Young, successful AI researchers are increasingly choosing to leave academia for industry.Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty
In 2025, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta collectively spent US$380 billion on building artificial-intelligence…
Category: Other Sciences
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The funding system needs fixing — but it’s not a ‘waste of time and money’
In a Career column, Gerald Schweiger argues that one Horizon Europe funding call cost more in researcher and funder time than the total amount it awarded (see G. Schweiger Nature https://doi.org/qm5c; 2025). Schweiger suggests that such schemes are…
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Escaping analysis paralysis in medical training: from FRAZZLE to CALM
Escaping analysis paralysis in medical training: from FRAZZLE to CALM
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Researchers Solve Mystery of Swirling, Plume-Like Structures Deep Inside Greenland’s Ice Sheet
For years glaciologists puzzled over strange plume-like structures hidden deep within the Greenland Ice Sheet. Now a new study by scientists from the University of Bergen, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Oxford…
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Geoscientists Pinpoint Ancient Forces behind Antarctica’s Gravity Hole
New research by geoscientists from the University of Florida and the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris traces the origins of the Antarctic gravity hole (or the Antarctic Geoid Low) — the planet’s most extreme gravity anomaly — to…
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Report: Women remain underrepresented in scientific organizations
Women account for a growing share of the global scientific workforce (31.1% of researchers worldwide in 2022, according to UNESCO), yet they remain underrepresented in the organizations that shape scientific recognition, leadership, and…
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Using NBA, study finds that pay differences among top performers can erode cooperation
NBA teams that paid their core players inequitably won fewer games as a result of reduced cooperation, according to a Washington State University study with implications for workplace management. While it draws on data from professional…
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Brain inflammation may be driving compulsive behavior
For years, scientists have believed that compulsive behaviors happen when people become trapped in a “habit loop” that overrides self-control. But new research in rats from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) suggests the story may be more…
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White paper connects rural broadband gaps to organizational wellness and workforce stability
University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies has published a new research white paper, “The Rural Digital Divide and Organizational Wellness,” by Stella Smith, Ed.D. The paper analyzes how persistent disparities in digital access affect…
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Study finds disabled New Zealanders use emergency housing 6% more often
People with disabilities are relying on emergency housing, and staying longer in accommodation intended for seven-day stays, because of a lack of accessible, affordable rental properties, a study by researchers from the University of Otago,…
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