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Americans' Trust in Scientists, Positive Views of Science Continue to Decline

Americans' Trust in Scientists, Positive Views of Science Continue to Decline

The share of Americans who say science has had a mostly positive impact on society has fallen 16 percentage points since before the start of the coronavirus outbreak, from 73% in January 2019 to 57% today.

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New Study Shows EU Funding for Industry-Based Doctoral Training Can Foster Innovation

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Early Career Researchers

New Study Shows EU Funding for Industry-Based Doctoral Training Can Foster Innovation

Funding doctoral training can be a driving force for innovation, especially if it involves industry, according to a new European Commission study.

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A New Wave of Support Musters in the Push for Open Access Publishing

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Open Science

A New Wave of Support Musters in the Push for Open Access Publishing

A new push for a more equitable scientific publishing system is in the making as the proponents of 'diamond' open access - under which neither authors or readers would pay the publishers - weigh up joining forces in a global federation.

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Social-Behavioral Findings Can Be Highly Replicable, Six-Year Study by Four Labs Suggests

Social-Behavioral Findings Can Be Highly Replicable, Six-Year Study by Four Labs Suggests

Four coordinated laboratories discovered and replicated 16 novel findings with ostensibly gold standard best practices.

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Researcher Resignations from UKRI Mount Amid Israel-Hamas Row

Researcher Resignations from UKRI Mount Amid Israel-Hamas Row

Academics are furious that the funder complied with a demand from the government to suspend an advisory panel over comments made about the conflict.

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Piloting the WHO Global Guidance Framework for the Responsible Use of the Life Science in Uganda

Piloting the WHO Global Guidance Framework for the Responsible Use of the Life Science in Uganda

WHO published in 2022 the Global guidance framework for the responsible use of the life sciences: mitigating biorisks and governing dual-use research (the framework), which calls on Member States and relevant stakeholders to mitigate biorisks and safely govern dual-use research (DUR) while harnessing the power of life sciences for the global health.

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Papers

'ChatGPT Detector' Catches AI-generated Papers with Unprecedented Accuracy

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'ChatGPT Detector' Catches AI-generated Papers with Unprecedented Accuracy

Tool based on machine learning uses features of writing style to distinguish between human and AI authors.

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How Big is Science's Fake-Paper Problem?

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Fake News

How Big is Science's Fake-Paper Problem?

An unpublished analysis suggests that there are hundreds of thousands of bogus 'paper-mill' articles lurking in the literature.

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Open Access

New Plan Proposed for Open Access Publishing

Open Access

New Plan Proposed for Open Access Publishing

Europe’s open access advocates set out a vision for system-level reform to make scientific publishing faster, more open and scholar-led.

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Space

'It Only Makes the News when the Toilets Stop Working': Has the 25-year-old International Space Station Been a Waste of Space?

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Space

'It Only Makes the News when the Toilets Stop Working': Has the 25-year-old International Space Station Been a Waste of Space?

The ISS is destined to be sent spiralling into the Pacific Ocean in 2031, yet the controversy over the £120bn behemoth continues

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Government Boosts Funding for Swiss Research Amid EU Horizon Exclusion

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Switzerland

Government Boosts Funding for Swiss Research Amid EU Horizon Exclusion

The Swiss government has earmarked CHF84 million for 2024 for individual projects by researchers in Switzerland as a transitional measure.

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Environment

Bringing the Environment to the Forefront of Engineering

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Environment

Bringing the Environment to the Forefront of Engineering

MIT Associate Professor Desiree Plata has a lifelong mission of making sustainability a bigger factor in design decisions.

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Excellence

"For Me, It's About Excellence in Research"

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Excellence

"For Me, It's About Excellence in Research"

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Horizon Europe Extends Call Deadlines After Hamas Attack Rocks Israeli Science

Horizon Europe Extends Call Deadlines After Hamas Attack Rocks Israeli Science

The European Research Council (ERC) and European Innovation Council (EIC) have pushed back four call application deadlines after warnings from Israeli applicants that they need more time, given the impact of Hamas's attack on the country.

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Israel-Hamas War Sends Shock Waves through Scientific Community

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Middle East

Israel

Israel-Hamas War Sends Shock Waves through Scientific Community

Conflict has left many labs empty or in ruins

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Toxic Workplaces Are the Main Reason Women Leave Academic Jobs

Toxic Workplaces Are the Main Reason Women Leave Academic Jobs

Women feel driven out by problems with workplace culture more often than by lack of work-life balance.

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Ethics

Living Guidelines for Generative AI - Why Scientists Must Oversee Its Use

Ethics

Living Guidelines for Generative AI - Why Scientists Must Oversee Its Use

Establish an independent scientific body to test and certify generative artificial intelligence, before the technology damages science and public trust.

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Horizon Europe Faces a Cut As Negotiations on 2024 EU Budget Get Underway

Horizon Europe Faces a Cut As Negotiations on 2024 EU Budget Get Underway

The European Parliament is ready for tough negotiations with EU member states over the EU's budget for 2024, including a proposed €12.8 billion for the Horizon Europe research programme.

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Why China is Turning to Sci-tech in New Action Plan to Boost Belt and Road

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China

Why China is Turning to Sci-tech in New Action Plan to Boost Belt and Road

China's president unveils a vision for the infrastructure strategy that could help other countries overcome Western restrictions. The Action plan includes harnessing markets and talent of participating countries to power scientific and technological advancement.

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Request for Delay to Horizon Europe Calls As War in Israel Stalls Science

Request for Delay to Horizon Europe Calls As War in Israel Stalls Science

Israeli scientists have described how Hamas's attack on the country has all but brought research to a standstill, with researchers now called up for a military assault on Gaza.

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ChatGPT Use Shows That the Grant-Application System is Broken

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Funding

ChatGPT Use Shows That the Grant-Application System is Broken

The fact that artificial intelligence can do much of the work makes a mockery of the process. It's time to make it easier for scientists to ask for research funding.

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Science Policy

Science is Under Threat in Argentina - We Must Call out the Danger

Science Policy

Science is Under Threat in Argentina - We Must Call out the Danger

Extreme-right presidential front runner Javier Milei plans to disband ministries and privatize research. That would be disastrous for Argentina's science and for the nation.

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Gender

UK Government Vow to End ‘Woke’ Science Draws Rebuke from Researchers

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Gender

UK Government Vow to End ‘Woke’ Science Draws Rebuke from Researchers

Top science official launches review of use of sex and gender in research and statistics.

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Integrity

Ask a Scientist: Building on Advances in Scientific Integrity

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Integrity

Ask a Scientist: Building on Advances in Scientific Integrity

It was a long time coming. Two decades after the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) redefined the term "scientific integrity," the White House issued its first-ever scientific integrity policy in May as a model for all government agencies and departments to protect federal scientists from political

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Why Should We Care About Science Diplomacy?

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Science Diplomacy

Why Should We Care About Science Diplomacy?

Switzerland wants to be a hub for science diplomacy. What is this and why is it important?

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Horizon Europe Successor Needs €200B to Meet Future Challenges, Say MEPs

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Horizon Europe Successor Needs €200B to Meet Future Challenges, Say MEPs

The European Union's next seven-year science funding programme has to have a budget of €200 billion to ensure that future challenges can be met, say two of the European Parliament's top voices on research and innovation policy, Christian Ehler and Maria da Graça Carvalho.

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Swiss Eye 'window of Opportunity' for Horizon Europe Association After Federal Elections

Switzerland

Swiss Eye 'window of Opportunity' for Horizon Europe Association After Federal Elections

Swiss voters will go to the polls on October 22 as the country's scientists endure another year locked out of Horizon Europe, the EU's research and innovation programme. In May 2021, Swiss leaders walked away from negotiations to agree a new overarching deal between Brussels and Bern, citing fears that it would allow EU citizens working in Switzerland to claim equal welfare payments.

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CERN Inaugurates Science Gateway, Its New Outreach Centre for Science Education

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CERN Inaugurates Science Gateway, Its New Outreach Centre for Science Education

Today, CERN inaugurated its new state-of-the-art facility for science education and outreach.

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South Korean Scientists' Outcry over Planned R&D Budget Cuts

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South Korea

South Korean Scientists' Outcry over Planned R&D Budget Cuts

In a nation with historically high levels of spending on research and development, the proposed cuts have provoked a strong response.

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New Zealand Trumpets Flying Start in Horizon Europe

New Zealand Trumpets Flying Start in Horizon Europe

New Zealand has won four Horizon Europe bids so far, outperforming its own expectations but raising questions over how it can control participation costs if they spiral beyond Wellington's forecasts.