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Data Centers, Backbone of the Digital Economy, Face Water Scarcity and Climate Risk
Data Centers, Backbone of the Digital Economy, Face Water Scarcity and Climate Risk
About 20% of data centers in the United States already rely on watersheds that are under moderate to high stress from drought and other factors. However, few companies are talking about the issue.
Feeling Lonely in Research? You're Not Alone
Opening up about my feelings during my PhD was powerful and cathartic.
Cannabis Researchers Say It's High Time to Drop 'lazy Stoner' Stereotype
Users no more likely to lack motivation than non-users - but motivation may wane while under the influence
Out of Thin Air: New Solar-powered Invention Creates Hydrogen Fuel from the Atmosphere
Out of Thin Air: New Solar-powered Invention Creates Hydrogen Fuel from the Atmosphere
Researchers say their prototype produces hydrogen with greater than 99% purity and works in air as dry as 4% relative humidity
ETH Zurich Opens New Research Centre to Explore the Origins of Life
ETH Zurich is opening a new research and teaching centre with a focus on exploring the origin and prevalence of life on Earth and beyond. Under the leadership of Noble Laureate, Didier Queloz, more than 40 research groups from five departments will address the big questions posed by humankind.
What is Fog Data Science? Why is the Surveillance Company So Dangerous?
An Electronic Frontier Foundation investigation of public records acquired from dozens of state and local law enforcement agencies has uncovered a widely-used mass surveillance technology.
Will Paris Succeed? Research Assesses if Governments Will Make Pledges a Reality
Will Paris Succeed? Research Assesses if Governments Will Make Pledges a Reality
A new study provide scientific evidence assessing how effective governments will be at implementing their commitments to the agreement that will reduce CO2 emissions causing climate change.
IPCC Reports Are the Beacon of Climate Science. These Scientists Say They Have to Be Stopped
IPCC Reports Are the Beacon of Climate Science. These Scientists Say They Have to Be Stopped
Fed up with what they saw as inaction by policymakers, three climate change scientists called on their colleagues to withdraw from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reporting process.
The Researchers Using AI to Analyse Peer Review
Anna Severin explains how her team used machine learning to try to assess the quality of thousands of reviewers' reports.
European Universities Alliances Put Start-Ups on the Curriculum
European Universities Alliances Put Start-Ups on the Curriculum
The European Universities initiative was conceived to develop higher education across the EU, with a tight focus on students and teaching. Higher education institutions from different countries were invited to form alliances and bid for Erasmus + funds to develop joint curricula and boost mobility. But innovation and entrepreneurship increasingly appear in the alliance playbook, particularly when the partners are close to the market.
In Defence of the Objective World
Postmodern ideas have gained the status of absolute truths. Relativism, selectively appropriated into the language of both left and right politics, has metamorphosed into dogma. As oversimplification distorts communication, public trust in scientific fact has eroded. Could renewed ideas of objectivity be a way out?
Spain Votes Through Overhaul of Research Careers
Spain is about to overhaul its research career structures, after the Congress of Deputies approved the final version of a reform to the country's 2011 science, technology and innovation law last week.
The Society for Scholarly Publishing Humanities Community Network Lifts Off
A Humanities and Social Sciences Publishing Professionals Community of Interest Network is launching! An interview with facilitators Laura Ansley and Dawn Durante about the group and its focus --and how it's meeting a clear need.
Washington Gives a Big Boost to Drive for Open-access Scientific Publishing
Washington Gives a Big Boost to Drive for Open-access Scientific Publishing
The movement towards open-access scientific publishing got an historic boost this month, with the White House ordering an end to publishers putting most federally funded research behind paywalls.
Australia's Catastrophic Rabbit Invasion Sparked by a Few Dozen British Bunnies
Australia's Catastrophic Rabbit Invasion Sparked by a Few Dozen British Bunnies
Genome analysis shows that most Australian rabbits are descendants of wild rabbits shipped to near Melbourne in 1859.
Historic Monuments Resurface As Severe Drought Shrinks Spain's Reservoirs
Prehistoric stone circle and 11th-century church uncovered as country's reservoirs hit 36% of normal capacity
Why Four Scientists Spent a Year Saying No
Saying no is a skill - and practising it improved our science.
How Do Policymakers Decide Whom to Help?
The article analyzes what happens when governments use predictive modeling to allocate critical resources.
Sustainable Use of Wild Species is Critical for the Well-being of People and Nature
Sustainable Use of Wild Species is Critical for the Well-being of People and Nature
Sustainable use is when biodiversity and ecosystem functioning are maintained while contributing to human wellbeing.
The Research and Innovation Stories to Follow This Autumn
As everyone shifts back into gear after the summer break, we have put together a list of research and innovation topics coming up over the next weeks and months, to help you sift through the deluge of announcements due in September and beyond.
White House Pushes Journals to Drop Paywalls on Publicly Funded Research
White House Pushes Journals to Drop Paywalls on Publicly Funded Research
The policy, hailed by researchers as “transformational,” will be fully in place by 2026 and make publicly financed research available immediately at no cost.