World News

2019年08月20日

+STI Policy Articles Overseas (August 8-14, 2019) collected by CRDS

Center for Research and Development Strategy (CRDS)

This page is for weekly articles collected by the Center for R&D Strategies (CRDS) whose mission is to monitor, examine, and analyze the trends of 'STI and Society' and the policies in Japan and overseas. Based on the analyses, CRDS comes up with problems to be solved and proposes the solution and strategies to the government. The following articles are expected to be of help to those involved in STI policymaking activities.


USA : Science
U.S. universities confront a security storm in Congress
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/365/6453/531

Arctic : Science
Vanishing Arctic ice will open the way for more science voyages, analysis suggests
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/08/vanishing-arctic-ice-will-open-way-more-science-voyages-analysis-suggests

USA : Science
New Trump rules would curb U.S. endangered species protections
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/08/new-trump-rules-would-curb-us-endangered-species-protections　

BECCS : Science
Bioenergy plantations could fight climate change--but threaten food crops, U.N. panel warns
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/08/bioenergy-plantations-could-fight-climate-change-threaten-food-crops-un-panel-warns


UK : *Research
Scientists welcome visa scheme but still fear no-deal Brexit
https://www.researchresearch.com/news/article/?articleId=1382829　


Israel : The Conversation
Tardigrades: we're now polluting the moon with near indestructible little creatures
https://theconversation.com/tardigrades-were-now-polluting-the-moon-with-near-indestructible-little-creatures-121602

UN Climate Change : The Conversation
UN climate change report: land clearing and farming contribute a third of the world's greenhouse gases
https://theconversation.com/un-climate-change-report-land-clearing-and-farming-contribute-a-third-of-the-worlds-greenhouse-gases-121551

China : Nature
China approves ethics advisory group after CRISPR-babies scandal
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02362-5

Latin America : London School of Economics Impact Blog
AmeliCA before Plan S - The Latin American Initiative to develop a cooperative, non-commercial, academic led, system of scholarly communication
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2019/08/08/amelica-before-plan-s-the-latin-american-initiative-to-develop-a-cooperative-non-commercial-academic-led-system-of-scholarly-communication/

India : London School of Economics Impact Blog
India's retrospective review of PhD research quality is set to significantly change research practices
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2019/08/09/indias-retrospective-review-of-phd-research-quality-is-set-to-significantly-change-research-practices/