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Rising number of 'predatory' academic journals undermines research and public trust in scholarship

Taxpayers fund a lot of university research in the U.S., and these findings published in scholarly journals often produce major breakthroughs in medicine, vehicle safety, food safety, criminal justice, human rights and other topics that benefit the public at large.

The Conversation

Breakthrough Prizes 2024 winners include innovative cancer treatment

French and Canadian scientist Michel Sadelain was announced as a winner of the prestigious Breakthrough Prize for his pioneering work in CAR T-cell therapy

The Hindu

Can you solve it? The man who made India’s trains run on time

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Science This Week | CSIR announces Bhatnagar prize winners, NASA names chief of UFO research and more

Check out The Hindu’s science wrap featuring top 7 stories on new discoveries, findings, and studies in the scientific world from this week.

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Ashton Kutcher steps down from anti-child sex abuse organisation over Danny Masterson support backlash

Kutcher’s wife, Mila Kunis, is also stepping down from board

The Independent UK

Supreme Court has prepared a ‘platform’ to assess ‘top’ 50 judges before appointment in the apex court: CJI

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud has disclosed that the court had prepared a platform to assess ‘top 50 judges’ in the country who would be considered for appointment as judges of the Supreme Court

The Hindu

Reanimated spiders and smart toilets triumph at Ig Nobel prizes

Electric chopsticks and ‘jamais vu’ studies also scoop awards recognising research that makes people ‘laugh, then think’

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Broadening the field: On science awards and the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize winners

Rather than reducing the number of science awards, there is actually a stronger case for expanding the remit of these awards

The Hindu

‘Theory of all matter’ physicists among 2023 Breakthrough prize winners

Immunologists behind pioneering cancer therapy also among recipients of most lucrative prize in science

The Guardian - UK

Ashoka University: Row over disbanding data centre

At Ashoka Univ., Sonepat, controversy erupts over disbanding of Trivedi Centre for Political Data & removal of founding director Gilles Verniers. Members of Centre's Scientific Board allege Univ. didn't consult them & breached academic norms. Univ. refutes charges, says Verniers didn't clear tenure process.

The Hindu

Four from Bengaluru bag Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize

Four persons from Bengaluru, including three from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (SSBP) for Science and Technology, 2022.

The Hindu

Robert Adams obituary

Other lives: Researcher and statistician who loved singing and cricket, and was a keen crossword solver

The Guardian - UK

‘Only the great writers are misquoted’: Dublin marathon medal has wrong Yeats quote

‘There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t met yet’ is engraved beneath an image of the Nobel-winning Irish poet. Only he didn’t write it

The Guardian - UK

After year’s delay, CSIR’s Bhatnagar awards for 2022 announced

The winners of the 2022 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize awarded for Science and Technology were announced on Spetember 11, 2023.

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The Guardian - UK

‘It redefined my values’: should you go on a year abroad?

Most universities now offer students opportunities to study, work and live abroad, no matter what course you’re studying.

The Guardian - UK

In forcing a U-turn on Horizon, scientists are showing that the flaws of Brexit can be overcome

Where science leads, British industry must speak with one voice to force politicians to re-establish vital links with the European Union

The Hindu

Research and ethics

Academics face immense pressure to publish research papers to maintain their position and salary. This has led to a culture of rewards and recognition, where data is fabricated and ethical practices are disregarded. Research should be driven by social responsibility and creativity, not market forces. We must adopt sensible policies…

Evening Standard

British science still behind even after re-joining EU programme

It will take a “long time” for British science to recover its dominant position in Europe even after re-joining the EU’s £85 billion Horizon research programme, according to one expert in the field.

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The Guardian - UK

UK’s years out of EU Horizon programme did ‘untold damage’, say scientists

Relief at rejoining flagship research scheme tempered by anger over loss of top academics since Brexit

The Guardian - UK

Horizon deal shows UK and EU can resolve issues, says Rishi Sunak

Prime minister hails deal as sign of restored trust and raises electric car tariffs as area for further agreement

The Guardian - UK

EU diplomats hope Horizon deal could be first of many with UK

UK’s return to science programme raises hope of more deals, including suspension of planned EV tariffs

The Guardian - UK

Britain can recover from the self-harm of Brexit. Today’s return to the EU’s Horizon project shows how

Polls suggest a majority of Britons regret our exit. Rejoining the scientific programme could be the start of something bigger, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Independent UK

What is Horizon Europe and why has the UK rejoined?

The move has been hailed by the Prime Minister as the ‘right deal’.

The National (Scotland)

UK to rejoin EU's Horizon science programme following post-Brexit row

THE UK is to return to the European Union’s £85 billion Horizon science research programme following a post-Brexit row.

The Independent UK

Sunak clears up another Boris Brexit mess as UK rejoins EU’s Horizon scheme

Scientists relieved as PM finally strikes deal for membership of £85bn science research programme

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