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Do You Want to Direct a Research Institute? Germany’s Max Planck Society Has Hundreds of Top Jobs to Fill

Do You Want to Direct a Research Institute? Germany’s Max Planck Society Has Hundreds of Top Jobs to Fill

A wave of retirements offers a chance to recruit female directors and open up new research avenues.

Double Investment in Research, Innovation and Education to Boost Europe's Competitiveness and Sustainability

Double Investment in Research, Innovation and Education to Boost Europe's Competitiveness and Sustainability

13 European associations of universities release a statement in which they call upon the EU institutions to double the investment in research, innovation and education, in the next Multi-Annual Financial Framework.

Practical Challenges for Researchers in Data Sharing

Practical Challenges for Researchers in Data Sharing

In one of the largest surveys of researchers about research data (with over 7,700 respondents), Springer Nature finds widespread data sharing associated with published works and a desire from researchers that their data are discoverable.

Open Science in the EU: Will the Astroturfers Take Over?

Open Science in the EU: Will the Astroturfers Take Over?

After years in a deadlock with publishers, researchers are keen to know whether we will now see for-profit companies and ‘astroturfers’ enter the open science landscape and undermine science in pursuit of their commercial interests, while claiming to support the struggle of researchers, who demand more say in the publishing of scholarly articles.

Impacting the 'Real World': Out of Sight for Science?

Impacting the 'Real World': Out of Sight for Science?

The conflict for scientists and research evaluation between scientific impact and tackling societal challenges.

Asthma Inhalers Fail Minority Children Due to a Lack of Diversity in Research

Asthma Inhalers Fail Minority Children Due to a Lack of Diversity in Research

The drug albuterol can provide fast-acting relief to the wheezing and shortness of breath that often accompany an asthma attack but it often fails minority children.

Transition Deal Draft Keeps UK in EU Programmes Until December 2020

Transition Deal Draft Keeps UK in EU Programmes Until December 2020

UK to remain part of the EU single market and customs union, as well as EU programmes, between 29 March 2019 - the date it leaves the block - and 31 December 2020, the end of the transition period.

Are Research Papers Less Accurate and Truthful Than in the Past?

Are Research Papers Less Accurate and Truthful Than in the Past?

That's a myth, as Daniele Fanelli of the London School of Economics suggests in this week’s PNAS.

8 Simple Mistakes That Can Delay Peer Review (and How to Avoid Them)

8 Simple Mistakes That Can Delay Peer Review (and How to Avoid Them)

A short list of common issues that can delay a submission. Check your manuscript for these issues, and and then read our advice for how to fix them.

Why I Don't Use Instagram for Science Outreach

Why I Don't Use Instagram for Science Outreach

Women shouldn't have to shoulder the burden of solving gender inequality on social media: by visibly contradicting stereotypes about female scientists, it is clear that they hope to inspire girls to pursue science and to encourage female scientists to showcase their femininity in our male-dominated workspaces.

Stephen Hawking, Science's Brightest Star, Dies Aged 76

Stephen Hawking, Science's Brightest Star, Dies Aged 76

The physicist and author of A Brief History of Time has died at his home in Cambridge. His children said: We will miss him for ever.

The Oxford Reproducibility School

The Oxford Reproducibility School

A series of talks on robust research practices in psychology and the biomedical sciences, held in Oxford in 2017. Organized by Dorothy Bishop, Ana Todorovic, Caroline Nettekoven and Verena Heise.

Building Links with BioRxiv: Expanding the Choice for Researchers

Building Links with BioRxiv: Expanding the Choice for Researchers

Researchers can submit their work directly from bioRxiv to F1000Research offering more choice and flexibility to authors in deciding when to set preprints to under invited peer review.

Citizen Scientists Discover New Feature of the Aurora Borealis

Citizen Scientists Discover New Feature of the Aurora Borealis

It wasn’t scientists who discovered the thin, purple, east-to-west travelling glow in the northern night sky, but people with cameras and a nerdy passion for auroras.

PredatoryJournals.com

PredatoryJournals.com

After Jeffrey Beall took down his list of predatory journals in January 2017 in order to avoid continued harassment and threats, a small group of scholars and information professionals decided to anonymously rebuild and resurrect that list.

Scientists Beware: The Price Is High, the Payoff Uncertain at Glossy Publications Aimed at Europe's Decision-Makers

Scientists Beware: The Price Is High, the Payoff Uncertain at Glossy Publications Aimed at Europe's Decision-Makers

Customers question whether paid articles in digital magazines are worth the money.

Peer Review Fails to Prevent Publication of Paper with Unsupported Claims About Peer Review

Peer Review Fails to Prevent Publication of Paper with Unsupported Claims About Peer Review

A flawed article claiming that manuscripts don't change much between being preprints and published articles somehow makes it through peer review unchanged.

Macron's European Innovation Agency Ramping Up

Macron's European Innovation Agency Ramping Up

Like Darpa, Jedi will aim to deliver developmental milestones along the path to strategically important technologies, including through prototyping. It will sit between academia and industry and fund projects lasting no more than two years.

Russian Science Chases Escape from Mediocrity

Russian Science Chases Escape from Mediocrity

With Vladimir Putin set to earn another presidential term, researchers wonder whether his government will reverse decades of decline.

Is Science Really Facing a Reproducibility Crisis, and Do We Need It To?

Is Science Really Facing a Reproducibility Crisis, and Do We Need It To?

Overview of recent evidence suggesting that the integrity crisis narrative is mistaken - a narrative of epochal changes and empowerment of scientists would be more accurate, inspiring, and compelling.

Why Do Girls Lose Interest in STEM? New Research Has Some Answers - And What We Can Do About It

Why Do Girls Lose Interest in STEM? New Research Has Some Answers - And What We Can Do About It

Despite the high priority that is placed on STEM in schools, efforts to expand female interest and employment in STEM are not working as well as intended. Ways to better support young women include interactive projects, and mentoring from parents and community members. "We need to teach girls that it is all right to sit with the discomfort of not knowing the right answer right away."