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The United States Will Be Worse off for Losing International Scientists

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The United States Will Be Worse off for Losing International Scientists

The US has long benefited from the scholarship of international scientists. The Trump administration's policies are forcing many to reconsider their careers here.
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What Counts as Scientific Research? The EU’s Digital Omnibus Could Set the Definition

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What Counts as Scientific Research? The EU’s Digital Omnibus Could Set the Definition

Stephan Wyber explores how the EU Digital Omnibus could define scientific research in GDPR and shape the future of research, data and copyright law.
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PLOS and Chinese Academy of Sciences join forces on open science programme

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PLOS and Chinese Academy of Sciences join forces on open science programme

The National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSL, CAS) and PLOS have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the Open for Science 10 (OS10) programme.

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Dual-use Restrictions Risk Holding Back Research, Nordic Universities Say

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Dual-use Restrictions Risk Holding Back Research, Nordic Universities Say

Although supportive of dual-use research in Horizon Europe, Nordic universities say more detail is needed on definitions

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Horizon Europe 2027 Plans Updated With €507M in New Calls

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Horizon Europe 2027 Plans Updated With €507M in New Calls

Additional funding will cover biodiversity and “bridging” grants to next EU research programme amid plummeting success rates

 

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Why Real Intelligence is Something More Than Optimisation

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Why Real Intelligence is Something More Than Optimisation

If intelligence is merely optimisation then machines will outrun us. Kant tells us why human reason is so much more.

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Open Science and Equity: Does Openness Alone Lead to Fairness?

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Open Science and Equity: Does Openness Alone Lead to Fairness?

New report finds openness alone cannot ensure fairness, calling for equitable infrastructure, inclusive peer review and sustainable investment.
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Optogenetics Wins the Nobel - One Neuroscience Breakthrough in a Line of Technological Innovations Helping Scientists Map and Control the Brain

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Optogenetics Wins the Nobel - One Neuroscience Breakthrough in a Line of Technological Innovations Helping Scientists Map and Control the Brain

Neuroscientific advances follow a pattern of visualizing the brain, measuring its function and then controlling it. Optogenetics may lead to a new era of medical treatment.
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Rising Numbers of Asian and African PhD Students Choose to Study in China

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Rising Numbers of Asian and African PhD Students Choose to Study in China

International students explain the advantages and challenges that come with pursuing a doctoral degree in China.
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Welche wissenschaftliche Idee ist reif für den Ruhestand?

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Welche wissenschaftliche Idee ist reif für den Ruhestand?

Der amerikanische Literaturagent John Brockman stellt der Cyber-Elite jedes Jahr seine Edge-Frage. Lesen Sie an dieser Stelle eine Auswahl der jüngsten aufregenden und überraschenden Antworten.

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Universities, Science, and Politics

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Universities, Science, and Politics

The crisis of universities is not primarily due to politicization but to issues about whom universities serve and how they can serve them better against a backdrop of inequality, political polarization, and public mistrust.

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Science on the Political Stage: Analysing Representations of Science in Austrian Parliamentary Debates

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Science on the Political Stage: Analysing Representations of Science in Austrian Parliamentary Debates

This study offers a nuanced understanding of how politicians use science in debates to enhance the legitimacy of their arguments.

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If Research Security Feels Like Bureaucracy, We Are Making the Wrong Case

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If Research Security Feels Like Bureaucracy, We Are Making the Wrong Case

For research security to be relevant it must connect to the everyday issues researchers face, rather than be another exercise in institutional compliance.
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MSCA research career scheme gets €210M funding boost

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MSCA research career scheme gets €210M funding boost

The additional funding for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions comes amid record-low success rates.

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AI agents are not good at interpreting science. What can be done?

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AI agents are not good at interpreting science. What can be done?

As shortcomings of the agents become apparent, researchers are proposing strategies to help them improve their outputs.

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EU Governments to Debate a 19-Partnership Horizon Europe Portfolio

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EU Governments to Debate a 19-Partnership Horizon Europe Portfolio

EU governments are set to have a strategic discussion on the next set of Horizon Europe partnerships with new initiatives on railways, space technologies, and climate and water resilience.

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Open Science is Compatible with Research Security, Says Canada’s Chief Science Advisor

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Open Science is Compatible with Research Security, Says Canada’s Chief Science Advisor

Open science is “not incompatible” with research security and science leaders and policymakers should “demystify” the false dichotomy between the two, according to Mona Nemer, Canada’s chief science advisor.

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Why sound, strong science alone isn’t enough in pandemic preparedness

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Why sound, strong science alone isn’t enough in pandemic preparedness

Comparable data are key to protecting the world from the next epidemic, says bioengineer Polina Brangel.
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Research Integrity in Scholarly Communications - SSP Pulse Check Report

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Research Integrity in Scholarly Communications - SSP Pulse Check Report

The latest Pulse Check Poll explored how organizations across the scholarly publishing ecosystem are responding to today’s research integrity challenges.

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Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom Does Not Require Funder Neutrality

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Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom Does Not Require Funder Neutrality

Do funding priorities restrict academic freedom? Or can setting clear boundaries between funder problems & the answers academia can provide be productive?
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Researchers propose alternative way to allocate science funding

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Researchers propose alternative way to allocate science funding

1. Give all scientists an annual, unconditional fixed amount of funding to conduct their research. 2. All funded scientists are obliged to donate a fixed percentage of all of the funding that they previously received to other researchers: the funding circulates through the community, converging on researchers that are expected to make the best use of it.

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Leadership
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Universities Measure Almost Everything - Except Leadership

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Universities Measure Almost Everything - Except Leadership

Research leadership is often measured through proxies, could narrative approaches create a clearer picture of what good academic leadership is like in practice?
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Will AI Scoop Your Science? Some Researchers See a Gloomy Future

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Will AI Scoop Your Science? Some Researchers See a Gloomy Future

Scientists worry that increasingly capable large language models will beat them to discoveries.
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How to Mobilize the Agile Science Needed in a Crisis

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How to Mobilize the Agile Science Needed in a Crisis

Two reports highlight the changes needed in academia to facilitate the fast, collaborative, responsive and inclusive research that aids global decision makers.
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Robot Pen Pals: a Systematic Analysis of Recent Trends in Scientific Correspondence

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Robot Pen Pals: a Systematic Analysis of Recent Trends in Scientific Correspondence

This study identifies unusual growth in scientific correspondence after the widespread adoption of generative AI and suggests that AI may be contributing to publication inflation in a format that is citable, lightly regulated and often not peer reviewed.

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Knowledge

The Life-saving Scientific Knowledge Hiding in Plain Sight

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The Life-saving Scientific Knowledge Hiding in Plain Sight

Humanity produces a staggering amount of new knowledge every day. The question is how to make sense of it all.

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Viewpoint: The Grant System Funds the Ability to Apply for Grants

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Viewpoint: The Grant System Funds the Ability to Apply for Grants

A start-up founder calls out inherent flaws in grant evaluation systems, which stifle innovation.

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Did an AI or a Human Write That Paper? New Detector Decides by Examining Its Ideas

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Did an AI or a Human Write That Paper? New Detector Decides by Examining Its Ideas

Algorithm looks for clues about a paper's origin that text-based detectors miss.

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Between Google Scholar and ChatGPT: How Students Conduct Research in 2026

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Between Google Scholar and ChatGPT: How Students Conduct Research in 2026

A new ZBW study involving 908 economics and business students examines how literature search is changing, where students encounter difficulties, and what this means for information literacy teaching in libraries.

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China

China's Extraordinary Rise in Science and How It Will Change the World

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China's Extraordinary Rise in Science and How It Will Change the World

The nation is on a trajectory to lead the world in science, a development that will reshape technological advancement, innovation and the balance of global power.
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