Firmen bangen um EU-Forschungsgelder
Schweizer Firmen haben bereits Millionen über die Fördertöpfe der EU abholen können.
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Funders punish open-access dodgers
82% of NIH papers are publicly accessible a year after they are published.
Western science severs ties with Russia
NASA Scientific relations between Russia and the West have reached their lowest ebb since the cold war, after Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimean peninsula.
Evidence-based science policy
Anne Glover, Chief Scientific Adviser to the European Commission, discusses evidence-based policy and nurturing and supporting a European scientific culture.
Eight (no, nine!) problems with big data
There is no doubt that big data is a valuable tool that has already had a critical impact in certain areas. But because of its popularity, we need to be levelheaded about what big data can and can’t do.
The sexiest job of the 21st century
The sudden appearance of data scientists on the business scene reflects the fact that companies are now wrestling with information that comes in varieties and volumes never encountered before.
Untie the mavericks
Felipe Fernández-Armesto bristles at the stifling effect of peer review.
Science is running out of things to discover
The age at which Nobel prize winners receive their prizes has increased dramatically, especially in physics.
Science funding and short-term economic activity
New data show the short-term economic activity generated by science funding, by Julia Lane.
Internet publicity of data problems in the bioscience literature correlates with enhanced corrective action
Internet publicity of data problems in the bioscience literature correlates with enhanced corrective action
Publicity spurs science study retractions 7 times more often.
On the time spent preparing grant proposals
On the time spent preparing grant proposals
Academic research can be hugely stressful. This study shows that the demands of applying for a research grant also carry an emotional toll.
The annual report on the economic status of the profession
The proportion of non-tenure-track and non-tenured faculty posts continues to rise across all US institutions. Overall proportion of assistant professors in non-tenure-track posts was 23.4% for 2013–14, compared with 20.8% in 2010–11.
Publikation von TA-Swiss
Die interdisziplinäre Studie zeigt auf, welche Folgen damit verbunden sind, z.B. im Hinblick auf die Persönlichkeitsrechte, den Datenschutz oder den Umgang von Betroffenen mit Krankheitsrisiken.
Open science? Try good science
Is Open Science already here? Not exactly. Open Science is more than a subset of projects that make data available or sharing of software tools, often because they received specific funding to do so.
A quite insightful April's fool joke by PLOS founder Michael Eisen
"I co-founded the PLOS in 2002 because I believed deeply that the open access publishing model PLOS espoused and has come to dominate was good for science, scientists and the public."
An automatic paper generator
An automatic paper generator
SCIgen is a program that generates random Computer Science research papers, including graphs, figures, and citations.
Appell an Europa unter Beschuss
Gross war die Unterstützung für einen Appell, den Studierendenvertreter im Zuge der Einwanderungsinitiative veröffentlicht haben. Doch mit dem Aufruf sind längst nicht alle einverstanden. Ein offener Brief von Hochschulangehörigen übt deutliche Kritik.
Solutions sought for immigration conundrum
How can February’s vote in favour of limiting immigration be implemented without harming relations with the European Union or damaging the economy? Many proposals have been made, but each seems to have more opponents than supporters.
Stem cell scientist Haruko Obokata found guilty of misconduct
A young researcher who shot to fame in scientific circles when she published an apparently radical and simple way to create stem cells has been found guilty of misconduct by a committee charged with investigating her work
Biologist claims controversial stem-cell method works
A Hong Kong developmental biologist says he has succeeded in reproducing a method of reprogramming cells to an embryonic like state by applying mechanical stress.
University tells Elsevier 'no deal'
In fight over journal pricing, University of Konstanz ends license negotiations with publisher
'Philanthropy Is no substitute for government funding'
There has been an upsurge in philanthropy for scientific research by America's billionaires. Still, in size and scope, philanthropy pales in comparison to public financing for science.
In numbers we trust?
Scientists go to great lengths to ensure that data are collected and analysed properly, so why do they apply different standards to data about the number of times research papers have been cited and viewed?
Die offene Wissenschaft und ihre Freunde
Open Access, Open Science, Science 2.0 - die Titel, unter denen vom Internet eine Beschleunigung des Erkenntnisgewinns erwartet wird, sind vielfältig. Doch wem nützen die entsprechenden Techniken?
Policies to increase the social value of science and the scientist satisfaction
An exploratory survey among Harvard bioscientists
Biomedical research's unpaid debt
NIH's initiative to support and implement fairer competition for minority students is a welcome step to redress the exploitation of African Americans by science.
Standard evaluation protocol 2015-2021
Standard evaluation protocol 2015-2021
Dutch universities will value quality above quantity in publications.
Shaping science policy in Europe
Shaping science policy in Europe
For the first time, the scientific community acted collectively and across disciplinary or national boundaries as a political actor for the sake of a better science policy for Europe.
Swiss science diplomacy
Switzerland utilizes the swissnex and embassy science sections to support science, technology, and innovation networks for its scientific and industrial competitiveness.
Fake papers a symptom of more serious problems in academia
One of the biggest stories in academia recently was the retraction of more than 120 papers by well-known journal publishers Springer and the IEEE.
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