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ERC Board Tells Researchers There's No Hiding Behind AI

ERC Board Tells Researchers There's No Hiding Behind AI

Funder warns researchers of accountability for 'good scientific conduct' in proposals if using artificial intelligence

Shock Election Win by the Far Right Worries Academics in the Netherlands

Shock Election Win by the Far Right Worries Academics in the Netherlands

If Geert Wilder’s party can form government, it could restrict international students and scrap key climate policies.

'My Collaborations Would See Me Jailed': Australian Researchers Fear Proposed New Laws

'My Collaborations Would See Me Jailed': Australian Researchers Fear Proposed New Laws

Scientists have reacted with alarm at a proposal by the Australian Department of Defence to control information sharing under which technology with potential military use would need authorization to be shared with non-Australian colleagues. 

As Investment Falls, EU Innovation Policy Needs a 'Massive Overhaul', Says Start-up Association

As Investment Falls, EU Innovation Policy Needs a 'Massive Overhaul', Says Start-up Association

Start-ups need more help in accessing EU funding and support in expanding across the bloc if Europe is to compete with other global superpowers, the EU's largest start-up association said as it launched its manifesto for the 2024 European elections.

'Disruptive' Science More Likely from Teams Who Work in the Same Place

'Disruptive' Science More Likely from Teams Who Work in the Same Place

Analysis of millions of papers shows that farflung collaborators produce fewer big breakthroughs than groups working together in person.

Global Science is Splintering into Two - and This is Becoming a Problem

Global Science is Splintering into Two - and This is Becoming a Problem

The United States and China are pursuing parallel scientific tracks. To solve crises on multiple fronts, the two roads need to become one.

Proposed changes to rules for policing fraud in U.S.-funded biomedical research draw a mixed response

Proposed changes to rules for policing fraud in U.S.-funded biomedical research draw a mixed response

Academics like keeping definition narrow but worry about tighter deadlines and more record-keeping.

The Persistence of Eugenics in Mainstream Journals Highlights Major Gaps in Research Integrity

The Persistence of Eugenics in Mainstream Journals Highlights Major Gaps in Research Integrity

When published, bad data can have long lasting negative impacts on research and the wider world. In this post, Rebecca Sear, traces the impact of the national IQ dataset and reflects how its continued use in research highlights the lack of priority given to research integrity.

Why We Swapped PhD Research for Secondary-school Teaching

Why We Swapped PhD Research for Secondary-school Teaching

Students value being taught by real-life scientists with lived experience of life in the lab, say researchers who switched career.

China is Blooming and Flourishing with Science and Technology  

China is Blooming and Flourishing with Science and Technology  

Share:Share on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on X (Twitter)Share on TelegramShare on RedditShare on Email[Presented in the seminar on the "Significance of India China Relations in the Present National and Global Context" at the National conference of India China Friendship Association conducted on   October 14-15,2023, Hyderabad] India and China bloomed with rich ancient civilizations. Both countries-epicentres […]

Podcast - Sustaining Science for the Future of Ukraine

Podcast - Sustaining Science for the Future of Ukraine

Vaughan Turekian, the director of the Policy and Global Affairs Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in the US, discusses efforts to support Ukrainian scientists and why such efforts are important for the future of Ukraine.

Race to AI: The Origins of Artificial Intelligence, From Turing to ChatGPT

Race to AI: The Origins of Artificial Intelligence, From Turing to ChatGPT

Today's poem-writing AI has ancestry in punch-card machines, trundling robots and godlike gaming engines

Japanese Research is No Longer World Class - Here's Why

Japanese Research is No Longer World Class - Here's Why

Japan’s contribution to world-class research continues to decline, despite having one of the world’s largest research communities, according to a report by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

How Can Open Data Sharing Policies Be More Attentive to Qualitative Researchers?

How Can Open Data Sharing Policies Be More Attentive to Qualitative Researchers?

Open data practices are largely conceived and managed in ways that support quantitative, rather than qualitative data. Susie Weller outlines how an ethics of care is essential to making open qualitative data practical and ethical.

Here's What the EU Member States Have in Mind for FP10 - the follow-up programme to Horizon Europe

Here's What the EU Member States Have in Mind for FP10 - the follow-up programme to Horizon Europe

A special member state task force set up to help shape framework programme 10 (FP10), has compiled the first draft. The documents set out in broad strokes the ideas for FP10, including a call for the EU to be a global research and innovation powerhouse by 2034.