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How to Share Data for Collaboration
Guidelines for active and efficient data sharing between those generating data and those analyzing it.
New FDA Security Rules Will Bar Agency from Hiring Some Foreign Nationals
FDA says new security policy could bar hiring of about 50 foreign nationals per year
Who is Actually Harmed by Predatory Publishers?
Established publishers have a strong motivation to hype claims of predation as damaging to the scholarly and scientific endeavour.
We've Studied Gender and STEM for 25 Years. The Science Doesn't Support the Google Memo.
We've Studied Gender and STEM for 25 Years. The Science Doesn't Support the Google Memo.
These are some issues that males simply do not have to face. The "anxiety gap" exists for a reason, and it is not about biology.
Cash Bonuses for Peer-Reviewed Papers Go Global
China's rewards are richest, but many nations now offer incentives for publishing in top journals.
How Are Topics Born?
Understanding the research dynamics preceding the emergence of new areas.
Egyptian Researchers Rally Around Science Advocate
Ismail Serageldin, founding director of the Library of Alexandria, has appealed a 3.5-year prison term
"I'm a Woman in Computer Science. Let me Ladysplain the Google Memo to You."
Don't be taken in by the memo’s faux-reasonable tone.
Biohackers Encoded Malware in a Strand of DNA
Researchers planted a working hacker "exploit" in a physical strand of DNA.
New Oxford Policy for RCUK Open Access Block Grant
Oxford researchers are advised that the University’s Research Committee has approved a revised policy for allocating funds from the RCUK Open Access block grant.
Increasingly Collaborative Researcher Behaviour Is the Real Threat to the Resilient Academic Publishing Sector
Increasingly Collaborative Researcher Behaviour Is the Real Threat to the Resilient Academic Publishing Sector
Greater collaboration leading to the growing informal use and exchange of free material between researchers.
Biohackers Encoded Malware in a Strand of DNA
Researchers planted a working hacker "exploit" in a physical strand of DNA.
Here's How Scientists Used DNA to Launch a Computer Attack
Malware can be encoded into a gene and used to take over a computer program.
The Human Cost of the Pressures of Postdoctoral Research
A paper on conformal algebra has recently caused a stir on social media. Not because of the science, but rather the heartfelt plea in the acknowledgements.
Danes Step Away from Patenting in Favour of ‘Open Science’
Aarhus University has signed up companies to fund fundamental research in what it calls a ‘patent-free playground’.
Elsevier Launches Chemistry Preprint Server
Community-driven network will allow scientists to share ideas and post pre-peer review papers.
Nature Index 2017 Innovation: Lens Score
Scholarly work cited in patent literature and the value of the patents as perceived by the applicants of 200 leading global research institutions.
Automatic Jargon Identifier for Scientists Engaging with the Public
Scientists are required to communicate science and research not only to other experts in the field, but also to scientists and experts from other fields, as well as to the public and policymakers. One fundamental suggestion when communicating with non-experts is to avoid professional jargon.
Shake Up Conferences
Emojis, smartphone technologies and revamped guidelines would boost transparency at scientific meetings, say Shai D. Silberberg and colleagues.
Could Publishing Embrace Slow?
A recent book took aim at accelerating administrative demands and the internalized expectation of measurable productivity that have eroded the quality of academic life and work. Is there a corollary for scholarly publishing?
19 Women Leading Math and Physics
The pipeline of women pursuing mathematics and physics is still dreadfully leaky.
Elsevier Is Becoming a Data Company. Should Universities Be Wary?
For years university researchers have complained that the publishing giant has driven up the costs of journals. Now, as data-sharing becomes more valuable, the company’s shifting focus is raising new concerns.
India's Scientists Are Marching Against Pseudoscience, Religious Intolerance, and Paltry Funding
India's Scientists Are Marching Against Pseudoscience, Religious Intolerance, and Paltry Funding
Budgetary cuts in funding, pseudoscience and growing religious bigotry have left the scientific community worried.
Soon, Nobody Will Read Academic Journals Illegally — the Studies Worth Reading Will Be Free
Soon, Nobody Will Read Academic Journals Illegally — the Studies Worth Reading Will Be Free
It’s a dirty open secret in academia. Scholars work very hard to prove their work is worth taxpayers’ money, but then publish it in journals that are prohibitively expensive—not just for taxpayers but academics themselves.