NEW: For decades, oil companies have funded universities’ research into climate change “solutions” that would not require the public to stop using oil and gas.

Carbon capture is one of their favored ideas.

One snag: It won’t fix the climate crisis.
https://projects.propublica.org/why-carbon-capture-cant-solve-climate-change/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Climate #ClimateChange #Oil #Gas #Environment #Research #Science #Academia

If you're an academic, and possibly even in the UK, a paid position as editor for the Dancecult Journal is opening as Production Editor.

Dancecult is the only active academic journal for the study of Electronic Dance Music and culture, operating from Huddersfield University, West Yorkshire, UK.

I am not affiliated with the publication, only a reader, but it's a good one. The position is accepting submissions until 29th June.

https://dj.dancecult.net/index.php/dancecult/announcement/view/102

#FediHire #academic #dancemusic #research

A Japanese immunologist has spent 20 years proving that the chemicals that trees release into the air help arm your immune system in ways never before imagined.
#Health #Nature #Trees #Research
https://www.unature.org/en/blog/from-the-field/in-conversation-with-dr-qing-li

We're hosting a webinar on 7 July for #research funders, covering how connecting funding data to research outputs can support open science compliance, impact tracking, and strategic decision-making.

With our colleague Rocio Gaudioso Pedraza.

📅 7 July - 15:00 UTC

https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/2917815553060/WN_77T1XVABT_-1IIsggp5-MQ

#ResearchFunding #OpenScience #GrantData

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What happens after the grant? Turning funding data into real insight - July 7

RE: https://mstdn.social/@hkrn/116778104602302611

The results are in: Using AI tools to help you in your job makes your cognitive decisions worse when they’re not around.

#ai #deskilling #research

SlightlyCyberpunk boosted

Hacker News » 🤖 🌐 2026-06-19
@hkrn@mstdn.social

Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in – and they're not good
L: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01947-1
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48601286
posted on 2026.06.19 at 14:00:48 (c=0, p=5)

New #Paper published in Quantum: Measurement incompatibility and quantum steering via linear programming

https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2026-06-19-2141/

#OpenScience #Quantum #Research

📝 Zettlr is a free and open-source Markdown editor built for researchers, students, writers, and anyone who prefers owning their notes.

It supports citations, Zotero integration, LaTeX exports, full-text search, and Zettelkasten-style knowledge management while working entirely with local files.

A powerful privacy-friendly alternative to cloud-based writing tools.

More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=zettlr

#OpenSource #Markdown #Writing #Research #Privacy #Zettelkasten #NoteTaking

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New #Paper published in Quantum: Qubit operations using a modular optical system engineered with PyOpticL: a code-to-CAD optical layout tool

https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2026-06-15-2135/

#OpenScience #Quantum #Research

New #Paper published in Quantum: Simulating magic state cultivation with few Clifford terms

https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2026-06-12-2134/

#OpenScience #Quantum #Research

New #Paper published in Quantum: Lie algebraic invariants in quantum linear optics

https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2026-06-12-2132/

#OpenScience #Quantum #Research

[for your address book]

https://soc.octade.net/cryptography/

A Fediverse group for sharing and discussing #ciphers, #codes #cryptography and #encryption and related applications and #research.

#crypto #cypher #cypherpunks #confidentiality #privacy #groups #fedigroups #fediverse

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[for your address book]

A Fediverse group for sharing your papers and preprints.

https://soc.octade.net/papers/

#Papers #Writing #Preprints #Authors #Research #Reading #groups #fedigroups #fediverse

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