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Scientists Overwhelmingly Against Rule Change That Would Give Political Appointees Say over Science Grants

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Scientists Overwhelmingly Against Rule Change That Would Give Political Appointees Say over Science Grants

Hundreds of thousands of scientists, including Nobel laureates, warn that changes to the way federal grants are approved would greatly damage American science
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Norway and Iceland Set to Join EU Satellite Programmes

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Norway and Iceland Set to Join EU Satellite Programmes

EU collaboration will help the two Nordic countries prepare for “times of crisis” and boost their space industries.

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India Starts Formal Talks on Horizon Europe Association

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India Starts Formal Talks on Horizon Europe Association

The EU and India have kicked off formal negotiations on association to Horizon Europe, hoping to reach a deal before the end of this year, the European Commission has announced.

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At CERN, AI Will Drive Future Discoveries

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At CERN, AI Will Drive Future Discoveries

CERN's Large Hadron Collider produces 40 million particle collisions per second - far more data than computers can handle. Through real-time filtering, AI can help.
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Are High Impact Researchers Less Happy?

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Are High Impact Researchers Less Happy?

Impact agendas are framed as ways of highlighting & rewarding work that reaches beyond academia, but do they come at a cost to researcher happiness & wellbeing?
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Think Preprints Are Unreliable? Analysis of 70,000 Studies Might Change Your Mind

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Think Preprints Are Unreliable? Analysis of 70,000 Studies Might Change Your Mind

Central conclusions rarely change when biomedical preprints go on to be published in journals.
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Editorial and Peer Review Dynamics at Elite General Science Journals

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Editorial and Peer Review Dynamics at Elite General Science Journals

Analyzing evaluation dynamics across the editorial review and peer review stages, this study finds strong selective effects associated with higher institutional prestige, larger team size, and certain topics and countries.

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New study reveals funders behind the climate change denial effort

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New study reveals funders behind the climate change denial effort

A new study conducted by Drexel University environmental sociologist Robert J. Brulle, PhD, exposes the organizational underpinnings and funding behind the powerful climate change countermovement. This study marks the first peer-reviewed, comprehensive analysis ever conducted of the sources of funding that maintain the denial effort.

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European Researchers Sound the Alarm that Trump Rule Changes Will Hit Cooperation

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European Researchers Sound the Alarm that Trump Rule Changes Will Hit Cooperation

New conditions on US federal research funding will make transatlantic projects less attractive, universities fear

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Changes in Funding Could Tank Quality of Ocean Heat Content Data

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Changes in Funding Could Tank Quality of Ocean Heat Content Data

An uncertain funding landscape threatens the longevity of an ocean observation system critical to projecting tropical storms, sea level rise, and more.

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Why Do Some People Who Trust in Science Also Believe in Scientific Conspiracy Theories?

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Why Do Some People Who Trust in Science Also Believe in Scientific Conspiracy Theories?

Trust in science seems compatible with believing almost anything, so long as it is expressed in plausibly scientific terms.
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Early Verdicts on Claude Science: Faster Workflows, But Gaps Remain

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Early Verdicts on Claude Science: Faster Workflows, But Gaps Remain

AI giant Anthropic recently announced its scientific workbench, Claude Science. While scientists praised many of its features, they noted that its reasoning needs work.

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Some Research Culture Work May Be Sustaining the Practices It Seeks to Change

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Some Research Culture Work May Be Sustaining the Practices It Seeks to Change

Efforts to improve research culture can make harmful systems easier to endure and harder to reform.

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Science Department Abolished As UK's New Prime Minister Andy Burnham Appoints First Cabinet

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Science Department Abolished As UK's New Prime Minister Andy Burnham Appoints First Cabinet

One of Andy Burnham’s first acts as new UK prime minister has been to abolish the government’s dedicated science department. Responsibility for the science and innovation portfolio now lies with the business department.

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German Research Funder Issues Warning over Threats to Academic Freedom

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German Research Funder Issues Warning over Threats to Academic Freedom

External influences - such as politics, funding and the media - are increasingly putting the autonomy of research under pressure.

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National R&D Efforts Needed to Make the Most Montenegro’s Coming EU Accession

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National R&D Efforts Needed to Make the Most Montenegro’s Coming EU Accession

EU accession will be a huge boost to Montenegro’s research and innovation ecosystem, but the country must still make efforts nationally to create real impact, say members of its research community. 

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Absorbing Science Brief into Business Department ‘Makes Sense’

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Absorbing Science Brief into Business Department ‘Makes Sense’

In the UK, Andy Burnham’s decision to absorb the science brief into an expanded business department could strengthen links between research and the government’s industrial strategy.

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Reproducibility

Unabhängige Forschung: Forscher, wehrt euch!

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Unabhängige Forschung: Forscher, wehrt euch!

Im Geschäft der Erkenntnisgewinnung läuft zu viel schief. Zum Glück gibt es Menschen, die das ändern wollen.

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Flexible World Bank-Supported Project Helps Croatia Fill R&D Funding Gaps

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Flexible World Bank-Supported Project Helps Croatia Fill R&D Funding Gaps

Croatia has partnered with the World Bank in a highly targeted €106 million project that aims to fill R&D funding gaps that are not easily met by EU programmes.

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New ERC Work Programme Sets out 2027 Funding Opportunities

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New ERC Work Programme Sets out 2027 Funding Opportunities

The European Commission has today adopted the European Research Council (ERC) Work Programme 2027 setting out the funding opportunities, grant budgets, competition timetable and application rules for the coming year.
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The Science of Foresight: How to Future-proof Your Research

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The Science of Foresight: How to Future-proof Your Research

Anticipating from the start the various ways a research programme can succeed or fail can avoid problems later. Here's how to do it.
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Artificial intelligence in academic practices and policy discourses across ‘Big 5’ publishers

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Artificial intelligence in academic practices and policy discourses across ‘Big 5’ publishers

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Europe’s AI problem is not merely competition, but control

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Europe’s AI problem is not merely competition, but control

We do not own the leading-edge AI technology we rely on for research and innovation. We rent it, mostly from US companies.

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Industry rejects move to cash contributions for EU Joint Undertakings

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Industry

Industry rejects move to cash contributions for EU Joint Undertakings

The European Commission has received significant pushback to its suggestion that industry could be required to make cash rather than in kind contributions to Horizon Europe joint undertakings (JUs).

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Should Horizon Europe Take More Note of Vocational Centres?

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Should Horizon Europe Take More Note of Vocational Centres?

Dutch MEP Brigitte van den Berg is on a mission to raise the profile of vocational training in EU research and innovation policy.

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Could Small-team Science Be Dying Out?

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Could Small-team Science Be Dying Out?

The proportion of one- and two-author papers in the Nature Index is shrinking rapidly, as science done by big teams continues to surge.
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Open Science, Open Innovation? The Role of Open Access in Patenting Activity

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Open Science, Open Innovation? The Role of Open Access in Patenting Activity

This study, which analysed how scientific publications are used in patents, finds that open-access research is cited in patents more often than expected, suggesting that open science can strengthen knowledge transfer from academia to innovation and industry.

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The greater good

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The greater good

Governments, funding agencies and universities must all do their bit to ensure that research is appropriately assessed and rewarded.

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International PhD Students to Face Strict Limits on Time in the US

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International PhD Students to Face Strict Limits on Time in the US

Trump administration takes action to address 'forever students'.
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Researchers' 'unrealistic' hopes of academic careers

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Researchers' 'unrealistic' hopes of academic careers

Fewer than half of those new to research can expect long-term academic careers There is a "significant credibility gap" between researchers' expectations and the likelihood of their forging long-term careers in higher education, a survey has found.

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