How Tech Billionaires Are Disrupting Biomedical Science
Money from the world’s increasingly prosperous technology entrepreneurs has been flooding into biomedical research. Is it changing how science is done?
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Did an AI or a Human Write That Paper? New Detector Decides by Examining Its Ideas
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.
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.
Will AI Scoop Your Science? Some Researchers See a Gloomy Future
Will AI Scoop Your Science? Some Researchers See a Gloomy Future
Scientists worry that increasingly capable large language models will beat them to discoveries.
Optogenetics Wins the Nobel - One Neuroscience Breakthrough in a Line of Technological Innovations Helping Scientists Map and Control the Brain
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.
AI Co-scientists Are Revolutionizing How Research is Done
Artificial-intelligence systems can generate hypotheses, design experiments and analyse data - but humans still need to decide what makes sense.
Brazil and Hungary Buck the Trend on Academic Freedom
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What Role for Science in Swiss Democracy and Worldwide?
In Switzerland, science enjoys greater public trust than the police, government or parliament. But what exactly is the role of science in a democracy, and how does it differ in dictatorships?
Standing Together for Academic Freedom: Leopoldina Signs Position Paper of the Berlin Research Network
Standing Together for Academic Freedom: Leopoldina Signs Position Paper of the Berlin Research Network
The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina has signed the position paper Free Science – Successful Economy – Strong Germany, published today by the Berlin Research Network.
Academics ‘See Research Security as Bureaucratic’, UK Survey Finds
Academics ‘See Research Security as Bureaucratic’, UK Survey Finds
Government report shows “challenges with academic engagement”.
The Uncomfortable Truth an Explosion of Papers Reveals About Authors' Access to Data
The Uncomfortable Truth an Explosion of Papers Reveals About Authors' Access to Data
A rapidly increasing number of published articles rely on analyses produced via the TriNetX platform. However, TriNetX users don’t get full access to the information in the platform, muddying the truthfulness of any analyses of the data and compromising the integrity statements offered by authors and accepted by journals.
Jason Arday's Tragic Death Reveals the Intense Skepticism Black Scholars Face
Despite Global Turmoil, Gen Z Researchers Are Not Giving Up
Despite Global Turmoil, Gen Z Researchers Are Not Giving Up
Four researchers born after 1997 describe how they stay motivated and cultivate resilience during difficult times.
When the Best Decision is No Decision: the Rise of Randomization in Grant Funding
When the Best Decision is No Decision: the Rise of Randomization in Grant Funding
If reviewers can't reliably tell the difference between top grant proposals, why should they pretend they can? A new wave of funders is turning to lotteries to break the tie.
As Impact is Increasingly Found in Non-academic Careers What Skills Do PhD Students Need Now?
As Impact is Increasingly Found in Non-academic Careers What Skills Do PhD Students Need Now?
Students and institutions have much to gain from taking the impact competencies developed through doctoral research more seriously.
IBM Claims its Quantum Computers Outperform Classical Ones
Has quantum advantage been achieved, and what does this mean for scientists?
Promoting Equity in Research Funding Requires Collaboration Now More Than Ever
Promoting Equity in Research Funding Requires Collaboration Now More Than Ever
In contested and cautious times, cross-sector working is needed to push EDI work forward. What can this look like in the context of research funding? In contested and cautious times, cross-sector working is needed to push EDI work forward.
War Fractures Emerging Clinical Trial Infrastructure in the Middle East
War Fractures Emerging Clinical Trial Infrastructure in the Middle East
As conflicts escalate, resource shortages and patient safety force researchers in Middle Eastern countries to make difficult decisions about clinical trials.
When Physicians and AI Work Together, Who is Accountable? How to Lay out Medical Liability
When Physicians and AI Work Together, Who is Accountable? How to Lay out Medical Liability
A staging system based on how big a role AI has in patient care can help to identify who is responsible in cases in which care fails.
A Fatal Reaction
A cutting-edge gene-editing trial in China went disastrously wrong. A family wants accountability.
Why Do Some People Who Trust in Science Also Believe in Scientific Conspiracy Theories?
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.
Academic Freedom for the Win; Open Access Mandate in Germany Declared Unconstitutional
Academic Freedom for the Win; Open Access Mandate in Germany Declared Unconstitutional
A German court ruled against a mandatory article deposit requirement under Germany's "secondary publication right" (SPR).
AI Promised to Democratise Academic Publishing - the Evidence Says Otherwise
AI Promised to Democratise Academic Publishing - the Evidence Says Otherwise
It was thought AI would level the playing field in academic publishing for non-native English speakers. A growing body of evidence to reveals the opposite.
Anyone Can Fake a Scientific Image with AI, Tricking Even Academic Journals - and Undermining Trust in Science
Anyone Can Fake a Scientific Image with AI, Tricking Even Academic Journals - and Undermining Trust in Science
Several scientific fields rely on visual evidence to illustrate their claims. Inaccurate AI-generated images put the credibility of science at risk.
Decentralized Databases: Building a Backup Plan for Biomedicine’s Knowledge
Decentralized Databases: Building a Backup Plan for Biomedicine’s Knowledge
A brief outage at NCBI, the US government’s biomedical database, exposed the risks of relying on a single repository and renewed calls for a global, decentralized data-sharing network.
The Hill I will Die On: If Hollywood Blockbusters Must Dabble in Science, Can’t They Get the Small Stuff Right?
The Hill I will Die On: If Hollywood Blockbusters Must Dabble in Science, Can’t They Get the Small Stuff Right?
Project Hail Mary, Jurassic Park: from dino-mosquitoes to a spaceship’s roar, pointless mistakes on the scientific details make me wince.
What is Ethical Knowledge Brokering?
Knowledge brokers have to navigate competing interests often without guidance. The authors set out system of practical ethics for knowledge brokers.
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