science Collaborations

Europe's ExoMars mission is among the highest-profile casualties of the US president's plan to slash research funding.

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As U.S. Scientists Look Abroad, China Aims to Lure Top Talent

As U.S. Scientists Look Abroad, China Aims to Lure Top Talent

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Infrastructures

Infrastructures and skills on sector’s AI-for-science wish list

Infrastructures

Infrastructures and skills on sector’s AI-for-science wish list

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New Report Breaks Down Science Behind MAHA

Public Health

New Report Breaks Down Science Behind MAHA

Physicians are trained to follow the evidence. That's exactly what UPenn researchers want you to do before dismissing all MAHA's proposed policies.

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Proposals As Partnerships

Innovation

Proposals As Partnerships

The grant proposal process could be a place for innovation and an avenue for institutional change for universities and research.

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'The Trump Uncertainty Principle' is Destroying the Position and Momentum of US Science

'The Trump Uncertainty Principle' is Destroying the Position and Momentum of US Science

The Trump administration is ripping US science apart, warns Robert P Crease.

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Careers in Science Policy

Careers in Science Policy

The Stem professionals thriving in careers at the intersection of science and society

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To Best Preserve US Science, Europe Should Focus Help on Junior Scholars

To Best Preserve US Science, Europe Should Focus Help on Junior Scholars

Early career researchers are most in need of rapid support for work halted by political interference or sudden funding loss, say five scholars

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How China is Vying to Attract the World's Top Scientific Talent

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How China is Vying to Attract the World's Top Scientific Talent

Hundreds of policies across the country have been designed to lure researchers and new graduates to settle there.

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Europe's Research Priorities Must Catch Up with Reality

Europe's Research Priorities Must Catch Up with Reality

To defend democracy, ensure security and guarantee prosperity, Europe must understand the societies it aims to serve

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Commission to Launch Public Consultation on ERA Act

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Commission to Launch Public Consultation on ERA Act

A call for evidence to inform the upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act will be published within the next two weeks. This will be followed by a public consultation on the proposed legislation.

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Academia

Early Career Researchers

The Uncertain and Shifting Future of Ph.D.s in Science

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Academia

Early Career Researchers

The Uncertain and Shifting Future of Ph.D.s in Science

Research funding cuts may lead to shrinking Ph.D. classes, raising concerns about impacts on the science-driven economy.

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Trump Budget Cuts Hit CERN and Other Global Science Partnerships

Science Politics

Collaboration

Trump Budget Cuts Hit CERN and Other Global Science Partnerships

With steep budget cuts already upending the US science world, the Trump administration is now taking aim at global science, including US collaboration with Europe's CERN particle accelerator and other "big science" labs.The proposed cuts, detailed on May 31 in Trump's 2026 budget plan to Congress, stunned scientists around the world for whom the US has been a key collaborator.

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Work on FP10 Outline Must Start Immediately, says MEP Ehler

Work on FP10 Outline Must Start Immediately, says MEP Ehler

There is an urgent need to fill in the detail of FP10, the next EU research and innovation Framework Programme, following confirmation that a regulation to set it up will be published on July 16 alongside the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).

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Research

What Is Trump’s “Gold Standard Science” Actually About?

Research

What Is Trump’s “Gold Standard Science” Actually About?

The latest executive order aims to place political appointees as arbiters of scientific knowledge.