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Agreement between agencies aims to support Earth observation and education projects

Tracker will hold signatories of last year’s Kigali declaration to account

Dutch company ASML reports “unauthorised misappropriation of data” as MEPs progress EU legislation on microchips

Study finds women in academic editorial positions largely under-represented, amid a trend of self-publishing
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The US might be losing out to China in its scientific influence in key countries

How the NIH uses the US government’s billions to shape the world of biomedical research

Velux Stiftung offers project grants in an eclectic range of subjects linked to daylight

This week: AI ethics, therapeutics production and the search for alien life

Non-governmental organisation included in investigation strongly rebuts Republicans’ assertions

Postdocs and people who work with them are encouraged to provide feedback

“Concrete” support demanded for academics prevented by authoritarian regimes from freely conducting research

Researchers still face struggles against sexual harassment and racial inequality

This year the Zeit-Stiftung Foundation’s Beyond Borders scheme is for PhD students interrogating conflict

This week: new energy foundation, research integrity chief named and Republicans challenge student loan forgiveness

National Science Foundation providing $60 million to build capacity and infrastructure

Water leaks have damaged equipment and labs, finds study of US standards institute

Africa’s turn will come in 2025 as global gatherings aim to improve access and equity

As NIH leaders report on their pandemic experiences, some say the learning has just begun

Leo Foundation offers skin disease grants with enviable success rates and is increasing its funding

This week: US-India ties, Nasa funding for HBCUs and a Darpa ‘food from air’ scheme

Hackers targeted research critical to national security, Republican chairs say

Lessons include need for investment in behavioural research and faster clinical trials

Working groups set to discuss clean-tech research and critical industrial components

Minority groups are earning more Stem degrees, but parity is a distant dream

The Human Frontier Science Program is an international funder focused on the new

This week: White House scientific integrity policy criticised and Congress member alleges congressional oversight “ignored”

Roadmap outlines $2.6 billion in spending to expand access to artificial intelligence research

Black, Hispanic, American Indian and Alaska Native people constitute just a quarter of Stem workforce

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Authorship records bring sobering evidence to debate over goals and approaches, says Gali Halevi

Two powers sign agreement for researchers to collaborate in using AI to address global challenges

Finding comes as French quantum company Pasqal bags €100 million from investors, including EU

With Republicans pulling levers to limit spending, US research may end up being squeezed

Pilot later this year will involve “an exchange of cyber experts”

Scheme will “foster strategic cooperation with think tanks and universities on China-related issues”

Japanese universities can be excellent bases for research in many fields

This week: a five-year university group plan, an AI clash and liquid-mirror telescopes