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What Trump's Election Victory Could Mean for AI, Climate and More

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What Trump's Election Victory Could Mean for AI, Climate and More

Experts speak to whether the president-elect will make good on his pledges for science.
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'We Need to Be Ready for a New World': Scientists Globally React to Trump Election Win

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'We Need to Be Ready for a New World': Scientists Globally React to Trump Election Win

Trump's decisive defeat of Kamala Harris spurs fear about the future of the United States among many researchers.
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Open Access

Six myths to put to rest

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Six myths to put to rest

Open access to research is still held back by misunderstandings repeated by people who should know better, says Peter Suber.

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Grass-roots Grant-writing Approaches Can Help Researchers at Small Institutions to Succeed

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Grass-roots Grant-writing Approaches Can Help Researchers at Small Institutions to Succeed

At small or minority-serving institutions, time and resources that are needed to draft successful grant proposals are often in short supply. But help is available.
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The Horizon Europe Leaks: EU Plans €438M for Democracy, Economics and Culture Research in 2025

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The Horizon Europe Leaks: EU Plans €438M for Democracy, Economics and Culture Research in 2025

"Radicalisation and extremism" and the rise of autocracies are a focus of next year’s draft work programme.

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Assessing the Trump Factor in US Science: Fear and Uncertainty

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Assessing the Trump Factor in US Science: Fear and Uncertainty

US academics debate Trump’s impact on R&D: budget cuts, visa limits – but perhaps some transatlantic cooperation. 

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Science

The Nobel Prizes Tell a Story About Scientific Discovery

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The Nobel Prizes Tell a Story About Scientific Discovery

The 2024 awards offer a unique look into the present and future of scientific innovation, including the rise of AI.

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'It Could Be a Catastrophe': Déjà Vu and Panic for Scientists As Trump Wins Second Term

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'It Could Be a Catastrophe': Déjà Vu and Panic for Scientists As Trump Wins Second Term

The research community fears another Trump presidency will be worse than the first, but the chemical and biotech sectors are more optimistic
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Metascience Can Transform Indian Research

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Metascience Can Transform Indian Research

Drawing on a study of priorities in health research, researchers argue a metascience approach can refocus Indian research towards areas that are most needed by Indian society and that are understudied globally

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AI-generated Images Threaten Science - Here's How Researchers Hope to Spot Them

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AI-generated Images Threaten Science - Here's How Researchers Hope to Spot Them

Generative-AI technologies can create convincing scientific data with ease - publishers and integrity specialists fear a torrent of faked science.
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Competitiveness is Key to Europe's Health Security

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Competitiveness is Key to Europe's Health Security

To strengthen its health R&D pipelines and prepare for the next health crisis, Europe needs to balance security concerns with greater industrial competitiveness

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Can AI Review the Scientific Literature - and Figure Out What It All Means?

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Can AI Review the Scientific Literature - and Figure Out What It All Means?

Artificial intelligence could help speedily summarize research. But it comes with risks.
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US Trust in Scientists Plunged During the Pandemic - But It's Starting to Recover

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US Trust in Scientists Plunged During the Pandemic - But It's Starting to Recover

Confidence that scientists will make decisions in the public interest nosedived at the onset of the pandemic but has now started to rise.
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Does UK science have a fetish for the short-term?

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Does UK science have a fetish for the short-term?

Many of the biggest problems in science are tackled through sustained efforts over years or decades. But if science is a long-term endeavour, why are funding and careers so fixated on the now? Guest post by Andrew Holding.

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Preprints at a Crossroads - Are We Compromising Openness for Credibility?

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Preprints at a Crossroads - Are We Compromising Openness for Credibility?

Bringing together a range of studies into various aspects of how preprints interact with the wider information ecosystem, Natascha Chtena, Juan Pablo Alperin, and Alice Fleerackers argue that the speed, accessibility and low barriers to entry that preprints offer to scholarly communication risk being undermined by attempts to make them more aligned to traditional academic publications.

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AI and Research Software: Helping Hand or Faustian Pact?

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AI and Research Software: Helping Hand or Faustian Pact?

Some researchers’ use of chatbot-written code might be running ahead of their understanding

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Science Europe Plans ‘Systemic Change’ in Research Sustainability

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Science Europe Plans ‘Systemic Change’ in Research Sustainability

Association of research funding and performing organisations seeks to lead by example

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Major Biomedical Funder NIH Poised for Massive Reform Under Trump 2.0

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Major Biomedical Funder NIH Poised for Massive Reform Under Trump 2.0

Sweeping changes and more research scrutiny could be on the way for the US National Institutes of Health.
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Falling Walls: How Europe Can Strengthen Transfer and Innovation

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Falling Walls: How Europe Can Strengthen Transfer and Innovation

How can Europe translate research into innovation? 

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ELife Won't Get an Impact Factor, Says Clarivate

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ELife Won't Get an Impact Factor, Says Clarivate

Clarivate has decided to continue indexing some content from eLife in Web of Science.

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Science Policy Outlook for the Second Trump Presidency

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Science Policy

Science Policy Outlook for the Second Trump Presidency

Hostility to China, equity initiatives, and the federal bureaucracy will be key forces in the new administration.
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Risk

Risky Science and Public Consent

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Risky Science and Public Consent

Should citizens decide on risky science? To explore this question of public consent and risky science, two experts with differing opinions share their points of view, in an effort to find some common ground.

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Science Communication

How can non-scientists influence the course of scientific research?

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Science Communication

How can non-scientists influence the course of scientific research?

Science communication should be more than the dissemination of results to the public; it should also flow in the other direction, with members of the public able to communicate their priorities to scientists and those who fund them. But how?

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Risk

Assessing Potential Future Artificial Intelligence Risks, Benefits and Policy Imperatives

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Risk

Assessing Potential Future Artificial Intelligence Risks, Benefits and Policy Imperatives

The swift evolution of AI technologies calls for policymakers to consider and proactively manage AI-driven change. This OECD's report distils research and expert insights on prospective AI benefits, risks and policy imperatives.

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Public Trust in Scientists and Views on Their Role in Policymaking

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Public Trust in Scientists and Views on Their Role in Policymaking

Americans' trust in scientists is slightly higher than it was last year, but remains lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Climate

State Capacity and Varieties of Climate Policy

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Climate

State Capacity and Varieties of Climate Policy

Multiple policy mechanisms exist to create climate policy. In this comment, the authors discuss the institution capacity and fiscal space that shape national policies around sticks and carrots mechanisms.
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South Korea

South Korea Can Boost the Research Potential of Low-income Countries

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Global South
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South Korea Can Boost the Research Potential of Low-income Countries

The nation's unique geographical and geopolitical position makes it an ideal candidate to help low-income countries to realize their potential.
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Politics makes science an instrument of injustice

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Politics makes science an instrument of injustice

The way that governments think corrupts scientists and their work. Ian Boyd offers an alternative.

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Open Science

Open Research Data Poses Real World Risks That Need to Be Managed

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Open Research Data Poses Real World Risks That Need to Be Managed

A recent work  outlines seven kinds of research data misuse and provide recommendations.

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Can Google Scholar Survive the AI Revolution?

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Can Google Scholar Survive the AI Revolution?

The largest scholarly search engine is celebrating its 20th birthday, but AI-driven competitors offer advantages.
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