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The EU Facilities Looking to Exit UK

The EU Facilities Looking to Exit UK

UK-based academics leading research infrastructures supported by funding from the European Commission are to begin moving their headquarters to other European Union member states from as early as 2019. 

U.K. Scientists Prepare for Impending Break with European Union

U.K. Scientists Prepare for Impending Break with European Union

Government largesse may ease Brexit—at least for applied science.

Google's DeepMind Is in Talks with National Grid to Apply AI to Energy

Google's DeepMind Is in Talks with National Grid to Apply AI to Energy

The Google-owned star British AI company DeepMind is in talks with the National Grid about a potential partnership.

Tim Berners-Lee: I Invented the Web. Here Are 3 Things We Need to Change to Save It

Tim Berners-Lee: I Invented the Web. Here Are 3 Things We Need to Change to Save It

It has taken all of us to build the web we have, and now it is up to all of us to build the web we want – for everyone

Google Confirms Its Acquisition of Data Science Community Kaggle

Google Confirms Its Acquisition of Data Science Community Kaggle

Google today said it is acquiring Kaggle, an online service that hosts data science and machine learning competitions.

China Faces Science Reform Challenges, Including Favoritism

China Faces Science Reform Challenges, Including Favoritism

In this Policy Forum, Cong Cao and Richard P. Suttmeier highlight the immense work and challenges China will encounter as it attempts to reform its scientific and technological development strategy.

Springer Nature Becomes Largest Publisher to Open up All Reference Lists

Springer Nature Becomes Largest Publisher to Open up All Reference Lists

Working closely with Crossref, Springer Nature will make the metadata for reference lists available across all academic books and owned journals.

Brazil Now A Global Leader In Gender Equality In Science

Brazil Now A Global Leader In Gender Equality In Science

Brazilian women are leading the world when it comes to a key measurement on science, surpassing the ranking of the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union.

Photo Project Spotlights Scientists from Under-Represented Groups

Photo Project Spotlights Scientists from Under-Represented Groups

Campaign on Wikipedia seeks to reveal the hidden faces of female scientists and those from minority ethnic groups.

Rising to the Challenge as US States Turn the Screw on Science Education

Rising to the Challenge as US States Turn the Screw on Science Education

Researchers everywhere should pay more attention to how their subject is presented.

Activists Rush to Save Government Science Data — If They Can Find It

Activists Rush to Save Government Science Data — If They Can Find It

It is illegal to destroy government data, but agencies can make it more difficult to find by revising websites and creating other barriers to the underlying information.

Trump’s New Travel Ban Still Sabotages Science and Tech

Trump’s New Travel Ban Still Sabotages Science and Tech

Its prospects for keeping dangerous people out are dubious at best. But would-be immigrants in science and tech will almost certainly be turned away.

This Year's Best Science Photos Are So Good They're Basically Art

This Year's Best Science Photos Are So Good They're Basically Art

The finalists of the 2017 Wellcome Image Awards have been announced, showcasing the best science-related imagery from the past year. This year’s crop features a bioluminescent squid, a high-tech contact lens, and a microscopic ‘brain’ on a chip.

U of California, Berkeley, to Delete Publicly Available Educational Content

U of California, Berkeley, to Delete Publicly Available Educational Content

Starting March 15, the university will begin removing more than 20,000 video and audio lectures from public view as a result of a Justice Department accessibility order.