Big Bang finding challenged
Big Bang finding challenged
Signal of gravitational waves was too weak to be significant, studies suggest.
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Welcome, Scientific Data!
Welcome, Scientific Data!
Nature announced the launch of its new journal: Scientific Data.
Der bekannte Entwicklungsbiologe Walter Gehring ist tot
Mit Walter Gehring ist einer der letzten grossen, umfassend gebildeten Biologen von uns gegangen.
Where's France Córdova?
New NSF director jumps into the frying pan served up by Congress as it reviews agency programs.
Don't let new boundaries cut off UK science
Don't let new boundaries cut off UK science
Many scientists in the UK could soon find themselves isolated from their colleagues in Europe and Scotland. That must not happen.
Twitter to release all tweets to scientists
Five hundred million tweets are broadcast worldwide every day on Twitter. With so many details about personal lives, the social media site is a data trove for scientists looking to find patterns in human behaviors, tease out risk factors for health conditions and track the spread of infectious diseases.
Inequalities in science
Little attention has been paid to the large, changing inequalities in the world of scientific research.
Could crowdfunding rejuvenate science?
Ben McNeil, founder of thinkable.org, thinks our science funding mechanism is fundamentally broken. Here's why, and what he thinks we should do about it.
Discussions at London Book Fair
Discussions at London Book Fair
Participants discuss the importance of finding a viable Open Access model for books, and of the funding that would be lost, particularly in the humanities and social sciences.
Why science does not work as it should and what to do about it
Why science does not work as it should and what to do about it
Report based on four workshops organized by the initiators of Science in Transition in the spring of 2013.
Acumen
A European research collaboration aimed at understanding the ways in which researchers are evaluated by their peers and by institutions, and at assessing how the science system can be improved and enhanced.
Untangling EU research funding and science policy
Simple explanation of the basic workings of the European Commission and how EU policy relates to science and research.
Thinkable.org
A community of students, researchers, Nobel Laureates, philanthropists, science-lovers and research institutes to launch a new way to support the big, risky blue-sky research the world needs.
Euroskeptic surge rocks E.U. elections
“A greater number of Europhobic members … in the European Parliament would certainly have negative consequences on the idea to turn scientific research and innovation into a great European policy” says Jean-Pierre Audy, an EPP parliamentarian from France.
Astrid Epiney erste Rektorin der Universität Fribourg
Astrid Epiney erste Rektorin der Universität Fribourg
Die Universität Fribourg erhält erstmals in ihrer 125-jährigen Geschichte eine Rektorin: Der Senat der Freiburger Hochschule hat am Donnerstag die Juristin Astrid Epiney zur neuen Leiterin der Uni Fribourg gewählt.
Zwielichtige Start-up-Förderung
130 Millionen Franken gibt die staatliche Innovationsförderstelle KTI jedes Jahr für Projekte und Jungunternehmen aus. Eine Untersuchung auf Druck der Finanzkontrolle förderte gravierende Missstände zutage.
Cambridge centre for postdocs opens
Its opening represents a key step in the university’s plans to improve the experience for its 3,500 postdocs, who comprise the largest group of staff at Cambridge.
Labs are told to start including a neglected variable: females
Labs are told to start including a neglected variable: females
Mice or rats, pigs or dogs, they were usually male: researchers avoided using female animals for fear that their reproductive cycles and hormone fluctuations would confound the results of delicately calibrated experiments.
Chinese agencies announce open-access policies
Researchers will now be required to make papers free to read within one year of publication.
Break funding impasse now
Break funding impasse now
Disagreements may cause "irreparable harm to the German research system," joint statement says
Alternative modes of research funding: exceptions or growing trend?
Peer-review of projects dominates when it comes to decision on how to allocate funding for science. But is it really the best way?
A Longitude Prize for the twenty-first century
The UK Government’s new prize for substantial innovation to address pressing societal problems should be welcomed, says Martin Rees.
A world digital library is coming true!
A world digital library is coming true!
In the scramble to gain market share in cyberspace, something is getting lost: the public interest. Libraries and laboratories-crucial nodes of the World Wide Web-are buckling under economic pressure, and the information they diffuse is being diverted away from the public sphere, where it can do most good.
EU must spend more on research and development
EU must spend more on research and development
Europe is already a world leader in areas from car and aerospace manufacturing to chemicals, and its focus on high-tech niches – which are less subject to low-cost competition – remains a source of strength.
How to evaluate academic research
Don't evaluate scholarly research on public impact alone.
Competitive research grants and their impact on career performance
The role of competitive funds as a source of funding for academic research has increased in many countries. For the individual researcher, the receipt of a grant can influence both scientific production and career paths.
Researchers and their long-term career development
Researchers and their long-term career development
Completing a Marie Curie Fellowship does have beneficial impacts on a researcher’s career prospects. These positive effects are more marked for academic researchers, while there is room for improving collaboration and mutual benefits with the private sector.
Open Policy Network
The mission of the Open Policy Network is to foster the creation, adoption and implementation of open policies and practices that advance the public good by supporting open policy advocates, organizations and policy makers, connecting open policy opportunities with assistance, and sharing open policy information.
The EMBO-EMBL anniversary science and policy meeting
The EMBO-EMBL anniversary science and policy meeting
Wednesday 2 July and Thursday 3 July 2014
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