Mauricio Lopes
@mauricioalopes.bsky.social
Scientist & Innovator | Expert in Genetics, Molecular Biology, Agriculture & Bioeconomy | Passionate about modelling, future studies, sustainable agriculture and research-driven innovation | Haiku
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Effective AI governance will require policymakers to find a balance between innovation and ethics, notes @jp-singh.bsky.social – not to choose one or the other, as the EU and the US have done. bit.ly/47mNYsa
Balancing Ethics and AI Innovation
J.P. Singh criticizes the unbalanced approaches to governing the technology taken by EU and US policymakers.
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October 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Effective AI governance will require policymakers to find a balance between innovation and ethics, notes @jp-singh.bsky.social – not to choose one or the other, as the EU and the US have done. bit.ly/47mNYsa
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Read more on mission-oriented industrial strategy ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...
Mission-oriented industrial strategy: global insights
Authored by Prof. Mariana Mazzucato, Sarah Doyle and Luca Kuehn von Burgsdorff
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October 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Read more on mission-oriented industrial strategy ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...
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October 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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New Editorial: "Old crops in new places" rdcu.be/eL09N
All over the world, farmers are finding new ways to adapt to climate change. But these innovations risk severing connections to the land that have been shaped over millennia.
Be ready for English Champagne.
All over the world, farmers are finding new ways to adapt to climate change. But these innovations risk severing connections to the land that have been shaped over millennia.
Be ready for English Champagne.
October 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
New Editorial: "Old crops in new places" rdcu.be/eL09N
All over the world, farmers are finding new ways to adapt to climate change. But these innovations risk severing connections to the land that have been shaped over millennia.
Be ready for English Champagne.
All over the world, farmers are finding new ways to adapt to climate change. But these innovations risk severing connections to the land that have been shaped over millennia.
Be ready for English Champagne.
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Bacteria undergo rapid genetic changes that are selected by alterations in the human gut environment.
Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/4qaRWNh
Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/4qaRWNh
Natural directed evolution in gut microbiota
Bacteria undergo rapid genetic changes that are selected by alterations in the human gut environment
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October 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Bacteria undergo rapid genetic changes that are selected by alterations in the human gut environment.
Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/4qaRWNh
Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/4qaRWNh
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Ensuring effective removal of transgenes before release of genome-edited crops - @research-science.bsky.social @ceplas.bsky.social @hhu.de go.nature.com/3WbbKlW
Ensuring effective removal of transgenes before release of genome-edited crops - Nature Biotechnology
Genome editing technology is evolving fast, and many labs worldwide are generating crop plants with improved traits. If transgenes were used to generate the edits, foreign DNA must be effectively remo...
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October 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Ensuring effective removal of transgenes before release of genome-edited crops - @research-science.bsky.social @ceplas.bsky.social @hhu.de go.nature.com/3WbbKlW
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Read more in our report from the GCEW ➡️ watercommission.org#report
Read our new report on blended finance ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...
Our letter in the Financial Times, with Ministers Carlos Cuerpo, Fernando Haddad & Enoch Godongwana ➡️ www.ft.com/content/53cd... 2/2
Read our new report on blended finance ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...
Our letter in the Financial Times, with Ministers Carlos Cuerpo, Fernando Haddad & Enoch Godongwana ➡️ www.ft.com/content/53cd... 2/2
The Economics of Water - Valuing the Hydrological Cycle as a Global Common Good
Water is essential for life. It moves in complex, often invisible ways, all around us. And this water is under threat.
watercommission.org
July 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Read more in our report from the GCEW ➡️ watercommission.org#report
Read our new report on blended finance ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...
Our letter in the Financial Times, with Ministers Carlos Cuerpo, Fernando Haddad & Enoch Godongwana ➡️ www.ft.com/content/53cd... 2/2
Read our new report on blended finance ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...
Our letter in the Financial Times, with Ministers Carlos Cuerpo, Fernando Haddad & Enoch Godongwana ➡️ www.ft.com/content/53cd... 2/2
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Unlocking gene regulatory networks for crop resilience and sustainable agriculture @dinglab.bsky.social bit.ly/4lDVIvC
Unlocking gene regulatory networks for crop resilience and sustainable agriculture - Nature Biotechnology
Gene regulatory networks are crucial for understanding complex gene regulation in plants and could advance crop improvement for more sustainable and climate-resilient agricultural practices.
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July 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Unlocking gene regulatory networks for crop resilience and sustainable agriculture @dinglab.bsky.social bit.ly/4lDVIvC
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Human emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are the main drivers of recent climate change.
July 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Human emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are the main drivers of recent climate change.
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June 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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An enthralling conversation with @adamjkucharski.bsky.social on uncertainty in science and his new book PROOF, with some emphasis on things we learned from Covid, and much more.
video, audio, transcript; all open-access
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video, audio, transcript; all open-access
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Adam Kucharski: The Uncertain Science of Certainty
A Leading Mathematician on Scientific Evidence, Truth, and Proof
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June 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
An enthralling conversation with @adamjkucharski.bsky.social on uncertainty in science and his new book PROOF, with some emphasis on things we learned from Covid, and much more.
video, audio, transcript; all open-access
erictopol.substack.com/p/adam-kucha...
video, audio, transcript; all open-access
erictopol.substack.com/p/adam-kucha...
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Numerous studies have shown that bilinguals undergo a later onset of dementia, perhaps of around four years, on average—though some of these have failed to replicate. The good news is that it is never too late to start learning https://econ.trib.al/weUpnrW
Is being bilingual good for your brain?
Perhaps. Learning languages offers other, more concrete benefits
econ.trib.al
June 29, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Numerous studies have shown that bilinguals undergo a later onset of dementia, perhaps of around four years, on average—though some of these have failed to replicate. The good news is that it is never too late to start learning https://econ.trib.al/weUpnrW
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Nature reports on how scientists are working to decipher the precise mechanisms that connect the brain to processes associated with ageing. #medsky 🧪
How your brain controls ageing — and why zombie cells could be key
Research is revealing the cellular mechanisms that link mental well-being and longevity.
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June 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Nature reports on how scientists are working to decipher the precise mechanisms that connect the brain to processes associated with ageing. #medsky 🧪
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The first article of the modern German constitution is an absolute banger. The first five words alone are a wonderful guide for all future policies. What this looks like in practice is often challenging but I for one LOVE that principle.
June 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The first article of the modern German constitution is an absolute banger. The first five words alone are a wonderful guide for all future policies. What this looks like in practice is often challenging but I for one LOVE that principle.
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Reams of papers have been published on the cognitive advantages of multilingualism. Beyond the conversational doors it can open, multilingualism supposedly improves “executive function”. We explain how https://econ.trib.al/jUTUFSF
Is being bilingual good for your brain?
Perhaps. Learning languages offers other, more concrete benefits
econ.trib.al
June 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Reams of papers have been published on the cognitive advantages of multilingualism. Beyond the conversational doors it can open, multilingualism supposedly improves “executive function”. We explain how https://econ.trib.al/jUTUFSF
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Japan has more than doubled its foreign aid budget in just five years
June 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Japan has more than doubled its foreign aid budget in just five years
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New Editorial: "Naming is caring" rdcu.be/esS4x
We can now carry in our pockets applications that accurately identify the plants around us. These are interesting tools for researchers, but they also help everyone to appreciate the diversity of the natural world.
We can now carry in our pockets applications that accurately identify the plants around us. These are interesting tools for researchers, but they also help everyone to appreciate the diversity of the natural world.
June 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
New Editorial: "Naming is caring" rdcu.be/esS4x
We can now carry in our pockets applications that accurately identify the plants around us. These are interesting tools for researchers, but they also help everyone to appreciate the diversity of the natural world.
We can now carry in our pockets applications that accurately identify the plants around us. These are interesting tools for researchers, but they also help everyone to appreciate the diversity of the natural world.
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Your genome is not a blueprint. A thread about misleading metaphors in science communication. 🧬🧪 1/n
June 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Your genome is not a blueprint. A thread about misleading metaphors in science communication. 🧬🧪 1/n
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The fear: AI will make students lazy. The reality? It’s making them smarter. A new meta-analysis of 51 studies (!!) shows AI is actually boosting critical thinking, not just grades. My biggest takeaways: 1/
May 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The fear: AI will make students lazy. The reality? It’s making them smarter. A new meta-analysis of 51 studies (!!) shows AI is actually boosting critical thinking, not just grades. My biggest takeaways: 1/
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“When you can see moral beauty in others, you will find goodness in yourself as well,” writes Arthur C. Brooks. “If you simply want a sure way to get happier, looking for such moral beauty might be just what you need”:
In Times of Trouble, Seek Moral Beauty
The lovely paradox of doing good in the world is that it does you good too.
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May 31, 2025 at 8:15 AM
“When you can see moral beauty in others, you will find goodness in yourself as well,” writes Arthur C. Brooks. “If you simply want a sure way to get happier, looking for such moral beauty might be just what you need”:
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Humanity drinks around 2bn cups of coffee every day. The good news for those who contribute to that figure is that regularly consuming moderate amounts doesn’t appear to be harmful. There may even be benefits https://econ.trib.al/8I5gIKl
How much coffee is too much?
Studies suggest moderate consumption is harmless. It may even be beneficial
econ.trib.al
May 31, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Humanity drinks around 2bn cups of coffee every day. The good news for those who contribute to that figure is that regularly consuming moderate amounts doesn’t appear to be harmful. There may even be benefits https://econ.trib.al/8I5gIKl
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A massive health dataset has spawned a wealth of cookie-cutter "research Mad Libs" papers that don't tell us anything useful, but flood the literature with noise. Possibly AI-generated, possibly paper mill origin.
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Low-quality papers are surging by exploiting public data sets and AI
Paper mills are also likely contributing to “false discoveries”
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May 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
A massive health dataset has spawned a wealth of cookie-cutter "research Mad Libs" papers that don't tell us anything useful, but flood the literature with noise. Possibly AI-generated, possibly paper mill origin.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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This is just the beginning of the movement towards A.I. powered keyboard liberation for clinicians
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May 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This is just the beginning of the movement towards A.I. powered keyboard liberation for clinicians
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May 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM