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"With them, we are better equipped to cope with economic shocks such as energy crises or sudden changes in household consumption behavior." The prize winners have provided a "solid theoretical foundation" for the models that are now used by governments and central banks worldwide, said John Hassler, the chairman of the committee responsible for the Nobel Prize in Economics. #wirtschaftsnobelpreis #ökonomie #forschung (translated)

The 2026 Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to US economists Robert Hall and Michael Woodford for their research on stabilizing economies, which has laid important foundations for responding to economic crises. #Wirtschaftsnobelpreis #Ökonomie #Stabilisierungspolitik (translated)

It is a completely new field of research that is just emerging. The study, published in September 2024 in "Science," is just one piece of the puzzle, says Sander van der Linden, a psychologist at the University of Cambridge. #Chatbots #Überzeugungskraft #Verschwörungstheorien (translated)

A research team from the University of Massachusetts Amherst has developed a biohybrid network that connects human cells with electronics and can be used to generate energy from heart tissue, in order to avoid future battery replacements in implants such as pacemakers. #CyborgTechnik #Herzschrittmacher #BiohybrideTechnologie (translated)

Ireland has presented a new proposal for the EU budget 2028–2034, which foresees a reduction of around 159 billion euros compared to the original proposal of the EU Commission, with particular cuts aimed at the areas of research, competitiveness, defense, as well as foreign and development policy. #EUBudget #Irland #Finanzpolitik (translated)

After the death of a scientist at a plague research center in Siberia, there is speculation about possible military biological weapons deployments, but Colonel Martin Weiler currently sees no evidence for this and emphasizes the difficulties in the control regime of the Biological Weapons Convention. #Pest #Biowaffen #Sibirien (translated)

Following the death of a scientist at a plague research center in Siberia, there are speculations about a possible use of the plague as a biological weapon; however, according to Colonel Martin Weiler from the Bundesheer's ABC defense center, there are no signs of this, and research on pathogens remains problematic due to the lack of a control regime under the Biological Weapons Convention. #Biowaffen #Pest #Russland (translated)

The excellence strategy strengthens science in Germany by promoting outstanding research programs, creating international visibility, and designating the Hessian universities of Frankfurt, Darmstadt, and Mainz as the first excellence universities, advancing regional research. #Exzellenzstrategie #Wissenschaft #Forschung (translated)

The cancer treatment and research center MedAustron in Wiener Neustadt celebrated its tenth anniversary and has successfully treated 3,700 patients since its opening, although the full potential of ion therapy has not yet been fully realized. #MedAustron #Krebsbehandlung #Ionentherapie (translated)

A research project in a zoo in Sydney, Australia, is investigating how underwater noise from ships and construction affects the hearing ability and behavior of sea lions and seals by training these animals to perform hearing tests. #Unterwasserlärm #Seelöwen #Meeressäuger (translated)

Felix Perrefort wrote that plagiarism problems among politicians arise because they write dissertations mainly to enhance their resumes and often lack a serious research interest. Such works are often difficult to read and are rarely read outside of assessments; instead of demonstrating their own intellectual achievements, they convey an appearance of scholarly merit. According to Perrefort, only those who truly want to discover something new should write a dissertation. Only people who want to fully dedicate themselves to science should strive for a doctorate. He described it as indecent to present others with 200 to 400-page texts that are merely obligatory exercises and therefore insignificant. Perrefort questioned which politicians felt the need to profile themselves with a doctoral thesis. He described them as career politicians without a "solid foundation of an acquired profession" and wrote that they neither mastered politics nor science. Mario Voigt embodies this problem particularly strongly, Perrefort claimed, accusing him of being unable to say anything about Auschwitz without AI and of lacking independent thoughts. #Plagiat #Doktortitel #Wissenschaft (translated)

Bernd Kaiser criticized BMW for canceling the leasing contract for the 7-series company car of the newly elected President of the State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, according to his representation. He accused the company of making a political statement while it is cutting 8,000 jobs worldwide and offering severance packages to almost 40,000 employees in Germany. Kaiser contrasted the decision with the BMW management's statements in the FAZ, claiming that certain parties are "poison for the economic location." He wrote that the company should focus more on technological innovations and sales, and he held the perceived misallocation of priorities partly responsible for the decline of the German location. #BMW #Dienstwagen https://t.co/JhQgq0WEGr #BMW #Autoindustrie #Wirtschaft (translated)