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New Report Calls for Action to Protect Integrity in Research
All stakeholders in the scientific research enterprise -- researchers, institutions, publishers, funders, scientific societies, and federal agencies – should improve their practices and policies to respond to threats to the integrity of research, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Is The Peer Review Crisis A Patent Application Crisis?
The impact of crisis of reproducibility on the patent system.
Open Science Prize Demonstrates Power of Open Research
The broad response was encouraging for science advocates and underscores the need to continue to push for open policies open.
The Tiny Changes that Can Cause AI to Fail
Machines still have a long way to go before they learn like humans do – and that’s a potential danger to privacy, safety, and more.
What Constitutes Peer Review of Data?
What Constitutes Peer Review of Data?
An extensive Survey of Peer Review Guidelines.
Gene Editing Opens Doors to Seedless Fruit with No Need for Bees
Gene-edited seedless tomatoes don’t need pollinating to produce fruit – which could come in useful at a time when bees are on the decline
Eighth International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication
The Eighth International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication, which was in the planning since 4 years, will be held September 10-12, 2017, in Chicago.
EMBL Opens New Lab for Tissue Biology and Disease Modeling in Barcelona
EMBL Opens New Lab for Tissue Biology and Disease Modeling in Barcelona
First new outstation in 18 years strengthens city's biomedical profile
How ‘Alternative Facts’ Could Be Tackled with Science Diplomacy
Science diplomacy enables scientists to help tackle issues such as protectionism and government control over research findings, and could even mitigate the future threat of wars over knowledge and data.
The Dark Secret at the Heart of AI
The Dark Secret at the Heart of AI
There’s a big problem with AI: even its creators can’t explain how it works
US Report Calls for Research Integrity Board
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine says that the US research community needs to do a better job of both investigating misconduct allegations and promoting ethical conduct.
Minority Grad Students Less Likely to Submit Work for Publication
The results, from a survey of UC Berkeley students in the physical sciences and engineering, highlight a stumbling block for diversity and inclusion efforts—but also offer a potential bright spot
Should You Be Able to Patent an Organism?
The synthetic biology community is divided.
It's Time for a European Open Access Platform
Making the case for a European Open Access Platform.
OA2020.org Initiative
An international initiative that aims to induce the swift, smooth and scholarly-oriented transformation of today’s scholarly journals from subscription to open access publishing.
OMICtools: Bioinformatics Software and Database Search Engine
OMICtools bridges the gap between life science and computational biology.
March for Science Geneva
On April 22nd, 2017, the March For Science, Geneva, will be one of hundreds of marches taking place around the world to affirm that science is crucial to society — and belongs to everyone.
We Cannot Rely on For-Profit Corporations to Build Open Scholarly Infrastructure
We Cannot Rely on For-Profit Corporations to Build Open Scholarly Infrastructure
There is an important point here: we simply can’t build a meaningfully open scholarly infrastructure that is dependent on the whims of corporations. It can’t be done.
Data From 14 Million Papers Is Now Available for Free
Data From 14 Million Papers Is Now Available for Free
A new organization, I4OC, is working towards making reliable, structured data of authors, reference lists, and citations accessible to the public.
Using Altmetrics to Measure Research Impact
Altmetrics is a novel method to track and measure the social impact of scientific publications and also the influence of a researcher.
Exploring the Mysteries of Go with AlphaGo and China's Top Players
We’re collaborating with the China Go Association and Chinese Government to bring AlphaGo, China’s top Go players, and leading AI experts together for the “Future of Go Summit.”
Public Confidence in Scientists Has Remained Stable for Decades
Today, four-in-ten Americans have a great deal of confidence in the scientific community.
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