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Public criticism of government’s proposed cuts prompts harsh words and last-minute meeting cancellation
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Springer Nature blames market conditions for closure of Nature Italy
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This week: research institute’s new supercomputer, funding for applied science, Nature Italy folds
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Association president says agreements have not shifted scholarly publishing to open access as planned
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This week: generative artificial intelligence in lawmaking, and a new rector in Rome
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This week: environmental sustainability, heritage protection and attempts to bag the Einstein Telescope
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Researcher leading Italian trial of new genomic techniques says she aims to try again
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This week: a space consortium and a ‘technopark’ for artificial intelligence in healthcare
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Plant will benefit from €2 billion in aid from Italian government
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Five ‘national platforms’ are based at the Human Technopole campus in Milan
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This week: rectors call for a Gaza ceasefire and a professor suffers antisemitic threats
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Italy should give universities more flexibility over who they recruit and appoint, group says
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This week: the first Italian field trial of a plant created using new genomic techniques
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Professors unaware of any official guides to avoid misuse of AI in Italian research sector
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X-ray facility will offer “improvement comparable to moving from an incandescent bulb to a laser”
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This week: a university’s first female rector and a G7 science meeting agenda
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Conference of Italian University Rectors responds to calls for universities to boycott Israel
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This week: gender linguistics on campus and pharmaceutical success
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Rising demand for foreign students is driving competition to attract talent, event hears
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This week: a national day for universities and promotion of Italian cultural institutions abroad
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Commission is intended to strengthen governance of National Research Plan 2021-27
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University’s academic senate voted against taking part in bilateral research programme amid student urging
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This week: economics and social studies call, new board for evaluation agency, Italy-US AI collaboration
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Student survey shows gender-based violence is rife
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This week: accreditation for arts PhDs, progress on gender equality and the right to protest
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President of evaluation agency says researchers will be left without support
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This week: Science bodies sign agreement, uproar over sexism in Turin, not-for-profits given funding boost
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Women in academia still glued to ‘sticky floor’ holding them back from advancement
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This week: knowledge-sharing site revamped, Catholic universities agree research alliance, new physics labs in Trieste
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Study shows Italian researchers were the busiest authors
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Performance in research and innovation lags behind European neighbours
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This week: launching digital education hubs and contributing to a new science campus
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Half the country’s doctoral candidates show “clinically relevant” scores for depression, anxiety and stress
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This week: innovation seed grants and worries over COP
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Study suggests advent of assessment drove “anomalous” national citation patterns
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This week: Slovenian links and an airforce mission
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As support for dropping quantitative metrics gains steam, researchers are highlighting their benefits