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Together with partners, the Rockefeller Foundation is working to improve access to data science tools for frontline health workers to prevent 6 million maternal and child deaths in 10 countries by 2030.
Organs-on-a-chip and other technologies are becoming reliable models for testing drug efficacy and toxicity.
Notes for a class called "Writing about Science, Medicine, and the Environment," which Carl Zimmer has taught for several years at Yale.
Marking the launch of a new research on research institute, James Wilsdon reflects on the challenges of making good research and development policy. One surprising thread of continuity between Boris Johnson’s government and that of Theresa May, is its enthusiasm for research and innovation.
Bülent Şık went to a newspaper after the government sat on a study of a cancer cluster in polluted region
It's been almost 60 years since President Kennedy called on Americans to enter public service. Scientists are heeding that call.
Data from a four-year study of institutional 'report cards' undertaken as part of the New York Stem Cell Foundation's (NYSCF) Initiative on Women in Science and Engineering (IWISE) suggest that although a growing number of women are training in the sciences, efforts to promote and maintain women in more senior scientific roles are still largely inadequate. The study is being reported Sept. 5 in the journal Cell Stem Cell.
There are more university comparisons than ever before, but some argue there is little reliable or actionable information to be gleaned from them.
Objective To conduct a time-cost analysis of formatting in scientific publishing. Design International, cross-sectional study (one-time survey). Setting Internet-based self-report survey, live between September 2018 and January 2019. Participants Anyone working in research, science, or academia and who submitted at least one peer-reviewed manuscript for consideration for publication in 2017. Completed surveys were available for 372 participants from 41 countries (60% of respondents were from Canada). Main outcome measure Time (hours) and cost (wage per hour x time) associated with formatting a research paper for publication in a peer-reviewed academic journal. Results The median annual income category was US$61,000-80,999, and the median number of publications formatted per year was four. Manuscripts required a median of two attempts before they were accepted for publication. The median formatting time was 14 hours per manuscript, or 52 hours per person, per year. This resulted in a median calculated cost of US$477 per manuscript or US$1,908 per person, per year. Conclusions To our knowledge, this is the first study to analyze the cost of manuscript formatting in scientific publishing. Our results suggest that scientific formatting represents a loss of 52 hours, costing the equivalent of US$1,908 per researcher per year. These results identify the hidden and pernicious price associated with scientific publishing and provide evidence to advocate for the elimination of strict formatting guidelines, at least prior to acceptance.
A new report summarises the results of a survey of European research funders on Open Access and Research Data policies, commissioned by SPARC Europe.
Announcing the winners of the 2019 Science in Society Journalism Awards, sponsored by the National Association of Science Writers.
The long read: A surge in anxiety and stress is sweeping UK campuses. What is troubling students, and is it the universities' job to fix it?
When reading a research paper, can you be certain that the institution the author claims to be affiliated with is actually the institution that was responsible for supporting the research?
The answer bears on whether a study about lionfish social behavior, published in Biology Letters in 2014, was fabricated.
Research suggests AI able to interpret medical images using deep learning algorithm.
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report highlights the urgency of prioritizing timely, ambitious and coordinated action to address unprecedented and enduring changes in the ocean and cryosphere.
Carlos Lopez-Otin Nature is rescinding an award to a Spanish researcher whose group has at least nine retractions for problems with their published images.
The Science Europe Briefing Paper identifies the key issues at stake in implementing a policy of Open Access to academic books, and outlines recommendations for different stakeholder groups to facilitate and accelerate such a policy.
All contracts for academic posts should be open-ended, and liable to termination: this is the opinion of the President of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences Antonio Loprieno.
The rule, if implemented, would hinder grad student unionization efforts at private U.S. universities.
Announcing the launch of the Research on Research Institute (RoRI), an international consortium of research funders, academic institutions, and technologists working to champion the latest approaches to research on research.
Climate change is severely straining the world's oceans, creating profound risks for coastal cities and food supplies, a U.N. report finds.
An ad hoc planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize a public symposium in conjunction with the September 2019 meeting of the Roundtable on Aligning Incentives for Open Science. The symposium will explore current barriers to adopting open science practices and how they might be addressed.
The Pulitzer prizewinner shares his advice for pleasing readers, editors and yourself.
We are in the middle of a climate breakdown, and all they can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth, says climate activist Greta Thunberg.
Wegen teurer Fachmagazine boykottierten Hochschulen lange Großverlage. Nun gibt es Einigungen zwischen beiden Seiten - aber glücklich sind nicht alle.
Scientists need to work more closely with entrepreneurs and financiers to ensure groundbreaking research in Europe can be turned into successful business opportunities, according to the recently appointed chair of the European Innovation Council's pilot advisory board.
