Science fallout could last for years
The government may finally be on a path to reopening, but the shutdown’s effects will linger for scientists studying everything from climate change to cancer.
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How science goes wrong
Scientific research has changed the world. Now it needs to change itself.
Trouble at the lab
Scientists like to think of science as self-correcting. To an alarming degree, it is not
Peer review needs to expand so that more scientists are reviewing papers
Peer review needs to expand so that more scientists are reviewing papers
A new tool that selects peer reviewers by algorithm could make the peer review process more reliable, says Richard Price
A research accelerator
An open-source approach to the problem of producing an off-patent drug in enantiopure form serves as an example of how academic and industrial researchers can join forces to make new scientific discoveries that could have a huge impact on human health.
Scientists' public engagement work should be generously funded
Public engagement should be an integral part of research, not an unpaid hobby, which is why the Wellcome Trust has decided to invest £4.5m a year in it.
Science, 'whores' and dissent
Privately owned publications threaten to cut to the bone of intellectual freedom in science, writes author.
Research evaluation: Impact
Every organization that funds research wants to support science that makes a difference. But there is no simple formula for identifying truly important research. And the job is becoming more difficult.
The maze of impact metrics
So much science, so little time. Amid an ever-increasing mountain of research articles, data sets and other output, hard-pressed research funders and employers need shortcuts to identify and reward the work that matters.
The gender gap map in science
A portrait from UNESCO shows where women are well represented among employed scientists, and where they are rare.
List of vanity publishers
List of potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access publishers.
2013 Thomson Reuters's top 100 global innovators study
2013 Thomson Reuters's top 100 global innovators study
Scientific Research Centers dropped sharply in their representation on this year’s list, the majority of which were lost from S. Korea. Absent from this year’s list are Government Agencies. This is not an indication that such organizations are not innovating, but rather that other sectors are innovating at a faster rate for the period covered.
Back to Work!
The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives tonight voted to end a partial shutdown of the U.S. government that has paralyzed science funding agencies, disrupted research projects and meetings, and threatened to wipe out an entire season of field studies.
Big Pharma braces for retirement of favorite regulator
Janet Woodcock, Head of the Food and Drug Administration’s pharmaceutical division, announced plans to retire within the year.
Fears over physical science funding in the UK
Although UK's research funding might be protected, the research councils themselves face a squeeze on their operational costs.
Russia pins hopes on new space-agency chief
Dmitry Medvedev appointed Oleg Ostapenko as new director of Russia's crisis-ridden space agency, Roscosmos.
Science, Peer Review, Open Access and Controversy
Following Nature's Future of Publishing special issue this spring, Science has just published a similar series of articles. Needless to say, there is a definite ideological bent to the articles included in both and more misleading information about open access.
Chinese science needs fund formula
Fury is the word the minister of science and technology used on the weekend to describe his feelings about the misappropriation of scientific research funds.
Women in science (or not)
Why must female scientists be portrayed as young white women in white coats with pen holders, wearing black-rimmed glasses which, when removed, reveal Julia Roberts?
Arbeitslose Akademiker: Topfschlagen im Niemandsland
Leiharbeiter mit Staatsexamen, Ingenieure in der Spülküche: Selbst Akademiker können arbeitslos werden - und zwar schneller, als sie ahnen. Wer einmal gezwungen ist, sich unter seiner Qualifikation zu verkaufen, sitzt in der Falle.
Superpowered invention
Leonid Gokhberg and Dirk Meissner compare accounts on the trajectory of innovation in two towering economies.
Why is science behind a paywall?
Scientists' work follows a consistent pattern. They apply for grants, perform their research, and publish the results in a journal. The process is so routine it almost seems inevitable. But what if it's not the best way to do science?
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Science Breaks Free
Inside portrait of the research crowd-funding platform Microryza, at their office/home in San Francisco.
The future of scientific peer review (conference videos)
Discussion about open-access publishing and the future of scientific communication and peer-review at the Open Science Summit 2012.
Golden Goose awards announced for obscure science
The Golden Goose Award officially recognizes scientists in the U.S., whose federally funded basic research has led to innovations or inventions which have a significant impact on humanity or society.
Listen as Albert Einstein reads 'The Common Language of Science'
Here's an extraordinary recording of Albert Einstein from the fall of 1941, reading a full-length essay in English.
Secretive and subjective, peer review proves resistant to study
At the International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication, efforts to explore the scientific literature have shifted away from peer review and into other areas, such as bias and authorship. With a dearth of available data and funding, large systematic studies of how peer review works and doesn't aren't easy to get off the ground.
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