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Science journalist covering trends and advancements in the physical sciences, climate change, and science policy.

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arXiv sets out on its own

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By Jenessa Duncombe 
| Physics Today
The go-to website for preprints in physics, arXiv, will become an independent nonprofit organization starting in July, with the goal of providing long-term stability for the platform. The open-access repository will depart from its longtime home at Cornell University. The search for a CEO and members for a board of directors is underway, and 26 eligible current employees are being offered roles in the new company. arXiv’s leadership says it has no plans to change the platform’s central mission.
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Q&A: Ken Ono feared AI. Now he trains it.

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By Jenessa Duncombe 
| Physics Today
Ken Ono (Photo by Matt Riley, UVA.) “Am I doing a better service to science by writing 20 more papers that only people in my field will read or by participating in this movement?” Ken Ono asked himself last year. At the time, Ono was an endowed chair at the University of Virginia. In the following months, he’d take a leave of absence from the university, move to Silicon Valley, and become the founding mathematician at an AI startup, Axiom Math.
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Republicans and Democrats disagree on direction of US science

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By Jenessa Duncombe 
| Physics Today
(Figure adapted from B. Kennedy, E. Kikuchi, Do Americans Think the Country Is Losing or Gaining Ground in Science? , Pew Research Center, 15 January 2026.) A survey last fall of US adults shows diverging public opinion on whether the US is gaining ground, losing ground, or staying in about the same place with respect to its scientific achievements relative to other countries. Overall among respondents, 13% said that the US is gaining ground, 38% said maintaining, and 47% said losing.
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