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Senator Warren Says Fighting for Science Is a Top Priority

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Senator Warren Says Fighting for Science Is a Top Priority

The only U.S. senator to receive a research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) says one of her top priorities in her first term is to increase federal support for academic research and eliminate restrictions on NSF funding for political science research.

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Trump Makes Sweeping HIV Research and Grant Cuts: 'Setting Us Back Decades'

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Trump Makes Sweeping HIV Research and Grant Cuts: 'Setting Us Back Decades'

Termination of at least 145 grants will decimate progress toward eliminating epidemic, scientists say
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DeepSeek's Success Masks China's Weakening Innovation Model

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DeepSeek's Success Masks China's Weakening Innovation Model

DeepSeek's world-beating efficient AI chatbot, dancing robots on China's most-watched TV show and 1 trillion yuan (€127 billion) in state support for the private sector have rekindled optimism among and about the country's tech start-ups. 
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Disheartened by Funding Cuts, International Students Look Beyond the US

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Disheartened by Funding Cuts, International Students Look Beyond the US

Chemistry students are exploring programs in Canada, China, and Europe.

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Threats to Research Integrity ‘a Global, Systemic Problem’

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Threats to Research Integrity ‘a Global, Systemic Problem’

Research is facing major integrity challenges, with some of the prevailing incentives in the sector presenting “a global systemic problem that requires a global systemic solution”.

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New Widening Tools to Target Research Collaboration and Management

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New Widening Tools to Target Research Collaboration and Management

Further details have emerged about measures intended to boost the research and innovation performance of lagging member states in the final years of Horizon Europe. These tools will be deployed in parallel with a review of the Widening programme.

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Failure to communicate

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Failure to communicate

Geoengineering could be crucial in the fight against climate change. But first scientists need to learn how to talk to the public about it

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AI for Research: the Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Right Tool

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AI for Research: the Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Right Tool

Curious about using artificial intelligence to boost your research? Here are the programs you shouldn't miss.
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Does US Science Have a Future in Antarctica? Trump Cuts Threaten to Cancel Fieldwork and More

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Does US Science Have a Future in Antarctica? Trump Cuts Threaten to Cancel Fieldwork and More

Funding for the National Science Foundation, which finances research at US bases on the icy continent, has already been reduced, and the agency faces steeper cuts soon.
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Why an Overreliance on AI-driven Modelling is Bad for Science

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Why an Overreliance on AI-driven Modelling is Bad for Science

Without clear protocols to catch errors, artificial intelligence's growing role in science could do more harm than good.
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Trump's Attack on US Universities is an Attack on All Universities

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Trump's Attack on US Universities is an Attack on All Universities

This year marks the 80th anniversary of one of the most influential science policy papers ever published: "Science: the Endless Frontier," a report by presidential advisor Vannevar Bush that served as the blueprint for the post-WWII rise of the US as the world's leader in scientific research, innovation and education. Bush famously wrote: 
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SpotOn London 2013

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SpotOn London 2013

Join us at this year's SpotOn London conference on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th November. Now celebrating its sixth year, SpotOn London is an annual two-day conference hosted by Nature Publishing Group for anyone interested in how science is communicated and carried out online.

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US Research Cuts: An Opportunity Rather Than a Catastrophe

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US Research Cuts: An Opportunity Rather Than a Catastrophe

Despite the alarming headlines about the impact of United States funding cuts on South African universities - and the fact that the country lags beh...
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AI, data science set to transform global health in Africa

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AI, data science set to transform global health in Africa

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Should Europe Build Its Own Social Media?

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Should Europe Build Its Own Social Media?

Almost all the social media platforms Europeans use are American. Should Europe have its own social media?
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Tariffs Hit Science Labs: Trump's Levies Raise Cost of Supplies

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Tariffs Hit Science Labs: Trump's Levies Raise Cost of Supplies

Import taxes on staples such as microscopes, glassware and computer chips will affect institutions already feeling financial strain.
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Swiss Take Further Step Towards Horizon Europe Association

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Swiss Take Further Step Towards Horizon Europe Association

Switzerland's Federal Council has signed off an agreement that will allow the country to join Horizon Europe, another step towards ending a diplomatic stalemate over association that has dragged on since 2021. On April 9, the council approved the EU Programmes Agreement, which allows association to Horizon Europe, the Euratom atomic research programme and the Digital Europe Programme. 
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Commission Pushes to Water Down Gender Mainstreaming in Horizon Europe

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Commission Pushes to Water Down Gender Mainstreaming in Horizon Europe

The European Commission wants to water down gender mainstreaming requirements in Horizon Europe despite facing resistance from member states and research stakeholders. The changes proposed by the Commission are set to come into effect in 2025, with member states invited to endorse the revamped rules in a vote on the whole Horizon Europe work programme for the year.
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Who Owns Science?

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Who Owns Science?

Why has the public not shown much outrage at-or even interest in-the dismantling of the scientific enterprise they've been bankrolling?
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Science Diplomacy and the Global State of Affairs

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Science Diplomacy and the Global State of Affairs

International science is facing an existential challenge and we need to discuss science diplomacy within that context.

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Egypt Joins Horizon Europe Despite Academic Freedom Concerns

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Egypt Joins Horizon Europe Despite Academic Freedom Concerns

The European Union has struck a deal with Egypt allowing it to associate to Horizon Europe, despite concerns from MEPs and former diplomats about restrictions on research in the country.

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David Nutt wins the 2013 John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science

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David Nutt wins the 2013 John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science

Professor David Nutt is the winner of the 2013 John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science. The international prize is awarded for courage in promoting science and evidence on a matter of public interest.

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China Leads EU and US on Using Artificial Intelligence in Science

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China Leads EU and US on Using Artificial Intelligence in Science

Chinese scientists have incorporated artificial intelligence into their work more rapidly than their EU or US counterparts, a European Commission analysis has found, bolstering the case for the bloc to speed up adoption. 

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Can AI Make Research More Open?

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Can AI Make Research More Open?

Generative AI tools could have a transformative effect on open science by prompting the creation and publication of open datasets.
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Losing Academic Freedom Is Too High a Price

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Losing Academic Freedom Is Too High a Price

Without academic freedom, institutions of higher education risk becoming mere factories of conformity, serving up ideas that meet the demands of political or industry agendas, rather than serving a greater public good.
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Navigating Complexity: a Pattern Language Approach for Behavioral Science in Public Policy

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Navigating Complexity: a Pattern Language Approach for Behavioral Science in Public Policy

This study explores the application of a behavioral pattern language approach as a means to enhance intervention efficacy and support policymakers and practitioners who seek to solve problems at scales that cross diverse contexts.

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Investing in vaccination more than paid off for U.S., study finds

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Investing in vaccination more than paid off for U.S., study finds

Nation prevented far more in medical spending and lost productivity than it spent on testing, buying & delivering the 2021 vaccines.

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What Is Citizen Science And Why Should Policymakers Care?

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What Is Citizen Science And Why Should Policymakers Care?

This blog explores why citizen science matters and how governments can support its growth through inclusive strategies, robust infrastructure, and international collaboration.

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A Hundred Days of Harm: How the Trump Administration Is Eviscerating Science and What We Can Do About It

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A Hundred Days of Harm: How the Trump Administration Is Eviscerating Science and What We Can Do About It

The new Trump administration has been more reckless and destructive than the first time around. The Union of Concerned Scientists is working to monitor, contain, and reverse this administration’s abuses of science.

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Trump's Tech and Science Policy Chief Says Biden Led with 'spirit of Fear' and That Today's Progress Lags 20th Century Innovation

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Trump's Tech and Science Policy Chief Says Biden Led with 'spirit of Fear' and That Today's Progress Lags 20th Century Innovation

In his first remarks since being confirmed as Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Michael Kratsios said the government could do more with less, and called for partnering with the private sector and with academics in areas of national interest.
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