A Fatal Reaction
A cutting-edge gene-editing trial in China went disastrously wrong. A family wants accountability.
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Categorizing Open Access Business Models
Models for funding open access journal article publishing can be sorted into three categories, organized by who pays and what they pay for: transactional, collective action, and subvention.
International PhD Students to Face Strict Limits on Time in the US
International PhD Students to Face Strict Limits on Time in the US
Trump administration takes action to address 'forever students'.
Should Horizon Europe Take More Note of Vocational Centres?
Dutch MEP Brigitte van den Berg is on a mission to raise the profile of vocational training in EU research and innovation policy.
Industry Rejects Move to Cash Contributions for EU Joint Undertakings
Industry Rejects Move to Cash Contributions for EU Joint Undertakings
The European Commission has received significant pushback to its suggestion that industry could be required to make cash rather than in kind contributions to Horizon Europe joint undertakings (JUs).
Open Science, Open Innovation? The Role of Open Access in Patenting Activity
Open Science, Open Innovation? The Role of Open Access in Patenting Activity
This study, which analysed how scientific publications are used in patents, finds that open-access research is cited in patents more often than expected, suggesting that open science can strengthen knowledge transfer from academia to innovation and industry.
Could Small-team Science Be Dying Out?
The proportion of one- and two-author papers in the Nature Index is shrinking rapidly, as science done by big teams continues to surge.
Europe’s AI Problem is Not Merely Competition, but Control
Europe’s AI Problem is Not Merely Competition, but Control
We do not own the leading-edge AI technology we rely on for research and innovation. We rent it, mostly from US companies.
Artificial intelligence in academic practices and policy discourses across ‘Big 5’ publishers
Artificial intelligence in academic practices and policy discourses across ‘Big 5’ publishers
Flexible World Bank-Supported Project Helps Croatia Fill R&D Funding Gaps
Flexible World Bank-Supported Project Helps Croatia Fill R&D Funding Gaps
Croatia has partnered with the World Bank in a highly targeted €106 million project that aims to fill R&D funding gaps that are not easily met by EU programmes.
Absorbing Science Brief into Business Department ‘Makes Sense’
Absorbing Science Brief into Business Department ‘Makes Sense’
In the UK, Andy Burnham’s decision to absorb the science brief into an expanded business department could strengthen links between research and the government’s industrial strategy.
National R&D Efforts Needed to Make the Most Montenegro’s Coming EU Accession
National R&D Efforts Needed to Make the Most Montenegro’s Coming EU Accession
EU accession will be a huge boost to Montenegro’s research and innovation ecosystem, but the country must still make efforts nationally to create real impact, say members of its research community.
German Research Funder Issues Warning over Threats to Academic Freedom
German Research Funder Issues Warning over Threats to Academic Freedom
External influences - such as politics, funding and the media - are increasingly putting the autonomy of research under pressure.
Science Department Abolished As UK's New Prime Minister Andy Burnham Appoints First Cabinet
Science Department Abolished As UK's New Prime Minister Andy Burnham Appoints First Cabinet
One of Andy Burnham’s first acts as new UK prime minister has been to abolish the government’s dedicated science department. Responsibility for the science and innovation portfolio now lies with the business department.
Some Research Culture Work May Be Sustaining the Practices It Seeks to Change
Some Research Culture Work May Be Sustaining the Practices It Seeks to Change
Efforts to improve research culture can make harmful systems easier to endure and harder to reform.
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.
Changes in Funding Could Tank Quality of Ocean Heat Content Data
Changes in Funding Could Tank Quality of Ocean Heat Content Data
An uncertain funding landscape threatens the longevity of an ocean observation system critical to projecting tropical storms, sea level rise, and more.
European Researchers Sound the Alarm that Trump Rule Changes Will Hit Cooperation
European Researchers Sound the Alarm that Trump Rule Changes Will Hit Cooperation
New conditions on US federal research funding will make transatlantic projects less attractive, universities fear
Editorial and Peer Review Dynamics at Elite General Science Journals
Editorial and Peer Review Dynamics at Elite General Science Journals
Analyzing evaluation dynamics across the editorial review and peer review stages, this study finds strong selective effects associated with higher institutional prestige, larger team size, and certain topics and countries.
Think Preprints Are Unreliable? Analysis of 70,000 Studies Might Change Your Mind
Think Preprints Are Unreliable? Analysis of 70,000 Studies Might Change Your Mind
Central conclusions rarely change when biomedical preprints go on to be published in journals.
At CERN, AI Will Drive Future Discoveries
CERN's Large Hadron Collider produces 40 million particle collisions per second - far more data than computers can handle. Through real-time filtering, AI can help.
India Starts Formal Talks on Horizon Europe Association
The EU and India have kicked off formal negotiations on association to Horizon Europe, hoping to reach a deal before the end of this year, the European Commission has announced.
Norway and Iceland Set to Join EU Satellite Programmes
EU collaboration will help the two Nordic countries prepare for “times of crisis” and boost their space industries.
Scientists Overwhelmingly Against Rule Change That Would Give Political Appointees Say over Science Grants
Scientists Overwhelmingly Against Rule Change That Would Give Political Appointees Say over Science Grants
Hundreds of thousands of scientists, including Nobel laureates, warn that changes to the way federal grants are approved would greatly damage American science
EIT funding pushes university alliances further towards innovation
A dedicated call from the European Institute of Innovation and Technology will help shift the focus of EU education networks
Will Making 'replication Studies' Easier to Find Help Science Self-correct?
Will Making 'replication Studies' Easier to Find Help Science Self-correct?
Project on peer-review platform Pubpeer aims to make replication studies more visible.
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