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Funders Launch Curation Awards for Learned Societies
Up to £200,000 per society available for flagging important biomedical research outputs.
Chinese Universities Are Enshrining Communist Party Control In Their Charters
Chinese Universities Are Enshrining Communist Party Control In Their Charters
China's best universities change its charter to emphasize loyalty to the ruling Communist Party.
Stress, Anxiety, Harassment: Huge Survey Reveals Pressures of Scientists' Working Lives
Stress, Anxiety, Harassment: Huge Survey Reveals Pressures of Scientists' Working Lives
Global study highlights long hours, poor job security and mental-health struggles.
WHO Calls for Emergency Meeting on New China Virus, As Cases Spread
The WHO's annnouncement came as China confirmed cases in Beijing and in Guangdong province, as well as a confirmed incident involving human-to-human spread.
Putin Wanted Russian Science to Top the World. Then a Huge Academic Scandal Blew Up.
Putin Wanted Russian Science to Top the World. Then a Huge Academic Scandal Blew Up.
Eight years ago, President Vladimir Putin decreed that Russia must become a leading scientific power. That meant at least five top-100 Russian universities by 2020, and a dramatic increase in the number of global citations of Russian scientific papers. Now a group at the center of Putin’s aspirations, the Russian Academy of Sciences, has dropped a bombshell into the plans. A commission set up by the academy has led to the retraction of at least 869 Russian scientific articles, mainly for plagiarism.
How Scientists Are Coping with 'ecological Grief'
Scientists reveal how they are dealing with a profound sense of loss as the climate emergency worsens.
Universities Ignore Growing Concern over Sci-Hub Cyber Risk
Warnings that Sci-Hub poses a cybersecurity threat to universities have intensified. But few institutions appear to be acting on them.
Conflicts of Interest in Nutrition Research
This Medical News story examines the outcry over a recently published guideline that found insufficient evidence to recommend eating less red meat.
Meteorite or Volcano? New Clues to the Dinosaurs' Demise
Twin disasters marked the end of the Cretaceous period, and scientists are presenting new evidence of which drove one of Earth's great extinctions.
Innovation Leaders 2020: Introducing the Cohort
We announce the participants and projects joining our new mentorship and open leadership training programme.
Registered Reports Are Coming to PLOS ONE
PLOS ONE will soon offer Registered Reports, a preregistration option which enables open peer review and publication of the initial study protocol in advance of the full research article.
China is Closing Gap with United States on Research Spending
The United States is no longer the 'uncontested leader' in science globally, the National Science Foundation says.
Universities Must Overhaul the Toxic Working Culture for Academic Researchers | Anton Muscatelli
Universities Must Overhaul the Toxic Working Culture for Academic Researchers | Anton Muscatelli
A survey has warned that researchers are too stressed. It's up to universities to improve their working environment
Orderly Desk, Orderly Mind
Stay organized to help spot ways in which brain circuits rewire themselves!
Science Institutions for a Complex, Fast-Paced World
The post-World War II model for organizing science remains powerful, but moving beyond its limits will be necessary for assuring the contributions of science to solving a wide array of challenges.
Eight Publishers to Volunteer Pricing Info in Pilot Study
Funders driving open-access plan may use template to push for pricing transparency.
How the Fight over a Hawaii Mega-telescope Could Change Astronomy
Thirty Meter Telescope controversy is forcing scientists to grapple with how their research affects Indigenous peoples.
Oceans Are Warming at the Same Rate As if Five Hiroshima Bombs Were Dropped in Every Second
Oceans Are Warming at the Same Rate As if Five Hiroshima Bombs Were Dropped in Every Second
The world's oceans are now heating at the same rate as if five Hiroshima atomic bombs were dropped into the water every second, scientists have said.
FDA and NIH Let Clinical Trial Sponsors Keep Results Secret and Break the Law
FDA and NIH Let Clinical Trial Sponsors Keep Results Secret and Break the Law
Science investigation of ClinicalTrials.gov reveals that federal promises to enforce trial transparency have been ineffective.
UK Parliament Rejects Proposal to Keep Country in EU's Erasmus+ Scheme
Conservative MPs have voted against an amendment that would have required the government to negotiate continuing full membership of the EU's Erasmus+ programme, which helps students study in other countries.
Memo to London: 'No Cherry Picking' over Horizon Europe Membership
The European Union's top research official telegraphed a message to the UK's Brexit negotiators: When it comes to a post-Brexit deal on research cooperation, there can be "no cherry picking."
Scientists Urge China to Quickly Share Data on Virus Linked to Pneumonia Outbreak
Scientists Urge China to Quickly Share Data on Virus Linked to Pneumonia Outbreak
Chinese researchers say a novel coronavirus likely sickened 59 people in Wuhan.
Florida Joins U.S. Government in Probing Foreign Ties of Researchers
Florida lawmakers have begun an investigation into the foreign ties of researchers at the state’s universities and research institutions. The inquiry dovetails with an ongoing federal probe into whether such affiliations, notably with Chinese entities, pose a risk to the U.S. research enterprise.