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India's Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has boosted the country's economy by fostering a booming generic drugs industry and devising new approaches to hybrid crops. Now, the network of 38 national laboratories needs to nurture its own finances.
If you live in one of the more gender equal countries in Europe, the chances of having high quality of life are about twice as big as for those living in one of the less gender equal counties. Moreover, the chances of depression, divorce, or becoming a victim of violent death are smaller.
Thompson Reuters is thinking about selling Web of Science.
The richest awards in science were handed out Sunday night when the Breakthrough Prize organization presented a total of $21.9 million to physicists, mathematicians, life scientists and one talented high school student.
Nosek et al. found that compared to simply asking experts to predict the likelihood that studies will be reproduced, asking them to bet money on the outcomes improved the accuracy of the guesses.
Unique companies invest early and often to develop technology from the ivory tower.
The use of journal impacts in evaluating individuals has its inherent dangers. In an ideal world, evaluators would read each article and make personal judgments.
The Eurosceptics say universities would be unaffected, or even improved, by a Brexit. They are wrong, says this vice-chancellor.
Over the past nine years, Canada has been a pretty dreary place for scientists.
Social media is shaking up how scientists talk about gender issues.
Michael Specter on CRISPR, a new technology that enables us to manipulate our genetic code with unprecedented ease, and which may lead to new cancer treatments.
Though there are currently no mechanisms in place to quickly identify findings that are unlikely to replicate, this paper shows that prediction markets are well suited to bridge this gap.
85% of German scientists use Wikipedia (30% at least daily), 5% contribute to it. (In German.)
Single-observation, story-free, triple-blinded peer-review publication model aims to be the next-generation science journal.
The outgoing head of CERN is among a group of seven researchers who will form a panel to provide independent scientific advice to the European Commission.
A Reddit "Ask Me Anything" series on research reproducibility.
Britain is falling behind competitors in research and development investment and the government will be putting jobs at risk if it does not protect science funding in the Spending Review.
European Commission hopes agreement will restore lost confidence.
Success rates fall at five out of six councils amid warnings that the process could become ‘more of a lottery’ as reviewers are stretched.
Editors and editorial board quit top linguistics journal to protest subscription fees.
A NY District Court has granted Elsevier's request for a preliminary injunction against several sites that host academic publications without permission.
RELX share price is up 100 percent during the past five years and is now near its all-time high.
The editorial staff of a research journal have resigned to protest the company’s failure to embrace open access.
Open data fuels economic growth. Many believe in the theory and ask for the proof. A new report by Nesta and the ODI adds to the evidence of the impact of open data.
The international university ranking scene has become increasingly complex, confusing and controversial.
Turning research grants into loans risks stymieing successful industry
Breuning et al. include some tips for avoiding reviewer fatigue:
An analysis of the education of researchers that constitute the main Brazilian research groups, using data on about 6,000 researchers.
