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Is the inside of a vision model at all like a language model? Researchers argue that as the models grow more powerful, they may be converging toward a singular “Platonic” way to represent the world.
Distinct AI Models Seem To Converge On How They Encode Reality | Quanta Magazine
Is the inside of a vision model at all like a language model? Researchers argue that as the models grow more powerful, they may be converging toward a singular “Platonic” way to represent the world.
www.quantamagazine.org
January 11, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Is the inside of a vision model at all like a language model? Researchers argue that as the models grow more powerful, they may be converging toward a singular “Platonic” way to represent the world.
Reposted by Katherine Stiles
Reposted by Katherine Stiles
“Nature’s Gift to Science” Sydney Brenner's 2002 Nobel lecture with remarkable opening and concluding remarks.
January 10, 2026 at 11:43 PM
“Nature’s Gift to Science” Sydney Brenner's 2002 Nobel lecture with remarkable opening and concluding remarks.
Da Vinci's DNA Is Potentially in The Hands of Scientists
Da Vinci's DNA Is Potentially in The Hands of Scientists
Scientists with the ambitious Leonardo da Vinci DNA Project think they have potentially snagged a sample of DNA from the famed artist/inventor himself.
www.sciencealert.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Da Vinci's DNA Is Potentially in The Hands of Scientists
· MedSky ·
SARS-CoV-2 is on the decline in animals, researchers find
SARS-CoV-2 is on the decline in animals, researchers find
SARS-CoV-2 is on the decline in animals, researchers find
During the first few years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus SARS-CoV-2 was detected in an increasing number of non-human animal species. This included many wild animal species as well as domestic a...
medicalxpress.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:50 PM
· MedSky ·
SARS-CoV-2 is on the decline in animals, researchers find
SARS-CoV-2 is on the decline in animals, researchers find
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AI agents arrived in 2025 – here’s what happened and the challenges ahead in 2026
AI agents arrived in 2025 – here’s what happened and the challenges ahead in 2026
AI systems began a major shift in 2025 from content creators and chatbots to agents capable of using other software tools and acting on their own.
theconversation.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:21 PM
AI agents arrived in 2025 – here’s what happened and the challenges ahead in 2026
Reposted by Katherine Stiles
The latest Home Office statistics on visa applications from international students are a “danger sign” for UK universities’ finances, experts have warned, as applicant numbers dropped below 30,000 last month.
Article: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Article: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
January 9, 2026 at 1:10 PM
The latest Home Office statistics on visa applications from international students are a “danger sign” for UK universities’ finances, experts have warned, as applicant numbers dropped below 30,000 last month.
Article: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Article: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
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EUA's Michael Gaebel expects the new strategic scholarships to be costly:“The pilot foresees grants to universities of €1.25M to pay for at least 25 scholarships. If this is not properly funded, this will be merely symbolic with no real impact at relatively high organisational costs.”
Europe’s universities say #Erasmus needs at least €60bn to deliver on its agreed priorities. Without a major funding boost, goals on mobility, inclusion and Europe-wide #cooperation risk falling short.
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Erasmus+ needs at least €60 billion to meet agreed priorities, universities say
The EU should grant at least €60 billion to the next Erasmus+ programme to maintain and broaden its activities, or risk undermining a strategic instrument for boosting competitiveness, according to a…
buff.ly
January 9, 2026 at 11:38 AM
EUA's Michael Gaebel expects the new strategic scholarships to be costly:“The pilot foresees grants to universities of €1.25M to pay for at least 25 scholarships. If this is not properly funded, this will be merely symbolic with no real impact at relatively high organisational costs.”
Reposted by Katherine Stiles
· #AcademicSky · #EduSky ·
Irina Rets of The Open University explores how institutions may be failing to equip teenagers with the skills needed to succeed in a modern world.
Irina Rets of The Open University explores how institutions may be failing to equip teenagers with the skills needed to succeed in a modern world.
Are young people being prepared for the jobs of today?
According to Irina Rets, young people today may not be in an environment that is teaching them enough skills for the future of work.
www.siliconrepublic.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:17 PM
· #AcademicSky · #EduSky ·
Irina Rets of The Open University explores how institutions may be failing to equip teenagers with the skills needed to succeed in a modern world.
Irina Rets of The Open University explores how institutions may be failing to equip teenagers with the skills needed to succeed in a modern world.
Reposted by Katherine Stiles
Want to discover more research from UCL this year?
We've got you. Save UCL's Research Data Repository and you'll be able to pop back and find a treasure trove of research at your fingertips👌
We've got you. Save UCL's Research Data Repository and you'll be able to pop back and find a treasure trove of research at your fingertips👌
Browse - University College London research repository - Figshare
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January 9, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Want to discover more research from UCL this year?
We've got you. Save UCL's Research Data Repository and you'll be able to pop back and find a treasure trove of research at your fingertips👌
We've got you. Save UCL's Research Data Repository and you'll be able to pop back and find a treasure trove of research at your fingertips👌
Reposted by Katherine Stiles
A small but enthusiastic group of neuroscientists is exhuming overlooked experiments and performing new ones to explore whether cells record past experiences — fundamentally challenging what memory is.
What Can a Cell Remember? | Quanta Magazine
A small but enthusiastic group of neuroscientists is exhuming overlooked experiments and performing new ones to explore whether cells record past experiences — fundamentally challenging what memory is...
www.quantamagazine.org
January 5, 2026 at 1:31 AM
A small but enthusiastic group of neuroscientists is exhuming overlooked experiments and performing new ones to explore whether cells record past experiences — fundamentally challenging what memory is.
Reposted by Katherine Stiles
Opinion: This year will shape a decade of European research and innovation.
Security and policy pressures must not undermine conditions that make breakthroughs possible, writes Kurt Deketelaere.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
Security and policy pressures must not undermine conditions that make breakthroughs possible, writes Kurt Deketelaere.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
This year will shape a decade of European research and innovation - Research Professional News
Security and policy pressures must not undermine conditions that make breakthroughs possible, writes Kurt Deketelaere
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Opinion: This year will shape a decade of European research and innovation.
Security and policy pressures must not undermine conditions that make breakthroughs possible, writes Kurt Deketelaere.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
Security and policy pressures must not undermine conditions that make breakthroughs possible, writes Kurt Deketelaere.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
Reposted by Katherine Stiles
UK universities face tough task adjusting to Erasmus re-entry.
“Devil is in the detail” on rewriting agreements between UK and European institutions, experts say.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
“Devil is in the detail” on rewriting agreements between UK and European institutions, experts say.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
UK universities face tough task adjusting to Erasmus+ re-entry - Research Professional News
“Devil is in the detail” on rewriting agreements between UK and European institutions, experts say
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:23 AM
UK universities face tough task adjusting to Erasmus re-entry.
“Devil is in the detail” on rewriting agreements between UK and European institutions, experts say.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
“Devil is in the detail” on rewriting agreements between UK and European institutions, experts say.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
· MedSky ·
COVID-19 still claims more than 100,000 US lives each year
COVID-19 still claims more than 100,000 US lives each year
COVID-19 still claims more than 100,000 US lives each year
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers report national estimates of 43.6 million COVID-19-associated illnesses and 101,300 deaths in the US during October 2022 to September 2023, plus ...
medicalxpress.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:12 AM
· MedSky ·
COVID-19 still claims more than 100,000 US lives each year
COVID-19 still claims more than 100,000 US lives each year
· #AcademicSky ·
Promoting a sense of visceral safety would get the best out of academics
“Better visceral safety is not an impossible dream…It is achievable…and it is strategically advantageous, transforming universities into spaces that optimally support the work academics are hired to do.”
Promoting a sense of visceral safety would get the best out of academics
“Better visceral safety is not an impossible dream…It is achievable…and it is strategically advantageous, transforming universities into spaces that optimally support the work academics are hired to do.”
Promoting a sense of visceral safety would get the best out of academics
Academia is inherently competitive but we can reduce the debilitating sense of constant threat, say Catelijne Coopmans and Catherine E. Montgomery
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:39 AM
· #AcademicSky ·
Promoting a sense of visceral safety would get the best out of academics
“Better visceral safety is not an impossible dream…It is achievable…and it is strategically advantageous, transforming universities into spaces that optimally support the work academics are hired to do.”
Promoting a sense of visceral safety would get the best out of academics
“Better visceral safety is not an impossible dream…It is achievable…and it is strategically advantageous, transforming universities into spaces that optimally support the work academics are hired to do.”
Reposted by Katherine Stiles
Many of the business schools that prop up universities, in both China and the West, are bankrolled by Chinese families’ ambition. But amid economic slowdown and recognition of the limits of Western practices, return on investment is being questioned, as three scholars write
https://ow.ly/MAp250XSVaq
https://ow.ly/MAp250XSVaq
January 8, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Many of the business schools that prop up universities, in both China and the West, are bankrolled by Chinese families’ ambition. But amid economic slowdown and recognition of the limits of Western practices, return on investment is being questioned, as three scholars write
https://ow.ly/MAp250XSVaq
https://ow.ly/MAp250XSVaq
Higher education outlook: A nightmare that just got worse
“a structural reset [of higher education], driven by governments reasserting control over a tertiary education sector they increasingly distrust”
Louise Nicol via @uniworldnews.bsky.social
“a structural reset [of higher education], driven by governments reasserting control over a tertiary education sector they increasingly distrust”
Louise Nicol via @uniworldnews.bsky.social
Higher education outlook: A nightmare that just got worse
The defining feature of the current crisis facing higher education in countries around the world is not declining enrolments or squeezed margins. It i...
www.universityworldnews.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Higher education outlook: A nightmare that just got worse
“a structural reset [of higher education], driven by governments reasserting control over a tertiary education sector they increasingly distrust”
Louise Nicol via @uniworldnews.bsky.social
“a structural reset [of higher education], driven by governments reasserting control over a tertiary education sector they increasingly distrust”
Louise Nicol via @uniworldnews.bsky.social
Reposted by Katherine Stiles
Three-year degrees, international student levy, graduate contributions and role of colleges should all be considered by politicians if Scottish universities are to survive, says report
https://ow.ly/MIHb50XT0Cy
https://ow.ly/MIHb50XT0Cy
January 8, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Three-year degrees, international student levy, graduate contributions and role of colleges should all be considered by politicians if Scottish universities are to survive, says report
https://ow.ly/MIHb50XT0Cy
https://ow.ly/MIHb50XT0Cy
Reposted by Katherine Stiles
Martin University Announces Closure https://bit.ly/4aPRv5J
January 7, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Martin University Announces Closure https://bit.ly/4aPRv5J
Reposted by Katherine Stiles
One year after the 2025 Los Angeles fires, Caltech researchers are pressing forward with research projects to provide answers in service of public health and safety.
One Year Later, Fire Research Continues to Support the Community
Caltech researchers continue to bring their tools and expertise to answer pressing questions in the aftermath of the 2025 Los Angeles fires.
www.caltech.edu
January 7, 2026 at 10:09 PM
One year after the 2025 Los Angeles fires, Caltech researchers are pressing forward with research projects to provide answers in service of public health and safety.
Reposted by Katherine Stiles
· MedSky ·
Your genes determine how fast your DNA mutates with age, study shows
Your genes determine how fast your DNA mutates with age, study shows
Your genes determine how fast your DNA mutates with age, study shows
An analysis of genetic data from over 900,000 people shows that certain stretches of DNA, made up of short sequences repeated over and over, become longer and more unstable as we age. The study found ...
medicalxpress.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:51 PM
· MedSky ·
Your genes determine how fast your DNA mutates with age, study shows
Your genes determine how fast your DNA mutates with age, study shows
· MedSky ·
Gene therapy 'switch' may offer non-addictive pain relief
Gene therapy 'switch' may offer non-addictive pain relief
Gene therapy 'switch' may offer non-addictive pain relief
A preclinical study uncovered a new gene therapy that targets pain centers in the brain while eliminating the risk of addiction from narcotics treatments, a breakthrough which could provide hope for t...
medicalxpress.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:39 PM
· MedSky ·
Gene therapy 'switch' may offer non-addictive pain relief
Gene therapy 'switch' may offer non-addictive pain relief
· MedSky ·
Ozempic and Wegovy might help people avoid colon cancer as well as promote weight loss or control diabetes, a new study says.
Ozempic and Wegovy might help people avoid colon cancer as well as promote weight loss or control diabetes, a new study says.
Ozempic, Wegovy might lower colon cancer risk
Ozempic and Wegovy might help people avoid colon cancer as well as promote weight loss or control diabetes, a new study says.
medicalxpress.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:31 PM
· MedSky ·
Ozempic and Wegovy might help people avoid colon cancer as well as promote weight loss or control diabetes, a new study says.
Ozempic and Wegovy might help people avoid colon cancer as well as promote weight loss or control diabetes, a new study says.