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Peer Review

First AI Tool to Detect Suspicious Peer Reviews Rolled out by Academic Publisher

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Peer Review

First AI Tool to Detect Suspicious Peer Reviews Rolled out by Academic Publisher

Artificial-intelligence tool spots copied peer reviews, helping to uncover fraud in academic publishing.
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Mobility

The superior performance of migrant scientists

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Mobility

The superior performance of migrant scientists

Scientists who move countries tend to publish in higher-impact journals than those who remain at home, a study finds

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Academic Freedom
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Hungary
EU

‘Academic Huxit.’ Hungarian Researchers Speak out on Impact of EU Ban

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Democracy
Hungary
EU

‘Academic Huxit.’ Hungarian Researchers Speak out on Impact of EU Ban

Being frozen out of Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ for over three years has taken its toll on the country’s academics.
 

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US

NIH Grant Cuts Disproportionately Hit Minority and Female Scientists

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Academic Freedom
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Politics
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NIH Grant Cuts Disproportionately Hit Minority and Female Scientists

A survey reveals sharp divides in who bore the brunt of last year's spree of grant cancellations by the Trump administration.
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Eastern Europe
EU

Serbia’s National Research Fund ‘on Hiatus’ as Researchers Face Delays in Grant Evaluation

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Funding
Eastern Europe
EU

Serbia’s National Research Fund ‘on Hiatus’ as Researchers Face Delays in Grant Evaluation

Competitive funding is breaking down just a few years after it was set up using EU and World Bank money.

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AI
Climate

Artificial Intelligence Won't Solve Climate Change

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Science Policy
AI
Climate

Artificial Intelligence Won't Solve Climate Change

This UCS blog post challenges the narrative that AI will be a climate savior, cautioning that focusing on hypothetical future tech could distract from proven climate solutions.

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Intellectual Property
AI
Technology
Publishing

Elsevier Vs Meta: First Science Publisher Sues over Scraped Research Papers

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Intellectual Property
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Technology
Publishing

Elsevier Vs Meta: First Science Publisher Sues over Scraped Research Papers

Science publishing giant Elsevier has joined a class-action lawsuit against Meta that alleges the reproduction of copyrighted works in developing the Llama AI model.
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Academic Freedom
International

Science Under Threat Around the World

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Academic Freedom
International

Science Under Threat Around the World

Politicians have reduced public funding for science and dismantled scientific institutions for ideological reasons in Argentina and the United States; how should the scientific community respond to such crises?
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Academic Freedom

Call for EU to Leverage Academic Freedom in Global Talent Race

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Academic Freedom

Call for EU to Leverage Academic Freedom in Global Talent Race

If not for money, disgruntled researchers from around the world might still come to Europe for a taste of academic freedom

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Gender
Science Communication

Science Media Amplifies Male Scientists’ Voices Over Female Ones

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Equality
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Science Communication

Science Media Amplifies Male Scientists’ Voices Over Female Ones

Analysis of more than 2,500 science stories revealed that men were quoted more often than women, highlighting systemic gender bias in science communication.

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US

Thousands of Scientists Sign Letter to Combat Science Board's Firing

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Academic Freedom
Funding
US

Thousands of Scientists Sign Letter to Combat Science Board's Firing

Thousands of Scientists Sign Letter to Combat Science Board's Firing: The signatories, including more than 35 Nobel laureates, decry the "alarming attack on the ability of the US to engage in basic and applied research"
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Horizon Europe

Associated Country Universities Demand Place at FP10 Table

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Horizon Europe

Associated Country Universities Demand Place at FP10 Table

Institutions from UK, New Zealand, Canada and Switzerland worry about being locked out of governance and sensitive calls

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Innovation

The Final Frontier

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Innovation

The Final Frontier

How do we support basic curiosity-driven research and maintain our position as the global leader in innovation and technology at a time of rapidly dwindling government funds?

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Science Defunding in Argentina Sparks New Wave of Protests

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Science Defunding in Argentina Sparks New Wave of Protests

Demonstrators across the country called for the government to increase public university salaries and funding for scientific research.
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International

President Calls for Global Collaboration in Basic Research

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China
International

President Calls for Global Collaboration in Basic Research

China’s top leader has called for efforts to deepen international collaboration in basic science following a major funding boost that signals the government's strategic priorities for the next phase of its innovation drive.

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Reproducibility

Is It Really Bad That Only 50% of Social Science Papers Are Reproducible?

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Reproducibility

Is It Really Bad That Only 50% of Social Science Papers Are Reproducible?

Three new papers in Nature from the SCORE project find that around half of social science studies hold up under replication, reproducibility, and robustness tests. Many commentators have read this as failure. Might there be a more optimistic reading, and one that points to where social science needs to go next?

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Research
US
International

Self-censorship, More Stress, Tougher Recruiting - How the Trump Administration's Science Policies Have Affected US Researchers

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US
International

Self-censorship, More Stress, Tougher Recruiting - How the Trump Administration's Science Policies Have Affected US Researchers

What do US researchers make of all the Trump administration science-related policy changes? A survey of 280 academic scientists asked them.
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CERN
Infrastructures

Can CERN's $19bn Effort to Rewrite Physics Survive a Fracturing World?

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CERN
Infrastructures

Can CERN's $19bn Effort to Rewrite Physics Survive a Fracturing World?

The science behind CERN's proposed Future Circular Collider is settled, but the funding is not.
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Open Access
Publishing
Science Policy

APC Caps and Bans - Why Funder Policies Aimed at Curbing the Publishing Industry Don't Work

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Open Access
Publishing
Science Policy

APC Caps and Bans - Why Funder Policies Aimed at Curbing the Publishing Industry Don't Work

A new report suggests the NIH's promised APC caps will reduce global OA spending. But so far, funder efforts to control publisher and author behavior have largely been ineffective. Here's why.
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Eastern Europe
EU
Innovation

Slovakia revises R&D approach to increase focus on competitiveness

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Eastern Europe
EU
Innovation

Slovakia revises R&D approach to increase focus on competitiveness

The country has set bold ambitions to revamp its research sector, with experts on the ground saying steady improvement is being made.

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Horizon Europe
Collaboration

Viewpoint: University alliances should be engines of distributed excellence

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Horizon Europe
Collaboration

Viewpoint: University alliances should be engines of distributed excellence

Alliances could help strong institutions outside mainstream join Horizon consortia, says Nicolaus Copernicus University vice-rector.

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Ethics
Science Policy
Public Health

When Scientific Arguments Obscure Moral Ones, Democracy Suffers

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Ethics
Science Policy
Public Health

When Scientific Arguments Obscure Moral Ones, Democracy Suffers

The Pentagon's new flu vaccine policy revives a debate over whether to prioritize individual choice or public health.

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Peer Review
Metrics
Science Culture

Tough Peer-review Process? Your Paper Might End Up Being More Highly Cited

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Peer Review
Metrics
Science Culture

Tough Peer-review Process? Your Paper Might End Up Being More Highly Cited

An AI-led analysis of publicly available peer-review reports links requests for major revisions with papers that end up having high impact.
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ERC

New President looks abroad

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ERC

New President looks abroad

The new ERC President turns his eyes towards cooperation with China, Japan and South-Korea. Jean-Pierre Bourguignon: “The key is to show eagerness to attract scientists from outside Europe.”

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Science Politics
Public Health
Integrity

NIH Ousts Infectious-disease Leaders As COVID Scientists Face US Charges

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Science Politics
Public Health
Integrity

NIH Ousts Infectious-disease Leaders As COVID Scientists Face US Charges

Eight of the top ten officials at the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have now been pushed out since President Donald Trump took office.
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Innovation
Technology
Funding

Five Things We Know About The EU’s New €5B Scaleup Europe Fund

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Technology
Funding

Five Things We Know About The EU’s New €5B Scaleup Europe Fund

The EU will officially launch its €5 billion investment fund for scaling up future European tech giants on June 3. Here are five things we know about the Scaleup Europe Fund so far.

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Science Politics
Europe
Funding

Rumoured overhaul of Commission research directorate gets mixed response

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Science Politics
Europe
Funding

Rumoured overhaul of Commission research directorate gets mixed response

Earlier this week, Politico Europe reported that the European Commission is planning to centralise departments responsible for the direct allocation of EU funding ahead of the start of the next EU multiannual budget in 2028. 

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International

U.S. Researchers Face New Restrictions on Publishing With Foreign Collaborators

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International

U.S. Researchers Face New Restrictions on Publishing With Foreign Collaborators

NIH, NASA grantees are confused and concerned amid agencies’ piecemeal communication.

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Careers
Academia

Science Trains the Mind. It Must Also Train the Person.

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Careers
Academia

Science Trains the Mind. It Must Also Train the Person.

Technical excellence does not automatically lead to professionalism. Trainees must learn human skills like communication and accountability to achieve scientific success.

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Funding
Dual Use
Ethics

Leru Calls for ‘Robust Safeguards’ on EU Dual-Use Research

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Funding
Dual Use
Ethics

Leru Calls for ‘Robust Safeguards’ on EU Dual-Use Research

University group urges Commission to keep “explicitly military” research outside next research framework programme.

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