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Statement on NIH plans to speed access to federally funded research results
Source: National Institutes of Health NIH will work to develop and share its plans for implementing the OSTP policy guidance.
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Who Cares About Publication Integrity?
Source: The Scholarly Kitchen No one questions the critical importance of a reliable biomedical literature, so why is achieving and maintaining publication integrity so fraught?
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OSTP Issues Guidance to Make Federally Funded Research Freely Available Without Delay
Source: The White House Today, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) updated U.S. policy guidance to make the results of taxpayer-supported research immediately available to the American public at no cost.
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A pandemic push for data sharing could pay off for pregnancy research
Source: STAT News Covid-19 pushed researchers to make use of real-world data. In pregnancy research, that could pay dividends far beyond the pandemic.
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Ultrasound imaging gets small and wearable
Source: National Institutes of Health Scientists created a wearable ultrasound device—about the size of a postage stamp—that can continuously image inside the body for at least two days.
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Not all scientists wear lab coats. Volunteers are fueling research nationwide
Source: PBS Federal agencies from NASA to NOAA ask nonprofessionals to help execute a wide range of scientific projects.
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U.S. Government Spending Billions on Cybersecurity
Source: The Hacker News The increased budget allocations for cybersecurity are most likely tied to a White House directive stressing the need for increased cyber defenses.
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Digital Service Development Needs an Ethical Pause
Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review The ethical pause—a short period of reflection and inquiry about a project’s ethical implications and the team’s approach to the work—helps ensure teams ask the right questions and address issues of inequity and access in the services they develop.
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How Can Artificial Intelligence 'See' More Responsibly, Feds Ask Public
Source: Nextgov The Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program is looking to update its computer vision research guidance to support responsible AI development.
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