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2019年09月13日

+STI Policy Articles Overseas (September 5-11, 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.

EU：Science|Business
Memo to the next EU research commissioner: embrace China, lean on publishers, leave ERC alone
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/memo-next-eu-research-commissioner-embrace-china-lean-publishers-leave-erc-alone

EU：Science|Business
Study shows increasing cooperation between richer and poorer member states under Horizon 2020
https://sciencebusiness.net/news-byte/study-shows-increasing-cooperation-between-richer-and-poorer-member-states-under-horizon　

EU：Science|Business
New Commission president proposes EU team
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/new-commission-president-proposes-eu-team


USA : Science
U.S. EPA to eliminate all mammal testing by 2035
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/us-epa-eliminate-all-mammal-testing-2035　


EU：*Research
Shake-up of R&D and education commissioner roles praised
https://www.researchresearch.com/news/article/?articleId=1383174

UK：Nature
UK science minister Jo Johnson resigns amid Brexit drama
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02657-7

USA：Nature
First-ever picture of a black hole scoops US$3-million prize
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02659-5

USA：Nature
US funding scramble leaves science agencies in limbo
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02662-w

USA : Nature
Tackle the epidemic, not the opioids
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02671-9

Elsevier case : Nature
Elsevier investigates hundreds of peer reviewers for manipulating citations
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02639-9

USA：Guardian
The great breakup of big tech is finally beginning
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/09/the-great-break-up-of-big-tech-is-finally-beginning

UK：Guardian
UK work visas for foreign graduates to be extended to two years
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/sep/10/uk-work-visas-for-foreign-graduates-to-be-extended-to-two-years

Indonesia : The Conversation
We built an app to detect areas most vulnerable to life-threatening haze
https://theconversation.com/we-built-an-app-to-detect-areas-most-vulnerable-to-life-threatening-haze-122388

USA：AAAS Policy Alert
'Silly-Sounding' Experiments on Crab Blood and Frog Skin Earn Golden Goose Awards
https://www.aaas.org/news/silly-sounding-experiments-crab-blood-and-frog-skin-earn-golden-goose-awards

USA : AAAS Policy Alert
125 Women in STEM Selected as AAAS IF/THEN Ambassadors
https://www.aaas.org/news/125-women-stem-selected-aaas-ifthen-ambassadors

USA : NSF HP
NSF Convergence Accelerator awards bring together scientists, businesses, nonprofits to benefit workers
https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=299179&org=NSF&from=news