A recent report reveals that only 12% of third year female PhD students want a career in academia.

Er gründet eine Online-Zeitschrift ohne jegliche Schranke, twittert die Mitteilungen des Bundesgerichts und bemüht sich hartnäckig darum, dass alle Gerichte ihre Urteile zugänglich machen: Daniel Hürlimann rüttelt am Justizapparat.

Vor der Abstimmung zur SVP-Initiative war von den Schweizer Wissenschaftlern nicht viel zu hören gewesen. Nun schalten sie sich offiziell in die Politik ein.

More than half of all peer-reviewed research articles published from 2007 to 2012 are now free to download somewhere on the Internet, according to a report produced for the European Commission.

The UK will lose its leading position in science and engineering unless cutbacks are reversed, campaigners say.

The Research Council of Norway has adopted its first policy on OA to research data from publicly funded projects.

Neustart bei der Innovationsförderung.

After years of shying away from science, engineering and clean-technology start-ups, investors are beginning to take an interest in them again.

A number of Nobel prize holders have failed to win a ERC grant because their project proposals were not good enough.

University wants scientists to make their research open access and resign from publications that keep articles behind paywalls.

Open letter stating that research cannot follow political cycles.

NIH to fund 85 awards to support highly innovative biomedical research.

Congressman wants to order the NIH to bring down the average age at which new investigators receive their first grant by 4 years within a decade.

Henry Markram said the executive board was working to 'isolate the scientific concerns' expressed by dissenting neuroscientists.

2014 Nobel prize winners' list.

The Golden Goose Award is a new award that recognizes scientists and engineers whose federally funded research has had significant human and economic benefits.

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When the Nobel Prize in Physics was to be announced, Peter Higgs decided it would be a good day to get out of town. Unfortunately, his car wasn't working.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is in first place in the latest league table of the world's best universities.

Latest update of the interactive ranking table to explore the world's top universities.

Business sponsorship 'enables' gender-specific recruitment at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Investment pool, at $250 Million, would be among biggest targeted for student and faculty research

Reforms must now be implemented at the Member State level to make ERA work.

A new agreement with the European Union means that Swiss researchers are eligible for some Horizon 2020 grants.

MacArthur Fellows data shows that creative scientists are highly mobile.

71 per cent went to 31 universities because of 'narrowed' definitions of excellence

Stehen Juniorprofessoren in Deutschland kurz vor dem Sprung in ihre weitere wissenschaftliche Karriere, wächst die Angst, keine Perspektive zu haben. Fast die Hälfte äußert sich "unzufrieden" mit ihrer Situation, klagt über fehlende Tenure-Track-Optionen.

Zum sechsten Mal in Folge belegt die Schweiz den ersten Rang auf der Rangliste der kompetitivsten Länder des WEF. Der Mangel an Fachkräften könnte die Kompetitivität in den nächsten Jahren allerdings beeinträchtigen.

One hundred and fifteen scientists have signed an open letter to the AAAS expressing concerns over the launch of a new scientific journal, Science Advances.

Survey of 12 countries shows discontent with governments that prioritize short-term rewards.