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The Trump administration is harming higher education institutions from many directions. Illustration via ideogram.ai

The upheaval in American science: What will remain of Trump's policies and how uncertainty is harming the next generation of researchers

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Two Science reports in January 2026 describe “noisy” moves that sometimes stall in the face of structural changes that could weaken the training pipeline — from budgets to immigration and DEI
Using artificial intelligence for scientific research. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Study warns: Mass use of the same AI tools could reduce the diversity of ideas in science

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Nature argues that AI can increase productivity but also push for convergence, and therefore tools that encourage "outside the box" search are needed.
Knowledge transfer. Illustration: depositphotos.com

With an investment of 15 million shekels: The Innovation Authority selects three accelerators for the commercialization of academic knowledge for Israeli high-tech

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Flex Partners, PEAK.IP Group and Knowport Group, founders of the DesertTech and Climate Innovation Center, will establish dedicated accelerators to accelerate the commercialization of knowledge from academia to the high-tech industry
QED knows how to point out gaps in research and suggest solutions. An example of the platform's product in response to a review of a study recently published in a respected scientific journal | Source: Screenshot taken while testing the platform, Science Communications Team. Approved for publication by Oded Rechavi

Peer Intelligence: An Israeli AI peer review tool designed to accelerate and improve scientific publishing

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The QED platform offers researchers critical feedback within minutes, to more quickly identify good, original, and valid science above the “noise” of the flood of literature, without taking the individual out of the loop.
Trump's higher education charter would require universities to publish average graduate salaries. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The American Charter for Higher Education: A Vision of Equality or a Recipe for Academic Paralysis?

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A new document from the US government requires universities to comply with a series of strict rules – from complete transparency in grades to restrictions on foreign students. Its critics warn: It is an attack on diversity and academic freedom
Science under a vortex. Illustration by Avi Blizovsky via DALEE

Even if you are not an American researcher, only receive funding if you sign to us that you are not involved in climate or diversity.

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Julius Gamble, 1931. From Wikimedia

Emil Julius Gumbel – Deadly Statistics

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Forty babies were murdered in a massacre in the Gaza Strip, 7/10/2023. From the social networks as part of an awareness project to the world.

Stand up against terrorism and violence: a call to the international scientific community

A letter sent by the top of the Weizmann Institute to colleagues in academia around the world requesting that they not evade the condemnation of terrorism on 7/20/32
Prof. Elon Vadia at the Israeli chip club meeting, 23/6/14. Photo: Shmuel Oster

All brain researchers at the Hebrew University signed a letter: to excel in science, curiosity and freedom of thought are required and these are in danger from the dictatorship

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Forty male and female researchers, the entire staff of the Multidisciplinary Center for Hebrew Brain Research express their fear of limitations that will be imposed on freedom of thought and the politicization of higher education, which will result in limitations on research that may upset
Learning through technological means. Illustration: shutterstock

Does the academy adapt itself to the job market of the digital age?

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Illustration: Tulane Public Relations, Wikimedia Commons.

Civil service diploma

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US President Donald Trump downplays the importance of scientific findings regarding global warming in the event of withdrawing from the Paris Agreement. Screenshot from YOUTUBE

An alarming finding: a significant proportion of Americans think that scientific research is harmful to society. Opinion/The Middle Ages are upon us

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Robotics participants. Source: Technion spokesmen.

This road starts here

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The structure of a complete center. PR photo

The establishment of the Shalem Academic Center was approved - the first academic institution in Israel using the liberal arts method

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Graduation ceremony at the University of Canterbury in the UK. From Wikipedia

Towards real life

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Winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Prof. Avraham Hershko

Most of the public sees research and science as a source of national pride and a researcher at a university is a prestigious profession

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Science in the Israeli media

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The brain power in Saudi Arabia compared to the cuts in education in Israel

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Why is animal research necessary?

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Faculty of Service Sciences

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A new program to integrate archeology and natural sciences in cooperation between the Weizmann Institute and Bar-Ilan

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Development at the Technion: Animals will simulate human systems for experiments

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

500 British scientists have signed a petition to prevent an end to animal testing

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the Technion believes that there is no escape from animal experiments

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