diff --git a/MosaicIQ/src/components/Research/ResearchInspectorPane.tsx b/MosaicIQ/src/components/Research/ResearchInspectorPane.tsx
index 1811c54..2e9aefc 100644
--- a/MosaicIQ/src/components/Research/ResearchInspectorPane.tsx
+++ b/MosaicIQ/src/components/Research/ResearchInspectorPane.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
-import { Archive, Pin, RefreshCw, Sparkles } from 'lucide-react';
+import { createPortal } from 'react-dom';
+import { Archive, Maximize2, Minimize2, Pin, RefreshCw, Sparkles } from 'lucide-react';
 import { researchBridge } from '../../lib/researchBridge';
 import type {
   GhostNote,
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ export const ResearchInspectorPane: React.FC<ResearchInspectorPaneProps> = ({
   const [draftBodyHtml, setDraftBodyHtml] = useState('');
   const [draftEmbeds, setDraftEmbeds] = useState<NoteEmbedInput[]>([]);
   const [draftType, setDraftType] = useState<NoteType>('claim');
+  const [isEditorFullscreen, setIsEditorFullscreen] = useState(false);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!note) {
@@ -97,6 +99,15 @@ export const ResearchInspectorPane: React.FC<ResearchInspectorPaneProps> = ({
     setDraftType(note.noteType);
   }, [note]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isEditorFullscreen) return;
+    const handleKeyDown = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
+      if (e.key === 'Escape') setIsEditorFullscreen(false);
+    };
+    document.addEventListener('keydown', handleKeyDown);
+    return () => document.removeEventListener('keydown', handleKeyDown);
+  }, [isEditorFullscreen]);
+
   if (!note && !ghost) {
     return (
       <div className="flex h-full flex-col justify-between p-4 sm:p-5">
@@ -218,24 +229,36 @@ export const ResearchInspectorPane: React.FC<ResearchInspectorPaneProps> = ({
               />
             </label>
             <label className="flex flex-col gap-2">
-              <span className="text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-term-text-tertiary">
-                Body
-              </span>
-              <ResearchEditor
-                content={draftBodyHtml}
-                embeds={draftEmbeds}
-                minRows={6}
-                className="rounded-2xl"
-                onPreviewLink={async (url) => {
-                  const result = await researchBridge.previewNoteLink({ url, kind: 'article' });
-                  return result.embed;
-                }}
-                onChange={(html, text, embeds) => {
-                  setDraftBodyHtml(html);
-                  setDraftBody(text);
-                  setDraftEmbeds(embeds);
-                }}
-              />
+              <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
+                <span className="text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-term-text-tertiary">
+                  Body
+                </span>
+                <button
+                  type="button"
+                  onClick={() => setIsEditorFullscreen(true)}
+                  className="inline-flex items-center gap-1 rounded-lg border border-term-border bg-term-surface px-1.5 py-1 text-term-text-tertiary transition-colors hover:border-info/60 hover:text-term-text"
+                  aria-label="Expand editor"
+                >
+                  <Maximize2 className="h-3 w-3" />
+                </button>
+              </div>
+              {!isEditorFullscreen && (
+                <ResearchEditor
+                  content={draftBodyHtml}
+                  embeds={draftEmbeds}
+                  minRows={6}
+                  className="rounded-2xl"
+                  onPreviewLink={async (url) => {
+                    const result = await researchBridge.previewNoteLink({ url, kind: 'article' });
+                    return result.embed;
+                  }}
+                  onChange={(html, text, embeds) => {
+                    setDraftBodyHtml(html);
+                    setDraftBody(text);
+                    setDraftEmbeds(embeds);
+                  }}
+                />
+              )}
             </label>
             <label className="flex flex-col gap-2">
               <span className="text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-term-text-tertiary">
@@ -359,6 +382,8 @@ export const ResearchInspectorPane: React.FC<ResearchInspectorPaneProps> = ({
                             {source.url ? (
                               <a
                                 href={source.url}
+                                target="_blank"
+                                rel="noopener noreferrer"
                                 className="block truncate text-info underline decoration-info/40 underline-offset-2"
                               >
                                 {source.url}
@@ -397,6 +422,68 @@ export const ResearchInspectorPane: React.FC<ResearchInspectorPaneProps> = ({
           </div>
         </>
       ) : null}
+
+      {isEditorFullscreen && note
+        ? createPortal(
+            <div
+              className="fixed inset-0 z-50 flex items-center justify-center bg-black/60 p-4"
+              onClick={() => setIsEditorFullscreen(false)}
+              role="dialog"
+              aria-modal="true"
+              aria-label="Expanded note editor"
+            >
+              <div
+                className="flex max-h-[90vh] w-full max-w-4xl flex-col overflow-hidden rounded-[24px] border border-term-border bg-term-elevated shadow-2xl"
+                onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+              >
+                <div className="flex items-center justify-between border-b border-term-border bg-term-surface px-6 py-4">
+                  <div>
+                    <h2 className="text-lg font-semibold text-term-text">Edit Note</h2>
+                    <p className="mt-1 text-xs text-term-text-muted">{draftTitle || 'Untitled'}</p>
+                  </div>
+                  <button
+                    type="button"
+                    onClick={() => setIsEditorFullscreen(false)}
+                    className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-xl border border-term-border bg-term-bg px-2.5 py-2 text-term-text-tertiary transition-colors hover:border-info/60 hover:text-term-text"
+                    aria-label="Collapse editor"
+                  >
+                    <Minimize2 className="h-4 w-4" />
+                  </button>
+                </div>
+                <div className="flex-1 overflow-y-auto p-6">
+                  <ResearchEditor
+                    content={draftBodyHtml}
+                    embeds={draftEmbeds}
+                    minRows={18}
+                    className="rounded-2xl"
+                    onPreviewLink={async (url) => {
+                      const result = await researchBridge.previewNoteLink({ url, kind: 'article' });
+                      return result.embed;
+                    }}
+                    onChange={(html, text, embeds) => {
+                      setDraftBodyHtml(html);
+                      setDraftBody(text);
+                      setDraftEmbeds(embeds);
+                    }}
+                  />
+                </div>
+                <div className="flex items-center justify-between border-t border-term-border bg-term-surface px-6 py-4">
+                  <p className="text-[10px] text-term-text-tertiary">
+                    Press <kbd className="rounded border border-term-border bg-term-bg px-1 py-0.5">Esc</kbd> to collapse
+                  </p>
+                  <button
+                    type="button"
+                    onClick={() => setIsEditorFullscreen(false)}
+                    className="rounded border border-info bg-info px-4 py-2 text-xs font-semibold text-term-bg transition-colors hover:brightness-110"
+                  >
+                    Done
+                  </button>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            </div>,
+            document.body,
+          )
+        : null}
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/MosaicIQ/src/components/Research/primitives/ResearchEditor.tsx b/MosaicIQ/src/components/Research/primitives/ResearchEditor.tsx
index 607077f..def4c5b 100644
--- a/MosaicIQ/src/components/Research/primitives/ResearchEditor.tsx
+++ b/MosaicIQ/src/components/Research/primitives/ResearchEditor.tsx
@@ -114,14 +114,16 @@ const EmbeddedLinkCard = Node.create({
       excerpt
         ? ['div', { class: 'mt-1 text-xs leading-5 text-term-text-muted' }, excerpt]
         : ['div', { class: 'hidden' }, ''],
-      [
-        'a',
-        {
-          href: HTMLAttributes.url,
-          class: 'mt-2 block truncate text-xs text-info underline decoration-info/40 underline-offset-2',
-        },
-        HTMLAttributes.url,
-      ],
+        [
+          'a',
+          {
+            href: HTMLAttributes.url,
+            target: '_blank',
+            rel: 'noopener noreferrer',
+            class: 'mt-2 block truncate text-xs text-info underline decoration-info/40 underline-offset-2',
+          },
+          HTMLAttributes.url,
+        ],
     ];
 
     if (imageUrl) {
@@ -187,7 +189,7 @@ export const ResearchEditor: React.FC<ResearchEditorProps> = ({
       Link.configure({
         openOnClick: false,
         autolink: true,
-        HTMLAttributes: { class: 'text-info underline decoration-info/40 underline-offset-2' },
+        HTMLAttributes: { class: 'text-info underline decoration-info/40 underline-offset-2', target: '_blank', rel: 'noopener noreferrer' },
       }),
       EmbeddedLinkCard,
     ],
diff --git a/MosaicIQ/src/components/Research/views/EvidenceTracePanel.tsx b/MosaicIQ/src/components/Research/views/EvidenceTracePanel.tsx
index 85eda46..9e54716 100644
--- a/MosaicIQ/src/components/Research/views/EvidenceTracePanel.tsx
+++ b/MosaicIQ/src/components/Research/views/EvidenceTracePanel.tsx
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ export const EvidenceTracePanel: React.FC<{ auditTrail: NoteAuditTrail | null }>
                   {source.url ? (
                     <a
                       href={source.url}
+                      target="_blank"
+                      rel="noopener noreferrer"
                       className="mt-2 block truncate text-xs text-info underline decoration-info/40 underline-offset-2"
                     >
                       {source.url}