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Policy & Ethics

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 29-Dec-2025 07:11 ET (29-Dec-2025 12:11 GMT/UTC)

4-Dec-2025

Expert calls for greater role of family caregivers in cancer care decisions

Dr. Leonard Berry, a health services researcher and professor of marketing at Texas A&M University, co-author of a recent article in JCO Oncology Practice, argues that shared decision-making (SDM) — a collaborative process where clinicians and patients make treatment choices together — should systematically include family caregivers.

Journal: JCO Oncology Practice

4-Dec-2025

No, we don't need more and more data about nature. We need more people to use the data

Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Norwegian municipalities are collecting more and more data on how what they do affects the natural world, but do not always know what to do with it. They wade in green facts, but continue to sacrifice the environment, colouring the landscapes grey.

Journal: Environmental Science & Policy

4-Dec-2025

Upcoming event on the future of reproducibility research and policy

Pensoft Publishers
Meeting Announcement

To mark its conclusion, TIER2 invites researchers, policy-makers, publishers, funders, infrastructure providers and all other interested stakeholders to its closing symposium, which will take place online on 11 February 2026 from 14:00 to 18:00 CET.

Funder: Horizon Europe

4-Dec-2025

Renuka Iyer, MD, named new Chief Medical Officer for National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)

National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Business Announcement

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)—an alliance of leading cancer centers that publishes free evidence-based, expert consensus-driven guidelines for cancer prevention and care— announces the hiring of Renuka Iyer, MD, as the new Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for the organization.

4-Dec-2025

Sense about Science and Taylor & Francis launch research integrity toolkit for early career researchers

Taylor & Francis Group
Business Announcement

Sense about Science and Taylor & Francis have announced the publication of a comprehensive research integrity toolkit, created with and for early career researchers. The guide addresses common questions and provides practical advice to help today’s researchers avoid integrity pitfalls.

4-Dec-2025

Climate-friendly metals from deep-sea ores

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Peer-Reviewed Publication

If manganese nodules can be mined in an environmentally friendly way, the critical metals needed for the energy transition could be produced with low CO2 emissions

Journal: Science Advances

4-Dec-2025

Barcelona hosts the first Pan-European Summit dedicated to Quantum Education

ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences
Meeting Announcement

The Quantum Education Summit event, hosted at CosmoCaixa Science Museum of Barcelona, will gather more than 300 participants from five different continents.

The topics of the conference will cover the full spectrum of quantum education: from foundational curriculum design, workforce training and inclusive global participation to policy strategies, educational innovations, and outreach efforts that advance accessibility and broaden the impact of quantum learning worldwide.

Keynote speakers include Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, from Stanford University, Maité Depuis, from Perimeter Institute of Canada, and Eboney Hearn, from MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering and Science.