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New Research Explores How 'green Infrastructure' Policy is Applied in Sweden

New Research Explores How 'green Infrastructure' Policy is Applied in Sweden

Researchers have explored the creation and implications of Sweden's 'green infrastructure' policy, an approach identified by the European Commission as a potential strategy to protect biodiversity and create healthy, resilient ecosystems.

Science History: Yue Xiong's Great Leap

Science History: Yue Xiong's Great Leap

Yue Xiong is a microbiologist who emigrated to the United States from China to complete his doctorate in 1989. He is the chief scientific officer of pharmaceutical company Cullgen and was a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This article follows Yue Xiong’s quest for education and is based on an interview from the Science History Institute’s oral history archive conducted in 2000 by historian William Van Benschoten.

African Academy of Sciences Elects First Woman President

African Academy of Sciences Elects First Woman President

South Africa’s Lise Korsten to lead unsettled continental science body. The African Academy of Sciences has elected a new governing council headed by a woman—the first in the organisation’s 37-year history.

Atoms Vs Apples: How Quantum Effects Challenge Gravity's Rules - Advanced Science News

Atoms Vs Apples: How Quantum Effects Challenge Gravity's Rules - Advanced Science News

New research reveals that quantum effects defy the universality of free fall, providing a potential experimental pathway to test quantum gravity.

Scientific Communication Failures Linked to Faster-Rising Seas

Scientific Communication Failures Linked to Faster-Rising Seas

Scientists failed for decades to communicate the coming risks of rapid sea-level rise to policymakers and the public, a new study has found. That has created a climate catch-22 in which scientists …

United States National Science Foundation: Making the Most of the "Ethical and Societal Considerations" in the CHIPS and Science Act

United States National Science Foundation: Making the Most of the "Ethical and Societal Considerations" in the CHIPS and Science Act

The National Science Foundation has a historic opportunity to center societal considerations in scientific research and technology creation.

How Scientists Can Safeguard Themselves Online

How Scientists Can Safeguard Themselves Online

Scientists are always at risk of digital harassment by bad actors looking to undermine scientific credibility and progress, but there are protective steps they can take.

How Scientific Models Both Help and Deceive Us in Decision Making

How Scientific Models Both Help and Deceive Us in Decision Making

We live in a society where scientific models surround us. They are used for everything from creating weather bulletins and making climate projections to providing economic forecasts and informing policies for public health.

Cultural Burning: How Age-Old Practices Are Reshaping Wildfire Policy - Federation of American Scientists

Cultural Burning: How Age-Old Practices Are Reshaping Wildfire Policy - Federation of American Scientists

The Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission called for input from diverse stakeholders and FAS, along with partners Conservation X Labs (CXL), COMPASS, and the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST), answered the call. Recruiting participants from academia, the private sector, national labs, and other nonprofits, the Wildland Fire Policy Accelerator produced 24 ideas […]

Bridging the Gap Between Research and Policy: Lessons from Co-Creation in the Aid Sector

Bridging the Gap Between Research and Policy: Lessons from Co-Creation in the Aid Sector

There is an increasing focus in academic and policy circles on research-policy partnerships. These partnerships are often achieved through co-creation, whose role in international relations remains underdeveloped.

When Our Medical Students Learn Anatomy, They See a Person, Not a Specimen

When Our Medical Students Learn Anatomy, They See a Person, Not a Specimen

Thanks to an innovative program, when the students at a Taiwanese medical school learn anatomy, they see a person-not a specimen.

Emotions: The Ultimate Lobbying Weapon

Emotions: The Ultimate Lobbying Weapon

No matter how they're used, and to whatever end, it's time to acknowledge that emotions are key in lobbying activities - and not always in the most visible or evident way.

Research on Extremist Narratives in Europe to Combat Them

Research on Extremist Narratives in Europe to Combat Them

Researchers from the Centre for Studies on Dictatorships and Democracies (CEDID) of the UAB participate in the recently launched Horizon Europe project ARENAS (Analysis of and Responses to Extremist Narratives).

Harvard's William Kirby on China's Higher Education System and His Book "Empires of Ideas" - The China Project

Harvard's William Kirby on China's Higher Education System and His Book "Empires of Ideas" - The China Project

Harvard's William Kirby on China's higher education system and his book "Empires of Ideas"

Opinion: Strict Ban on China Will Cost Us Dearly in Science

Opinion: Strict Ban on China Will Cost Us Dearly in Science

Scientific decoupling of China will come at a cost, says Ingrid D'Hooghe. There are security risks, but China leads the field in many areas.

'Why Aren't You Taking Care of Us?' - Why Long COVID Patients Struggle for Solutions

'Why Aren't You Taking Care of Us?' - Why Long COVID Patients Struggle for Solutions

The very patients who live with long-term illness and no approved treatment after COVID infection feel they must fend for themselves, even as the United States declares an end to the COVID public health emergency.