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'Tech, Society and Policy' Will Drive Change in Research Support

'Tech, Society and Policy' Will Drive Change in Research Support

Research management will need to respond to changes in technology, society and policymaking over the coming years.

Enhancing Trust in Science and Democracy in an Age of Misinformation 

Enhancing Trust in Science and Democracy in an Age of Misinformation 

Scientists and elected leaders must join forces to inform the public's discretion through improved communication and education.

How to Keep Emerging Research Institutions From Slipping Through the Cracks

How to Keep Emerging Research Institutions From Slipping Through the Cracks

The CHIPS and Science Act advances equity by codifying an underserved group, but more must be done to correct the effects of skewed research funding.

The ERC Selects Partner for Its Science Journalism Initiative

The ERC Selects Partner for Its Science Journalism Initiative

The European Research Council has selected a consortium of organisations that will support science journalists' stays at research institutions across Europe.

Climate Activism Must Not Be Allowed to Undermine Climate Science

Climate Activism Must Not Be Allowed to Undermine Climate Science

We should surely carefully weigh the obvious risk of indoctrination before we decide to embark upon a radical climate educational revolution

Scientific Research is Deteriorating

Scientific Research is Deteriorating

Several cases of renowned scientists being offered large sums of money by institutions in authoritarian countries - such as Saudi Arabia - have been exposed by EL PAIS.

"If We Are Simply Creating Techies Who Can Only Work With the Technology, We're in Big Trouble."

"If We Are Simply Creating Techies Who Can Only Work With the Technology, We're in Big Trouble."

Mathematician and educator Freeman A. Hrabowski III talks about the importance of the humanities, culture change in academia, and much more. He has led groundbreaking efforts to increase diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields throughout his career. As president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) for three decades, Hrabowski transformed a regional commuter school into a top-tier research university.

Trust But Verify - U.S. Labs Are Overhauling the Nuclear Stockpile

Trust But Verify - U.S. Labs Are Overhauling the Nuclear Stockpile

Behind a guard shack and warning signs on the sprawling campus of Los Alamos National Laboratory is a forested spot where scientists mimic the first moments of a nuclear detonation. Here, in the Dual-Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test (DARHT) facility, they blow up models of the bowling ball–size spheres of plutonium, or “pits,” at the heart of bombs—and take x-ray pictures of the results.

To Avoid an AI "Arms Race," the World Needs to Expand Scientific Collaboration

To Avoid an AI "Arms Race," the World Needs to Expand Scientific Collaboration

What should be done to manage AI and other technological advances that pose catastrophic risks? What the world should have done with nuclear technology: Expand scientific collaboration and avoid secrecy.

OpenAI's Big Lesson for Science Policy

OpenAI's Big Lesson for Science Policy

The incredible success of Large Language Models like ChatGPT is both a scientific breakthrough and a boon for future scientific discovery. What is Open AI's role in this?

Verun­mög­lichte Forschung? Inter­na­tio­naler Wett­be­werb Versus Trans­na­tio­nale Soli­da­rität Im Wissenschafstbetrieb

Verun­mög­lichte Forschung? Inter­na­tio­naler Wett­be­werb Versus Trans­na­tio­nale Soli­da­rität Im Wissenschafstbetrieb

Auch die Wissenschaft ficht Arbeitskämpfe aus. In Deutschland wurde das Reformvorhaben zum Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz (WissZeitVG) zurecht von den betroffenen Wissenschaftler:innen abgelehnt. Aber statt der vorgetragenen Sorge um die "internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit" der deutschen Wissenschaft wäre transnationale Solidarität angesichts vielerorts ähnlicher neoliberaler Regierungsmechanismen gefragt.

A New Model Predicts Depression and Anxiety Using Artificial Intelligence and Social Media

A New Model Predicts Depression and Anxiety Using Artificial Intelligence and Social Media

Utilizing data from Twitter and applying natural language processing artificial intelligence algorithms, researchers created a new, accurate prediction model for depression and anxiety.

Science Superpowers Need Supercharged Investment

Science Superpowers Need Supercharged Investment

Setting out his vision for the economy in January, Jeremy Hunt turned to what, in the past six months, has become the easiest joke in the book for speechwriters: "I asked ChatGPT to craft the opening lines of this speech. Who needs politicians when you have AI?"Artificial intelligence is only one o

Transforming Science and Policy to Solve Generational Challenges

Transforming Science and Policy to Solve Generational Challenges

The One Environment-One Health framework proposes new research and policy solutions that better informs the complex interactions among environmental, social and economic systems.

CERN/NASA Summit: Accelerating the Adoption of Open Science

CERN/NASA Summit: Accelerating the Adoption of Open Science

In celebration of the 2023 Year of Open Science, CERN and NASA are jointly organizing "Accelerating the Adoption of Open Science", a week long open science summit at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, from 10 to 14 July 2023.

What Has Happened to College Teacher Pay in England?

What Has Happened to College Teacher Pay in England?

In the last few months, there has been a series of strikes by teachers in further education colleges across England over pay and conditions, and more strikes look set to impact the post-16 education sector this year. This report examines how pay and retention levels among college teachers in England have changed over time and compared with school teachers.

G20 Chief Science Advisers Meet in Uttarakhand: Lessons from Covid-19, Open Access to Scientific Knowledge Feature in Discussions

G20 Chief Science Advisers Meet in Uttarakhand: Lessons from Covid-19, Open Access to Scientific Knowledge Feature in Discussions

The first meeting of the G20 Chief Science Advisers Roundtable (G20-CSAR) in Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, Wednesday, witnessed intense discussion on transboundary science and technology issues of mutual interest. This was the first time that chief science advisers of different countries gathered for a roundtable conference at the G20 platform. 

12 Recommendations To Protect the Integrity of Survey Research

12 Recommendations To Protect the Integrity of Survey Research

Science requires data, and survey research is one important means of gathering it. Surveys provide a scientific way of acquiring information that is used to inform policy decisions, guide political campaigns, clarify the needs of stakeholders, enhance customer service, help society understand itself

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.

Infrared: The Future of Anti-counterfeit Tags?

Infrared: The Future of Anti-counterfeit Tags?

A new study proposes a technique to print images on a special surface such that they can only be seen by authorized recipients.

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