Researchers are looking beyond food and exercise to understand childhood obesity.
Could bringing biology, lifestyle and environmental factors together change how we prevent it? ➡️ bit.ly/4i0NXPU

Researchers are looking beyond food and exercise to understand childhood obesity.
Could bringing biology, lifestyle and environmental factors together change how we prevent it? ➡️ bit.ly/4i0NXPU
10 FINDINGS POLICYMAKERS SHOULD READ BEFORE PROPOSING RESEARCH RIGHTS REFORM
Independent EU-commissioned evidence finds the more ambitious the reform, the greater the gains for European research.
🔗 What stood out, and what it leaves open: knowledgerights21.org/news-story/r...
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THE PRICE OF LEAVING A SECONDARY PUBLICATION RIGHT OUT OF THE ERA ACT
France alone: ~170m EUR a year in Article Processing Charges (APCs) by 2030.
Across the EU: over a billion.
Include a Secondary Publication Right in the #ERAact.
🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/p...
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WHO WILL FIX COPYRIGHT FOR RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS?
The #InnovationAct & the new Industrial Access Charter are welcome steps, but dodge a key question: who may use knowledge, and for what? The #ERAact or copyright reform must answer it.
🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/c...
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Could space junk become tomorrow’s building material or spacecraft fuel?
For #WorldSpaceWeek, discover how researchers are exploring ways to recycle old satellites and clear smaller debris before it triggers collisions.
Scientists are using AI to analyse millions of aquatic images and sensor readings.
How could faster data analysis help us spot ecosystem changes before it’s too late to act?
CHOOSE EUROPE…OR ARE RESEARCH & SCIENCE BETTER SUPPORTED BY COPYRIGHT LAWS ELSEWHERE?
7 cases where #copyright law lets #researchers in Europe down: #ChooseEurope for science means choosing Europe for knowledge, too.
🔗 Get the infographic: knowledgerights21.org/news-story/c...
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POISON PILLS
#Copyright reform is back on the EU’s agenda: the EC’s consultation opened on 29 Sept.
Poison pills can undermine a law’s positive potential. KR21 shares 7 that drain reform of its effect. Spot them before they’re written in.
🔗 knowledgerights21.org/news-story/p...
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WHAT COUNTS AS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH? THE EU'S #DIGITALOMNIBUS COULD SET THE DEFINITION
The EU spends a billion euros attracting scientists, as MEPs debate whether building & testing #AI = research
🔗 Stephen Wyber, KR21/@ifla.org, in @techpolicypress.bsky.social:
kr21.info/techpolicypr...
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As the European Heritage Days unfold ahead of World Tourism Day, researchers are working with communities to turn local culture into a sustainable alternative to mass tourism.
The #EUfunded REEPRODUCE project is testing new techniques to recycle discarded rare earth magnets, helping to boost sustainability and sovereignty.
Read the article here 👉 link.europa.eu/HrB9bg
Using AI to stay one step ahead of dementia.
On World Alzheimer’s Day, we look into how AI could help detect dementia risk earlier, giving people more time to act ➡️ link.europa.eu/jjvGPH
Digital farming doesn’t need more apps. It needs apps that can talk to each other.
Researchers are building interoperable, open-source tools for irrigation, crop protection and more.
How could better connectivity change the game for farmers? ➡️ link.europa.eu/Cqd4y4
The #EUfunded REEPRODUCE project is testing new techniques to recycle discarded rare earth magnets, helping to boost sustainability and sovereignty.
Read the article here 👉 link.europa.eu/HrB9bg
New advanced materials could give electric motors an efficiency boost.
How could making billions of motors even 1% more efficient transform Europe’s energy use? ➡️ link.europa.eu/wbDdgC
LAST CALL: KR21’S COPYRIGHT SURVEY CLOSES IN 7 DAYS
Are copyright rules working for you? Tell us before 30 September. It takes a few minutes, and every answer strengthens the case for the reforms KR21 advocates.
🔗 survey.alchemer.com/s3/8822736/K...
#copyright #OpenScience #Science4EU
FRIDAY=SHARING & CARING! IS THE NETHERLANDS AN OPEN SCIENCE COUNTRY?
95% #OpenAccess publishing, yet I-REx ranks it among the EU's 5 least #OpenScience countries: no research exception in Dutch #copyright law
KR21's Maarten Zeinstra article:
🔗 ip-squared.com/wp-content/u...
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COPYRIGHT & AI: WHAT COMES NEXT?
MEP Axel Voss, rapporteur of the EP report on #copyright & #GenAI, speaks at @edopenresearch.bsky.social‘s online EU #AIact lecture series. KR21’s Ben White joins the panel.
Fri 9 Oct, 13:00 BST / 14:00 CEST
🔗 eu-ai-act-voss.eventbrite.co.uk
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WHO PAYS FOR AI TRAINING DATA? KR21 AT INFERÊNCIA, LISBON
On 26 Sept, @edsantos.eu, KR21 national coordinator for Portugal, brings the #research & library perspective to a debate at @shifter.pt’s conference on journalism in the age of #AI.
🔗 inferencia.shifter.pt/quem-paga-pe...
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HAVEN’T FILLED IN KR21'S COPYRIGHT SURVEY YET? YOU NOW HAVE UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER!
Are copyright rules working for you? It takes a few minutes, and every answer strengthens the case for the reforms KR21 advocates.
🔗 survey.alchemer.com/s3/8822736/K...
#copyright #OpenScience #Science4EU