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How Science Journals are Confronting the 'Existential' Question of Politics this Election
People in science are increasingly concerned about how wading into partisan politics may further erode trust in their field.
statnews.com
1/25
Beamtimes and Knowledge Production Times: How Big-Science Research Infrastructures Shape Nations…
Frontier scientific discoveries increasingly rely on big-science research infrastructures. This study investigates the effects of one of China’s prominent big-science infrastructures on the country’s production of science. 
nature.com
2/25
Chinese Scientists Say Funding Shake-up Has Made It Harder to Win Grants
Applications have soared, but the success rate for key grants has dropped since last year.
nature.com
3/25
How to Demonstrate the Real-world Impact of Your Research
Influencing policymakers might not feel like part of a researcher's role. But it should be, argue Martha Newson and Sadie Watson.
nature.com
4/25
At a Crossroads? US Foreign and Science Policy After the US Election
Interview with the US-China expert and former German Chancellor Fellow Michael Laha.
humboldt-foundation.de
5/25
Draft Council Declaration Sets R&I Spending Target at 4% of GDP
EU leaders are considering setting a target for public and private research and innovation spending to reach 4% of GDP, even as they cut national research budgets and show no signs of meeting the current 3% target.
sciencebusiness.net
6/25
Simple Science Summaries Written by AI Help People Understand Research and Trust Scientists
Scientists use jargon and complicated language to describe their work. Regular folks 'get it' more when descriptions are simpler - and think better of the researchers themselves.
theconversation.com
7/25
New Study Reveals How Extreme Language in Science Communication Can Harm Public Understanding
scienceblog.com
8/25
The US Election is Monumental for Science, Say Nature Readers - Here's Why
Poll finds researchers around the world are most worried about climate change and security issues.
nature.com
9/25
Why Researchers Should Drop the Jargon and Speak out
By communicating their research, scientists can influence policy and drive meaningful change in society.
scidev.net
10/25
Funding, Foreign Influence 'Hinder African Science Progress'
African researchers call for supportive policies, increased funding, and a collaborative approach to R&D to address science-policy gaps.
scidev.net
11/25
Far-right Governments Seek to Cut Billions of Euros from Research in Europe
Anti-immigration parties are pushing policies that are hostile or indifferent towards science.
nature.com
12/25
Science Diplomacy in Troubled Times: What the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Teaches us about Science…
Nowhere is science diplomacy so pressing than in the context of one of the most complex conflicts of our generation: that between Israelis and Palestinians.
sciencediplomacy.org
13/25
Who Does Science and Technology Policy?
A survey to better understand the field of science and technology policy explored career paths, motivations, activities, and opinions on how the field is changing.
issues.org
14/25
Science Policy: No Longer an "Exotic Nice-to-Have Thing"
Who does science and technology policy? We surveyed practitioners to to find out more about the community. Here's what we learned.
issues.org
15/25
eLife to Lose Impact Factor Due to Peer Review Change
Journal’s policy of publishing all reviewed submissions irrespective of quality conflicts with citation metric’s rules.
researchprofessionalnews.com
16/25
Europe Must Double Funding for Research and Simplify Procedures, Top Expert Suggests
An independent expert report on the EU’s Framework Programmes for research and innovation recommends major role for research funding and a restructuring of funding mechanisms.
projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu
17/25
Patenting by European Universities on the Rise
European universities are behind more than 10% of all patent applications filed at the EPO from within Europe. However, wide variations in patterns of ownership and commercialisation are much in evidence.
epo.org
18/25
UK Scientists Fear £1bn Funding Cut for New Research
Concerns that future projects may be axed in budget to help pay for rejoining EU's Horizon programme.
theguardian.com
19/25
Will AI's Huge Energy Demands Spur a Nuclear Renaissance?
Contracts with Google and Amazon could help, but bringing new types of reactor online will take larger investments - and time.
nature.com
20/25
Google Unveils Invisible 'Watermark' for AI-Generated Text
Real-world demonstration in chatbot responses could encourage other firms to label material produced by AI.
nature.com
21/25
Scientific Cooperation in the South China Sea: A Vector for China's Security Diplomacy in…
n the South China Sea, the field of marine science could be seen as a catalyst for functional cooperation in the region. In reality, it often reflects regional asymmetries and has become yet another domain in which the weight of China is ultimately a destabilizing factor, according to Sophie Boisseau du Rocher.
ifri.org
22/25
Open with Care
Indigenous researchers and communities are reshaping how Western science thinks about data ownership.
science.org
23/25
Dual Use Research in FP10 Could Cause Problems for Associated Countries, Says EU's Chief…
Brussels is preparing to radically overhaul its research and innovation programmes and there's some concern that non-EU associated countries could be shut out by the proposed changes.  
sciencebusiness.net
24/25
Journals with High Rates of Suspicious Papers Flagged by Science-integrity Start-up
Scitility's tool 'Argos' identifies work whose authors have a record of misconduct.
nature.com
25/25