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Bioethics accused of doing more harm than good

Bioethics accused of doing more harm than good

[3]Opinion piece that calls for bioethics to ‘get out of the way’ prompts self-reflection among ethicists.

Russian computer scientist fired from Dutch university for spying

Russian computer scientist fired from Dutch university for spying

A Russian computer scientist was fired from his job at a university in the Netherlands last year after Dutch intelligence officers warned he was spying for his home country.

New SoftwareX journal integrates software into scientific communication

New SoftwareX journal integrates software into scientific communication

Open access journal SoftwareX publishes cross-discipline, peer-reviewed software that has been developed during the research process.

Scientists or beancounters: who decides what's best for UK science?

Scientists or beancounters: who decides what's best for UK science?

Consultants think they can make publicly funded research more efficient. But they’re in danger of ignoring existing analyses – and real-life experience.

How to Receive More Funding for Your Research? Get Connected to the Right People!

How to Receive More Funding for Your Research? Get Connected to the Right People!

In the quest for the research money it is more important how researchers build their collaboration network than what publications they produce and whether they are cited.

I Like, I Cite? Do Facebook Likes Predict the Impact of Scientific Work?

I Like, I Cite? Do Facebook Likes Predict the Impact of Scientific Work?

Facebook likes only predict citations in the psychological area but not in the non-psychological area of business or in the field of life sciences.

Do Nobel Laureates create prize-winning networks?

Do Nobel Laureates create prize-winning networks?

Laureates produce fewer papers but with higher average citations, more sole-authored papers both before and after winning the Prize, and have a lower number of coauthors across their entire careers than the matched group.

Is crowdfunding a viable source of clinical trial research funding?

Is crowdfunding a viable source of clinical trial research funding?

[33]Misconduct | Males are overrepresented among life science researchers committing scientific misconduct

Drop in Swiss R&D spending due to immigration vote

Drop in Swiss R&D spending due to immigration vote

Federal spending on research and development has fallen by 7% largely due to a freeze in research collaborations with the EU following the February 2014 vote to limit EU immigration.

Obama orders effort to build first exascale computer

Obama orders effort to build first exascale computer

The US is committed to building a computer some 30x more powerful than today's top machine.

Futsci: Future Science

Futsci: Future Science

Crowdfunding for Life Science Research. FutSci is an arena for public engagement in Biomedical and Bioscience Research, enabling members of the public to directly fund research.

Senate panel approves public access bill

Senate panel approves public access bill

Senate panel approved a bill that would require U.S. science agencies to make the peer-reviewed research papers they fund freely available to the public.

RCUK responds to Burgess Review

RCUK responds to Burgess Review

Research Councils UK has published its response to the independent Review of the implementation of the RCUK policy on Open Access, chaired by Professor Sir Bob Burgess.

Artificial intelligence experts call for ban

Artificial intelligence experts call for ban

More than 1,000 artificial intelligence researchers have signed an open letter issued that calls for a ban on autonomous weapons that select and engage targets without human intervention.

Google is scouring Ancestry.com to find out what's in your genes

Google is scouring Ancestry.com to find out what's in your genes

Google's biotech Calico will delve into the genetic database amassed by a unit of Ancestry.com to look for hereditary influences on longevity.

Experimental reproducibility has always been hard but cooperation could make it easier

Experimental reproducibility has always been hard but cooperation could make it easier

Is public money being thrown away on scientific research whose results won’t hold up to scrutiny?

Half of biomedical research studies don't stand up to scrutiny and what we need to do about that

Half of biomedical research studies don't stand up to scrutiny and what we need to do about that

What if I told you that half of the studies published in scientific journals today - the ones upon which news coverage of medical advances is often based - won't hold up under scrutiny?

We discovered one of social science's biggest frauds. Here's what we learned.

We discovered one of social science's biggest frauds. Here's what we learned.

What are the right lessons to draw from the rise in scientific retractions?

European science cloud on the horizon

European science cloud on the horizon

Europe’s researchers have access to super-fast networks, common data storage facilities, and shared computing resources. The challenge now is to link them all together into a single science cloud.