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Happy New Year 2026!

"The Year That Changed Research."
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/research/2025/12/19/how-2025-changed-research-and-whats-ahead

Summary from @insidehighered: "A year of mass federal grant terminations and sweeping policy changes to the nation’s research enterprise broke many scientists’ trust in the government. And those changes offer insight into what may come next year."

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How 2025 Changed Research and What's Ahead

A year of mass federal grant terminations and sweeping policy changes to the nation’s research enterprise broke many scientists’ trust in the government. And those changes offer insight into what may come next year.

Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs

A new type of computer that combines regular silicon-based hardware with human neurons is now available for purchase.

The CL1, released March 2 by Melbourne-based startup Cortical Labs, is "the world’s first code deployable biological computer," according to the company’s website. https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/worlds-1st-computer-that-combines-human-brain-with-silicon-now-available #tech #neurons #computers

World's first computer that combines human brain with silicon now available

The CL1 computer is the first in the world that combines human neurons with a silicon chip. It could be used in disease modeling and drug discovery before it expires after six months.

Live Science

ā€œa user asked Google’s AI Overviews tool to suggest a way to keep cheese from sliding off a pizza. The tool promptly recommended mixing the cheese with glue.ā€

Here’s how researchers are helping AIs get their facts straight
@TheConversationUS ‣ https://theconversation.com/heres-how-researchers-are-helping-ais-get-their-facts-straight-245463

Here’s how researchers are helping AIs get their facts straight

Having AI models say how confident they are in their answers could help minimize inaccurate responses. Just don’t be overconfident about their confidence scores.

The Conversation
Bogus scientific papers are enriching fraudsters and slowing lifesaving medical research https://buff.ly/4hglDaU
Bogus scientific papers are enriching fraudsters and slowing lifesaving medical research

The world’s library of scientific papers is becoming contaminated as fraudsters use ā€˜paper mills’ to game scholarly publishing for profit.

The Conversation
Trump administration to cut billions from overheads in biomedical research https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c15zypvgxz5o
NIH to cut billions from overheads in biomedical research

President Trump's administration has announced it will slash billions of dollars in overheads for grants in biomedical research as a part of broader cost-saving measures.

BBC News
Elon Musk put a chip in this paralysed man’s brain. Now he can move things with his mind. Should we be amazed - or terrified ‣ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/feb/08/elon-musk-chip-paralysed-man-noland-arbaugh-chip-brain-neuralink #science
Elon Musk put a chip in this paralysed man’s brain. Now he can move things with his mind. Should we be amazed - or terrified?

An accident left Noland Arbaugh paralysed, but Musk’s Neuralink brain implant allows him to control computers with his thoughts. Is it a life-changing innovation that could help millions – or the start of a dystopia where a billionaire can access our thoughts?

The Guardian
US dodged a bird flu pandemic in 1957 thanks to eggs and dumb luck – with a new strain spreading fast, will Americans get lucky again?
https://theconversation.com/us-dodged-a-bird-flu-pandemic-in-1957-thanks-to-eggs-and-dumb-luck-with-a-new-strain-spreading-fast-will-americans-get-lucky-again-247157 #usa #birdflu via @TheConversationUS
US dodged a bird flu pandemic in 1957 thanks to eggs and dumb luck – with a new strain spreading fast, will Americans get lucky again?

With the devastating 1918 pandemic in mind, US health officials saw an outbreak in Asia and swung into action. What happened offers lessons for today.

The Conversation
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Your environment affects how well your medications work āˆ’ identifying exactly how could make medicine better ‣ @TheConversationUS https://theconversation.com/your-environment-affects-how-well-your-medications-work-identifying-exactly-how-could-make-medicine-better-246476 #medicine
Your environment affects how well your medications work āˆ’ identifying exactly how could make medicine better

Your physical environment, social life and lifestyle have as much an influence on your biology āˆ’ and hence, how you process drugs āˆ’ as your genes.

The Conversation