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EU to Go Ahead with Reform of Its Research Assessment Process in the Face of Scepticism
EU to Go Ahead with Reform of Its Research Assessment Process in the Face of Scepticism
A number of national research organisations have been taken aback by the urgency of a request by the European Commission to appoint representatives to negotiate a new research assessment system in Europe.
Science-Policy Interfaces: From Warnings to Solutions
How are scientists supposed to convey timely warnings and inform policymaking? What lessons have we learned at bridging the enduring gulf between environmental science and policymaking?
Eight Components for 'Open Social Science' - An Agenda for Cultural Change
Little work has yet been done on exploring how more ambitious open science principles might be deployed across both the qualitative and quantitative social science disciplines.
Stop Describing Academic Teaching As a 'load'
Universities should reward more than research outputs.
Build Up Big-Team Science
Researchers are creating grass-roots collaborative networks to tackle difficult questions in primate studies and more, but they need funding and other support.
The Impact of Geographical Bias when Judging Scientific Studies
The Impact of Geographical Bias when Judging Scientific Studies
The findings of this study indicate that geographical biases affect public perception of research and influence the results of grant competitions.
James Webb Space Telescope Takes Up Station a Million Miles from Earth
$10bn observatory manoeuvred into position at four times the orbit of the moon, with first images expected in June.
The Secret to Tahiti's Healthy Coral Reef
Across the world, coral reefs are dying as ocean temperatures rise. The warmer the water, the more coral bleaching occurs. But a reef discovered off Tahiti's coast appears to have remained untouched by climate change.
Equations Built Giants Like Google. Who'll Find the Next Billion-dollar Bit of Maths?
Equations Built Giants Like Google. Who'll Find the Next Billion-dollar Bit of Maths?
Obscure, generations-old theorems have been transformative in tech, and there are still plenty out there to be used, says maths professor David Sumpter
Symposium on AI in Digital Health
Artificial Intelligence in Digital Health (AIDHeal) is a network from the metropolitan Berlin-Brandenburg region that aims to address the severe shortage of expertise in the areas of data science, machine learning and digital health in Germany.
The Other Diversity in Scholarly Publishing
After becoming a Scholarly Kitchen Chef back in July 2019, I have never stopped being amazed by the numerous dynamic issues and developments that scholarly publishing is dealing with. As a biologist by training, 'diversity' is the word that comes to mind.
US Launches Measures to Lure STEM Talent from Overseas
The US has unveiled a range of measures to make it easier to attract people in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields, in a further effort to move away from the exclusionary rhetoric of the Trump era. They include a new initiative to facilitate researcher exchange, and a host of tweaks to visa rules to make entry easier.
Tackling R&I Foreign Interference
R&I Foreign interference occurs when activities are carried out by, or on behalf of, a foreign state-level actor, which are coercive, covert, deceptive, or corrupting and are contrary to the sovereignty, values, and interests of the European Union (EU). EU Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and Research Performing Organisations (RPOs) can benefit from a comprehensive strategy for tackling foreign interference that covers key areas of attention grouped into the following four categories: values, governance, partnerships and cybersecurity. This document contains a nonexhaustive list of possible mitigation measures that can help HEIs and RPOs to develop a comprehensive strategy, tailored to their needs.
Massive Open Index of Scholarly Papers Launches
OpenAlex catalogues hundreds of millions of scientific documents and charts connections between them.
Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in the Earth BioGenome Project
Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in the Earth BioGenome Project
The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) is an audacious endeavor to obtain whole-genome sequences of representatives from all eukaryotic species on Earth. In addition to the project's technical and organizational challenges, it also faces complicated ethical, legal, and social issues. This paper, from members of the EBP's Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI) Committee, catalogs these ELSI concerns arising from EBP. These include legal issues, such as sample collection and permitting; the applicability of international treaties, such as the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol; intellectual property; sample accessioning; and biosecurity and ethical issues, such as sampling from the territories of Indigenous peoples and local communities, the protection of endangered species, and cross-border collections, among several others. We also comment on the intersection of digital sequence information and data rights. More broadly, this list of ethical, legal, and social issues for large-scale genomic sequencing projects may be useful in the consideration of ethical frameworks for future projects. While we do not-and cannot-provide simple, overarching solutions for all the issues raised here, we conclude our perspective by beginning to chart a path forward for EBP's work. There are no data underlying this work.
Has Biden Followed the Science? What Researchers Say
As the US president's first year in office ends, Nature assesses whether he's kept his promise to make evidence-based decisions.
U.S. Science No Longer Leads the World. Here's How Top Advisers Say the Nation Should Respond
U.S. Science No Longer Leads the World. Here's How Top Advisers Say the Nation Should Respond
Growing competition means U.S. must decide where to excel.
Stories of Intentional Action Mobilise Climate Policy Support and Action Intentions
Stories of Intentional Action Mobilise Climate Policy Support and Action Intentions
What makes a climate story effective? Narrating intentional, rather than unintentional, pro-environmental action can enhance readers' climate policy support and intentions to perform pro-environmental action.
Office of Science and Technology Policy is Advancing New Scientific Integrity Principles
Office of Science and Technology Policy is Advancing New Scientific Integrity Principles
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is advancing five new principles for protecting scientific integrity, with an eye toward guarding against political interference across federal agencies.
How Does an Underwater Volcano Form?
Most volcanic activity happens beneath the ocean - but we often don't know about it. This article looks at how underwater volcanoes form and what happens when they erupt.
Elsevier's ScienceDirect As Content Supercontinent?
Does today's news of Wiley etc. syndicating to ScienceDirect mean Elsevier is developing a supercontinent to compete with ResearchGate and Google Scholar?
Barriers to Full Participation in the Open Science Life Cycle among Early Career Researchers
Barriers to Full Participation in the Open Science Life Cycle among Early Career Researchers
Early career researchers (ECRs) will play a key role in transitioning the scientific community to more widespread use of Open Science from pre-registration to publication, but they also face unique challenges in adopting these practices.
Germany Commissions World Leading Computer As It Eyes Quantum Leadership
Germany Commissions World Leading Computer As It Eyes Quantum Leadership
Germany's Jülich Supercomputing Centre has added a quantum computer to its existing high performance computing infrastructure, enabling the centre to get involved in practical applications of quantum computing at a very early stage, as the technology moves out the lab and into commercial use.
Three Frames for Innovation Policy: R&D, Systems of Innovation and Transformative Change
Three Frames for Innovation Policy: R&D, Systems of Innovation and Transformative Change
Science, technology and innovation (STI) policy is shaped by persistent framings that arise from historical context.
Owning, Not Doing: My Transition from Master's to PhD Student
Yuning Wang learned to rely less on her supervisor's guidance during her doctoral programme, an important step on the road to research autonomy.
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