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研究者Peter Henderson在ICLR审稿中表达对AI冲击学术同行评审体系的担忧，指出大量疑似AI生成的投稿正导致审稿质量下降与评审系统的死亡螺旋。
Anima Anandkumar 押推了联合国科学咨询委员会关于绿色化学的最新科学简报，指出 AI、化学反应和循环材料系统的进展正加速绿色化学在主要工业中的实际应用，例如 AI 设计出超越定向进化的色氨酸合酶变体。
Experimental History 作者 Adam Mastroanni 撰文反驳「科学发现越来越难、低垂的果实已被摘完」的流行论点，认为这种说法既不正确也会自我实现，阻碍人们继续尝试探索新的有用知识。
NASA宣布两项新的科学与技术计划：在科学任务局建立元科学计划并扩大双盲同行评审的使用，同时设立10个Genesis Mission奖学金，支持兼具超级智能(SI)与科学/工程能力的加速博士生参与NASA任务研究。
A commentary highlighting the perceived hypocrisy of mathematicians who spent decades justifying taxpayer funding on societal benefit grounds, but now decry AI solving famous open problems as harmful to the field and its community.
Elad Gil reacts to the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine being awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for optogenetics, noting how biology has felt slow since CRISPR and speculating AI-driven closed-loop automation could accelerate it.
The NIH will use part of its budget to fund Department of Defense biodefense research, sparking controversy over political maneuvering and misalignment with NIH leadership's priorities.
President Trump unexpectedly called into a NASA news conference to congratulate on the Roman Space Telescope launch, highlighting increasing political interest in space exploration.
The National Science Foundation is investing $290 million in eight research institutes to advance U.S. quantum science, focusing on quantum computing, sensing, and communication technologies through collaborative efforts between academia, government, and industry.
The article argues for overhauling the American scientific system to address inefficiencies and enhance research practices.
MIT students and postdocs traveled to Washington to advocate for federal science funding, meeting with 62 congressional offices as part of the annual Congressional Visit Days program.
The White House's 'Science: A New Golden Age' report proposes shifting billions in research funding from universities to tech and AI companies, sparking mixed reactions from scientists.
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a report advocating for a 'new golden age' of science under the Trump administration, but it mixes legitimate concerns with political grievances and ignores the administration's own funding cuts.
A Chinese researcher reveals that the trick to getting big research funding in China is to claim the US is ahead, while the US trick is to claim China is ahead. This anecdote highlights the mutual reinforcement of funding narratives.
The Dutch Tulp Fonds, launched by OCW and NWO, has awarded 34 top researchers from outside the EU (29 from the US) to continue their work in the Netherlands, boosting the country's innovation in fields like AI, quantum, and vaccines.
The article discusses a 2025 Nobel laureate leaving UC Berkeley for China, highlighting the issue of US academic talent drain due to lack of base funding compared to European and Asian institutions. It argues for integrating base funding into the US system to prevent loss of research leaders.
The article reports on a proposed OMB rule change that would give political appointees oversight of federal grants, potentially ending US scientific research as we know it by allowing vetoes of grants based on political priorities and banning DEI and gender ideology references.
After Senate opposition, the Trump administration reversed its decision to dismantle the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a $350 million ocean monitoring network used for climate tracking, weather forecasting, and fisheries management.
The Trump administration is dismantling the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a system of over 900 ocean monitoring instruments, which provides critical data on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a key current system at risk of collapse due to climate change.
The White House has proposed new regulations that would give political appointees final approval over federal research grants, replacing the traditional peer-review process. Critics argue this politicizes science funding and undermines scientific integrity.