The IP4OS project has launched a practice-oriented capacity-building programme supporting Research Performing Organisations in applying a concerted Intellectual Property (IP) and Open Science (OS) approach to Research Knowledge Valorisation. Built on the IP4OS Synergy Core Curriculum and the knowledge consolidated in the Synergy Framework, the programme contributes to the objectives of the European Research Area Policy Agenda 2025–2027, equipping institutions with the tools and collaborative structures needed to translate IP-OS principles into sustainable practice.

Three principles - transparency, credit, and accountability – should form the foundation for “responsible authorship”, argues a working group comprising scholars, scientists and journal editors. In an article published March 11 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the group, led by PLOS’ Chief Scientific Officer Veronique Kiermer, states that contributions worthy of authorship should be determined by who has accountability for the research, and that all who claim the credit implied by authorship must assume that accountability.

Adherence to Clinical Practice Guidelines in the management of rare cancers remains inconsistent across Europe despite demonstrably improving patient outcomes, shows an analysis jointly conducted by ESMO and EURACAN, the European Reference Network (ERN) for rare cancers.

Two new studies published in leading scientific journals conclude that stabilizing long-term climate risks will require sustained net-negative carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions for centuries. Approaching the problem from distinct perspectives – legal and technological feasibility on the one hand, and economic optimization under uncertainty on the other – the research converges on a consistent message: reaching net zero is not enough.

A study in Economic Inquiry reveals how total abortion bans are reshaping public health systems and safety‐net programs in the United States.