OPERAS hosted the launch of the GRAPHIA project in Brussels earlier this year. On the 22nd and 23rd January, 2025, 21 partner institutions met in OPERAS’ office and online to celebrate the project which is funded by the European Commission for over €8 million, plus an additional €1.6 million from the Switzerland State Secretariat for Education, Research, and Innovation.

Indian researchers and institutions are increasingly embracing Open Science, recognizing its value in enhancing collaboration and reproducibility. However, many still hesitate to share their work openly due to challenges such as limited awareness of open research benefits, insufficient institutional support, and inadequate infrastructure.

**The Remarkable Journey of the Injured Gray Fox** When it comes to miraculous recoveries in the animal kingdom, few stories are as heartwarming as that of the injured gray fox recently released back into the California wilderness. This amazing tale of rescue and rehabilitation is a testament to the dedication and compassion of wildlife caretakers.

In 2007, John Van Drie wrote a perspective on what the next two decades of progress in computer-assisted drug design (CADD) might entail.

A critical discussion of the role of case-to-condition ratios in Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA).

DOI 10.60804/ZFGH-FP13 Perspectives from Nicolas Robinson Garcia Nicolas Robinson Garcia works in bibliometrics and research evaluation. His current research focuses on research contributions and how those are distributed across teams and in different research fields – see this preprint for his latest research on contributions based on the CRediT taxonomy.

Je propose une bourse de doctorat pour 3 ans (Rennes, France) pour un projet de recherche ambitieux. L’étudiant.e réalisera son doctorat au sein de l’équipe Épidémiologie et science de l’exposition en santé-environnement au sein de l’axe Changements climatiques, justice environnementale et santé mondiale.

I suspect that most people in the Western world (at least) are realizing that we are living in interesting times. News of floodings, droughts, and wildfires are ever more frequent. We hear that this is due to climate change, which most governments promise to fight, but don't. Our economies keep growing, but our quality of life is not improving. Digital tools are ever more prominent in our lives, but don't make us happy either.

The first time I saw AlphaFold, it felt like stepping into the future, a moment where something previously thought impossible had suddenly become inevitable. AI had cracked the protein-folding problem. Well, not cracked exactly, but solved it well enough that it rewrote the playbook for structural biology. Overnight, the way we thought about proteins, drug discovery, and molecular engineering shifted. That was 2018.

Für die im September in Konstanz stattfindenden Open-Access-Tage werden ab sofort Beitragsvorschläge gesucht.

Birkenstock-Sandalen gelten nicht als Werke der angewandten Kunst und genießen somit keinen Urheberrechtsschutz. Das hat der Bundesgerichtshof nun festgestellt. Der Unterschied zwischen technisch-handwerklicher Gestaltung und künstlerischem Schaffen ist dabei wesentlich. Betim Neziraj zu Inhalt und Bedeutung des Urteils.