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Here we pay tribute to some of the most courageous, innovative, and determined genius female inventors while we walk through their remarkable discoveries and try to imagine how hard it was for them at times.
LGBT+ scientists offer advice for promoting inclusivity in a guide written for the physics and astronomy community.
A Kurdish refugee whose top mathematics prize was stolen minutes after he received the honor this week in Rio de Janeiro will get a replacement medal on Saturday, organisers said.
An international investigation has discovered that some 400,000 scientists have published papers in so-called "predatory journals". Action taken after number of journals run by such publishers triples since 2013.
Coko Foundation is constructing an open source technology framework with separate components that can be assembled and reassembled to support a wide range of use cases. All code is open source under an MIT license.
This study's report presents a comprehensive review of the research, experiences, and effects of sexual harassment on women and their careers in science, engineering, and medicine.
One of the effects of the national negotiations happening in Europe is cracking the secrecy around the costs of the big publisher deals - and growing academic awareness of the case for change.
Regardless of her interests, it's easy to get your daughter interested in science and math. The author of 'Count Girls In' provides easy ways to promote STEM for girls.
Oklahoma meteorologist Kelvin Droegemeier is a respected researcher and science policy veteran.
The problem with peer review is that, despite its rigor, it suffers from bias because reviewers are competing for the same recognition and resources.
This essay is an appeal to the scientific community - researchers, publishers and communicators - to take stock and engage in a discussion of the wider impacts of preprint.
Are you looking after your research data? This simple graphic provides a checklist of the key activities and requirements for making sure your research data is well managed.
Generation R is a new editorial platform based on themes, blogposts and learning resources. Its editor, Simon Worthington, answers questions concerning its scope and organization.
There are a number of threats to replicability. Some of them are technical, some social.
Oaths have their value, but checklists will help put principles into practice.
An outline of Hindawi's submitted proposal in response to the European Commission’s tender to launch a new publishing platform.
Sarah Tesh and Jess Wade describe Jocelyn Bell Burnell’s highs and lows, as revealed in her recent IOP President’s Medal lecture.
The Department of Interior (DOI) and two agencies under the DOI have carried out policies that block or restrain federal scientists from attending or presenting at scientific conferences.
Involving Elsevier in the European Open Science Monitor is a grave mistake according to palaeontologist Jon Tennant.
The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA) has submitted feedback to the European Parliament with suggestions for concrete amendments to the Proposal for the Regulation establishing Horizon Europe.
When conducting research involving the testing of human biospecimens, investigators and their institutions should routinely consider whether and how to return individual research results on a study-specific basis through an informed decision-making process, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
This paper examines the development of open knowledge in China through two case studies: the development of Chinese open access (OA) journals, and national-level OA repositories.
Science and Technology Committee publish report on research integrity
From July 2018, the Europe PMC repository will start indexing preprints.
Where would we be without our glassware? Tabitha Watson looks through the history and current state of chemistry's favourite amorphous solid.
In the US, where political parties have increasingly staked claims on one side of the issue or the other, beliefs may be more about belonging than facts.
UKRI has big shoes to fill.
If 'money makes the world go round' then the world of scientific publishing has proved to be no exception to the rule.
The story so far regarding the opinion piece in The Guardian expressing deep concerns with Elsevier as the sole contractor for the new European Commission Open Science Monitor.
