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Horizon Europe

Commission Makes First Assessment of Horizon Europe Industrial Partnerships

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Horizon Europe

Commission Makes First Assessment of Horizon Europe Industrial Partnerships

A year since the launch of Horizon Europe, the European Commission says its research partnerships with industry and member states are showing first signs of contributing to EU's green, digital and health policy goals.

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Obituary

Sheldon Krimsky, Leader in Science Policy and Ethics, Dies at 80

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Sheldon Krimsky, Leader in Science Policy and Ethics, Dies at 80

Krimsky warned strenuously about the corrupting power of money in science.

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Climate

Climate Change: the IPCC Has Served Its Purpose, So Do We Still Need It?

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Climate

Climate Change: the IPCC Has Served Its Purpose, So Do We Still Need It?

Even some climate change scientists who sit on the IPCC think the organisation needs a rethink.

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Science Diplomacy

War in Ukraine Highlights the Enduring Myths of Science Diplomacy

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Science Diplomacy

War in Ukraine Highlights the Enduring Myths of Science Diplomacy

What has science diplomacy been capable of since the turn of the 21st century?

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Scientific Method

Why and how we should join the shift from significance testing to estimation

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Scientific Method

Why and how we should join the shift from significance testing to estimation

A paradigm shift away from null hypothesis significance testing seems in progress. Based on simulations, the article illustrates some of the underlying motivations.

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Science Communication
China
US

Looking Beyond Borders to Understand Impacts of Science on Society

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Science Communication
China
US

Looking Beyond Borders to Understand Impacts of Science on Society

In an interview with CSIS Freeman Chair Jude Blanchette and Brookings Senior Fellow Ryan Hass, Yangyang Cheng discusses the role of science in U.S.-China relations and the need to examine who benefits and who experiences harm from advances in scientific inquiry.  

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Russia

Russia Dominates Nuclear Power Supply Chains - and the West Needs to Prepare Now to Be Independent in the Future

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Russia

Russia Dominates Nuclear Power Supply Chains - and the West Needs to Prepare Now to Be Independent in the Future

A new report from Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy details how Russia dominates the supply chains of nuclear power around the globe.

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Peer Review

Cracking the Code Review Process

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Peer Review

Cracking the Code Review Process

What does it entail to perform a code review for Nature Computational Science?

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Academia
Universities

He Was a World-Renowned Cancer Researcher. Now He's Collecting Unemployment.

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Academia
Universities

He Was a World-Renowned Cancer Researcher. Now He's Collecting Unemployment.

Behind the fall of David Sabatini, 'one of the greatest scientists' of his generation.

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Horizon Europe

Ukraine Invasion Spurs EU Push to Associate the Democratic World to Horizon Europe

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Horizon Europe

Ukraine Invasion Spurs EU Push to Associate the Democratic World to Horizon Europe

The invasion of Ukraine has helped open the door for Japan, Canada, South Korea and New Zealand to join Horizon Europe, according to Brussels lead negotiator Signe Ratso, as the EU tries to bolster research ties with likeminded democracies. Last year, it appeared that the Commission's efforts to convince these science powers to associate had stalled.

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UK

The Secret (Research) Life of the London Underground

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The Secret (Research) Life of the London Underground

With the new Elizabeth line now open, we've delved into the Underground's rich research history.

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Gender

How Academic Institutions Can Help to Close Wikipedia's Gender Gap

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Gender

How Academic Institutions Can Help to Close Wikipedia's Gender Gap

The world's largest online encyclopedia mirrors society's bias towards male achievements. Employers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine can help to change that.

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Horizon Europe
Switzerland

European Research Excellence in Times of Non-association

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Horizon Europe
Switzerland

European Research Excellence in Times of Non-association

Newly calculated figures illustrate the sharp decline in contributions from EU programmes to Swiss institutions between 2014 and 2017. They also attest to the relevance of Switzerland and the UK in terms of scientific excellence.

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Early Career Researchers

PhD Students Face Cash Crisis with Wages That Don't Cover Living Costs

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Early Career Researchers

PhD Students Face Cash Crisis with Wages That Don't Cover Living Costs

As inflation rates soar, new data on the finances of US graduate students spark calls for action.

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Space

Mars Probe Discovers 'shocking' New Aurora

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Space

Mars Probe Discovers 'shocking' New Aurora

The Emirates Mars Mission says it's a first: They have spotted a worm-like aurora that stretches halfway round Mars. It looks like our northern lights.

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Climate

Forecasters Predict a Very Active Hurricane Season

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Climate

Forecasters Predict a Very Active Hurricane Season

A second consecutive winter heavily influenced by La Niña weather patterns threatens violent storms.

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Ukraine
Europe

EUROPEAN FUND FOR DISPLACED SCIENTISTS

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EUROPEAN FUND FOR DISPLACED SCIENTISTS

The EFDS will provide funds to academic institutions in Europe that are willing and able to host displaced researchers from Ukraine.

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International
COVID-19

Pfizer to Offer All Its Drugs Not-for-profit to 45 Lower-income Countries

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International
COVID-19

Pfizer to Offer All Its Drugs Not-for-profit to 45 Lower-income Countries

Firm launches 'healthier world' accord in Davos and speaks to other drugmakers about similar steps

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Science Diplomacy

There's a Greater Role for Science Diplomacy Amidst Global Collaborations

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Science Diplomacy

There's a Greater Role for Science Diplomacy Amidst Global Collaborations

The ingenuity of scientists helped accelerate the recovery from COVID-19. In close cooperation with society and policy-makers, it can lead the way to the future.

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UK
Africa

UK Visa for Top Talent Excludes Graduates of African Universities

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Africa

UK Visa for Top Talent Excludes Graduates of African Universities

The High Potential Individual visa is intended to attract graduates from around the world to work in the UK, but its criteria excludes anyone who studied at a university in Africa.

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Asia

Japan Tries-again-to Revitalize Its Research

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Asia

Japan Tries-again-to Revitalize Its Research

Latest effort would spend billions on a few universities, but skeptics give it long odds.

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Pandemics
Social Sciences
Policy

Pandemic preparedness means policy makers need to work with social scientists

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Pandemics
Social Sciences
Policy

Pandemic preparedness means policy makers need to work with social scientists

A multidisciplinary approach is required to understand, address, and recover from pandemics, and social scientific disciplines are central to this.

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International
Equality

Leading Countries in Global Science Increasingly Receive More Citations Than Other Countries Doing Similar Research

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Citations
International
Equality

Leading Countries in Global Science Increasingly Receive More Citations Than Other Countries Doing Similar Research

This article studies international citation and text similarity networks across 150 fields and find that some countries increasingly receive more citations despite researching similar topics as others.

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Open Data
Research Data
Clinical Research

Perceptions and Behavior of Clinical Researchers and Research Support Staff Regarding Data FAIRification

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Open Data
Research Data
Clinical Research

Perceptions and Behavior of Clinical Researchers and Research Support Staff Regarding Data FAIRification

The FAIR Data Principles are being rapidly adopted by many research institutes and funders worldwide. This study assesses the awareness and attitudes of clinical researchers and research support staff regarding data FAIRification.

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Environment

Plastic Packaging Might Be Biodegradable After All

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Environment

Plastic Packaging Might Be Biodegradable After All

Leipzig researchers have found an enzyme that rapidly breaks down PET, the most widely produced plastic in the world. It might just eat your old tote bags.

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Careers
Diversity
Universities

Has the 'Great Resignation' Hit Academia?

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Careers
Diversity
Universities

Has the 'Great Resignation' Hit Academia?

A wave of departures, many of them by mid-career scientists, calls attention to widespread discontent in universities.

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International

Nature Addresses Helicopter Research and Ethics Dumping

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International

Nature Addresses Helicopter Research and Ethics Dumping

New framework aims to improve inclusion and ethics in global research collaborations amid wider efforts to end exploitative practices.

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Horizon Europe
Universities
UK

Universities Warn of EU-UK Research Scheme 'close to Precipice'

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Brexit
Horizon Europe
Universities
UK

Universities Warn of EU-UK Research Scheme 'close to Precipice'

Vice-chancellors ask both sides to work together to save the UK's role in a multi-billion-pound scheme.

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Animal Rights

She Experimented on Primates for Decades. Now She Wants to Shut Down the Labs

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Animal Rights

She Experimented on Primates for Decades. Now She Wants to Shut Down the Labs

Lisa Jones-Engel quit her work as a lab researcher when she began to see how 'like us' monkeys are

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COVID-19
Switzerland

Muting Science: Input Overload Versus Scientific Advice in Swiss Policy Making During the Covid-19 Pandemic

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COVID-19
Switzerland

Muting Science: Input Overload Versus Scientific Advice in Swiss Policy Making During the Covid-19 Pandemic

This article explores why the Swiss Federal Council and the Swiss Federal Parliament were reluctant to follow the majority views of the scientific epidemiological community at the beginning of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

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