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NIH Institute Directors Stand Firm on Not Renewing Focused Firearm Research Program

NIH Institute Directors Stand Firm on Not Renewing Focused Firearm Research Program

More members of Congress ask agency why program lapsed.

Brexit Threatens Reputation for Scientific Research

Brexit Threatens Reputation for Scientific Research

Leadership is ‘sorely lacking’ in key areas such as robotics and climate change, parliament’s spending monitor warns.

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

Graduate Students Face Alarming Tax Hike

Adding to PhD students’ woes will undermine US research and economy.

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.

She Took On Colombia's Soda Industry. Then She Was Silenced.

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

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.

Science Has More Impact When Researchers Travel, Collaborate

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.

A New ‘Accelerator’ Aims to Bring Big Science to Psychology

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.