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China Launches Special Deployment of 'AI for Science'

China Launches Special Deployment of 'AI for Science'

The deployment closely integrates the key issues of basic disciplines including mathematics, physics, chemistry and astronomy.

An Industry in Flux: The Science, Policies and Business of Cannabis

An Industry in Flux: The Science, Policies and Business of Cannabis

At the intersection of academia, industry, and the old underground culture of cannabis are people like Samuel Haiden, a botany graduate student at the University of Connecticut who spent 10

Ukrainian Government Calls on Science Diaspora to Help Strengthen Ties with the West

Ukrainian Government Calls on Science Diaspora to Help Strengthen Ties with the West

More than one year into a devastating war with Russia, Ukraine's scientists both at home or abroad are still struggling to carry on their work.

Scientists Call For Global Plastics Treaty As Evidence Of Health Impacts Mounts - Health Policy Watch

Scientists Call For Global Plastics Treaty As Evidence Of Health Impacts Mounts - Health Policy Watch

A new study has found that human health is in grave danger because of plastics across their entire lifecycle.

Humans, Science, and Policy Making: Behind the Scenes of IPCC Reports

Humans, Science, and Policy Making: Behind the Scenes of IPCC Reports

Thousands of experts from all around the world are involved in the drafting of IPCC reports - and some of them even work at the European Commission.

Raising the Visibility of Latin American Science

Raising the Visibility of Latin American Science

Latin American scientists and journals are strengthening research, evaluation, publication, and communication systems to help redefine ideas of professional success that have largely been determined by the Global North.

Shifting Geopolitics Prompts Germany to Offer Researchers Extra Help on International Collaboration

Shifting Geopolitics Prompts Germany to Offer Researchers Extra Help on International Collaboration

In 2019 the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) set up a new service, the Competence Centre for International Academic Cooperation (KIWi). It's been hugely popular, and the DAAD believes it's time to give it a boost.

China Rolls Out ‘Radical’ Change to its Research Enterprise

China Rolls Out ‘Radical’ Change to its Research Enterprise

Facing tighter restrictions on access to key technologies and an increasingly competitive global scientific landscape, China has launched a major shake-up of its research organizations in pursuit of “self-reliance” in science and technology.

How Japanese Science is Trying to Reassert Its Research Strength

How Japanese Science is Trying to Reassert Its Research Strength

Successes in life sciences and international collaboration could be key to boosting the country's high-quality output.

Will the World Ever See Another IPCC-style Body?

Will the World Ever See Another IPCC-style Body?

Many have sought to copy the IPCC. A new book explains why the panel's all-encompassing scientific assessments are hard to replicate.

Top Three Findings from the Latest UCS Survey of Federal Scientists

Top Three Findings from the Latest UCS Survey of Federal Scientists

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) recently conducted a survey of federal scientists to ask about the state of science, and the results are in. This is our tenth version of the survey since 2004 and, to our surprise and delight, while challenges remain, the widespread consensus is that scientists in the federal government feel more positive about their workplaces now than they have at any other time we have administered the survey.

Golden Goose (RadioLab podcast)

Golden Goose (RadioLab podcast)

Podcast: After years of being publicly shamed for “fleecing” the taxpayers with their frivolous and obscure studies, scientists decided to hit back with  … an awards show?! This episode, we gate-crash the Grammys of government-funded research, a.k.a. the Golden Goose Awards.

Leaked: EU Member States Set out to Reform Scientific Publishing

Leaked: EU Member States Set out to Reform Scientific Publishing

EU countries want to ensure the scientific publishing industry is fair and sustainable as it moves towards open access models, according to the first draft of council conclusions seen by Science|Business.

New German Research Strategy Encourages Risk Assessments on China Collaboration

New German Research Strategy Encourages Risk Assessments on China Collaboration

Germany universities should carry out risk assessments when collaborating with China on sensitive technologies, after a string of investigations revealed that German researchers have been working on projects useful to the Chinese military.

How New Zealand's Association Could Change Horizon Europe

How New Zealand's Association Could Change Horizon Europe

It takes at least 30 hours to fly halfway round the world from Brussels to Wellington, with several jetlagged stops on the way. In fact, with most of the EU exactly 12 hours behind New Zealand, even scheduling a Zoom call is a challenge.

UK Ready to Snub Key EU Science Research Scheme if Brexit Row Not Resolved

UK Ready to Snub Key EU Science Research Scheme if Brexit Row Not Resolved

Amid stalemate over UK joining Horizon Europe due to Northern Ireland protocol, Michelle Donelan looks to allies outside bloc.

Introducing Two New Toolkits to Advance Inclusion in Scholarly Communication: Part 2

Introducing Two New Toolkits to Advance Inclusion in Scholarly Communication: Part 2

Part two of an introduction to two new toolkits from C4DISC -- today a look at the Antiracism Toolkit for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.

Swedish Climate Minister's R&I Wish List - and a Reality Check

Swedish Climate Minister's R&I Wish List - and a Reality Check

Stronger research into policy innovation and behavioural change, new technologies to increase resource efficiency, and nature-positive food production innovation - these are three asks of European scientists by Sweden's climate minister Romina Pourmokhtari.

EU Project Seeks to Improve Use of Scientific Evidence in Policy Making

EU Project Seeks to Improve Use of Scientific Evidence in Policy Making

A new EU project is aiming to promote the role and use of scientific knowledge in policymaking in seven participating member states, after current shortcomings came under the spotlight during the COVID-19 pandemic.