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Open Access Books 'Much More Likely' to Be Downloaded and Cited
Books, like journals, reach far more people when they are published open access.
Boston Dynamics' Atlas Robot Does Backflips Now
The Atlas humanoid robot from Boston Dynamics can now do backflips. That's one hell of a feat for a bipedal machine.
NIH Institute Directors Stand Firm on Not Renewing Focused Firearm Research Program
More members of Congress ask agency why program lapsed.
Wellcome Open Research: First Year in Numbers
Michael Markie, Publisher at F1000, and Robert Kiley, Head of Open Research, Wellcome, highlight Wellcome Open Research’s achievements in its first year of publishing.
African Scientists Get Their Own Open-Access Publishing Platform
Venture will launch next year and seeks to strengthen continent’s science by helping academics share work more quickly.
Brexit Threatens Reputation for Scientific Research
Leadership is ‘sorely lacking’ in key areas such as robotics and climate change, parliament’s spending monitor warns.
European Open Access Champions
Inspiration from influential European academics on Open Access.
African Academy of Science to Put Its Research on Global Stage With Innovative New Publishing Platform
African Academy of Science to Put Its Research on Global Stage With Innovative New Publishing Platform
The African Academy of Sciences, in partnership with F1000, is launching a publication platform, AAS Open Research.
Graduate Students Face Alarming Tax Hike
Adding to PhD students’ woes will undermine US research and economy.
Predicting Future Research
To predict what research will be transformative, a crystal ball might be your best option.
Sci-Hub Won't Be Blocked by US ISPs Anytime Soon
Google and Comcast won't be asked to take action anytime soon.
LERU Identifies 4 Golden Principles to Underpin Europe’s Medium-sized Research Infrastructures
LERU Identifies 4 Golden Principles to Underpin Europe’s Medium-sized Research Infrastructures
The League of European Research Universities (LERU) proposes four golden principles for enhancing the competitiveness of medium-sized research infrastructures in Europe.
First Digital Pill Approved
The medicine, an antipsychotic drug, has a sensor that will show doctors whether and when patients are taking it. Other medicines will follow, experts say.
The Ivory Tower Can’t Keep Ignoring Tech
Algorithms are shaping our lives. Where's academia when it comes to helping us make sense of this?
She Took On Colombia's Soda Industry. Then She Was Silenced.
The debate over taxing sugary drinks has turned into a ferocious global policy brawl. In Colombia, proponents faced intimidation and censorship.
Bill Gates Makes $100 Million Personal Investment to Fight Alzheimer's
Gates to invest $50 million in the Dementia Discovery Fund, a venture capital fund that brings together industry and government to seek treatments for the brain-wasting disease.
Those 3% of Scientific Papers that Deny Climate Change
A review found them all flawed. Scientists who deny climate change are not modern-day Galileos.
Small News Outlets Influence Us More Than We Think
Unusual experiment reveals that news stories can boost national policy discussion on social media.
Science Has More Impact When Researchers Travel, Collaborate
If nations and their research institutions are to produce more impactful science, they need to encourage scientists to travel, collaborate and work across borders.
How the News Media Activate Public Expression and Influence National Agendas
How the News Media Activate Public Expression and Influence National Agendas
The active participation of the people is one of the central components of a functioning democracy. Research performed a real-world randomized experiment in the United States to understand the causal effect of news stories on increasing public discussion of a specific topic.
eLife Welcomes the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
Leading Swedish research funder joins nonprofit coalition committing about £2.72 mio. to eLife for a 4-year period beginning in 2018.
In the Trump Era, Biologists on the Cutting Edge Try to Keep a Low Profile
In the Trump Era, Biologists on the Cutting Edge Try to Keep a Low Profile
Scientists fear a crackdown on embryo research if President Trump pays attention to scientific advances.
A Nonprofit Alternative to ResearchGate
Scholars are planning an alternative site on which to network and share work.
A New ‘Accelerator’ Aims to Bring Big Science to Psychology
Psychology initiative aims to engage dozens of laboratories around the world in large-scale studies, since the “tentative, preliminary results” produced by small studies conducted in relatively isolated laboratories “just aren’t getting the job done."
World's First 'Negative Findings' Science Prize Aims to Tackle Publication Bias
World's First 'Negative Findings' Science Prize Aims to Tackle Publication Bias
ECNP’s Preclinical Data Forum has announced the world’s first prize of 10,000 EUR for publishing ‘negative’ scientific results.