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How research support has helped create life-changing medicines
How research support has helped create life-changing medicines
A new study finds over half the drugs approved this century cite federally funded research in their patents.
Navigating ecological civilisation: Polycentric environmental governance and policy regulatory framework in China
Navigating ecological civilisation: Polycentric environmental governance and policy regulatory framework in China
Amidst global environmental and energy crises, China has institutionalized its Ecological Civilisation as a transformative governance paradigm, synergising multiple policy instruments with environmental modernization. This paper utilises Grounded Theory to systematically analyse 56 environmental policies with significant energy governance components.
Improving Impact Infrastructure: Key Predictors of Researchers' Policy Engagement Based on Behavioural Science
Improving Impact Infrastructure: Key Predictors of Researchers' Policy Engagement Based on Behavioural Science
This article presents the first behavioural science-based comprehensive diagnosis of key predictors of policy engagement using the COM-B model, which explains behaviour based on capability, opportunity, and motivation.
Swiss Funder Pauses Schemes in Initial Response to ‘Massive’ Cuts
Scheme for unconventional ideas among those hit by Swiss National Science Foundation funding loss.
What Can Europe and Its Universities Do to Halt the Erosion of Academic Freedom?
What Can Europe and Its Universities Do to Halt the Erosion of Academic Freedom?
Britain’s Biopharma Strategy Stalls in the Face of China’s Rise
The industry’s retreat from the UK reflects a deeper shift about how Beijing is rewriting the rules of innovation.
Amid Gaza War, Debate Intensifies: is It Wrong to Collaborate with Israeli Universities?
ChatGPT is Blind to Bad Science
Why Quantum Mechanics Needs Phenomenology
Ethicists Flirt with AI to Review Human Research
Large language models could help reduce backlog of study proposals, but critics are wary of entrusting ethics to machines.
Can ChatGPT help science writers?
In December 2023, the press office for Science (and the Science family of journals) decided to explore whether ChatGPT Plus had potential as a tool to help writers
Bridging the Gap Between Scientists, Policy Makers and Industry to Build the Quantum Ecosystem
Bridging the Gap Between Scientists, Policy Makers and Industry to Build the Quantum Ecosystem
Meet the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize Winners
The annual award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and the 24/7 lectures.
Parliament Divided over Dual Use in Next EU Research Programme
Parliament Divided over Dual Use in Next EU Research Programme
Divisions are growing within the European Parliament over plans to let research and innovation projects with civilian and defence applications apply for funding in the next EU Framework Programme.
Single Rulebook for EU Research Funding Risks 'Death' by Inflexibility, Warns ERC President
Single Rulebook for EU Research Funding Risks 'Death' by Inflexibility, Warns ERC President
'Gold Standard Science' Plans Emphasize Existing Agency Efforts
Science is No Longer Above Suspicion
Federal Budget Cuts: Impact on the SNSF
Navigating the chaos: Research community owes better communication to taxpayers
Navigating the chaos: Research community owes better communication to taxpayers
In exchange for continued taxpayer funding, American universities must better explain how research promotes the well-being and security of the public, according to two of the country’s top leaders in science policy.
International Scientific Collaboration is More Necessary - yet More Challenging - than Ever
International Scientific Collaboration is More Necessary - yet More Challenging - than Ever
These partnerships accelerate neuroscience by enabling researchers to share resources and expertise, as well as generate more relevant and reproducible results. But new federal funding restrictions in the United States are putting such collaborations in jeopardy.
As Scientists Raise the Alarm, Trump Administration Attacks Continue
Between January 20th and August 31st 2025, there have been 479 attacks on science, which undermine, co-opt, or blatantly ignore science in the federal government. These attacks follow the plan laid out in Project 2025.