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Academics fall short in reporting results of clinical trials

Academics fall short in reporting results of clinical trials

Only one-third of trials at US medical centres are reported within two years of completion.

Accord

Accord

Science International has developed an international accord on the values of open data in the emerging scientific culture of big data. Endorsements are welcome until 1 May 2016.

A world where everyone has a robot: why 2040 could blow your mind

A world where everyone has a robot: why 2040 could blow your mind

Technological change is accelerating today at an unprecedented speed and could create a world we can barely begin to imagine.

Increasing access to the results of federally funded science

Increasing access to the results of federally funded science

Three years after the OSTP directive, policies to make data and publications resulting from federally funded research publicly accessible are becoming the norm.

Safety first

Safety first

It is worrying that US government departments are unable to divulge basic data on research projects involving human subjects. Such data should be publicly available to ensure volunteers’ safety.

Be part of the European Commission Expert Group on Open Science!

Be part of the European Commission Expert Group on Open Science!

Be part of the European Commission Expert Group on Open Science! - Digital Economy & Society

Researchers: speak up now or risk being muzzled on government policy

Researchers: speak up now or risk being muzzled on government policy

New rules could stop state-funded scientists advising ministers and make it easier for companies and campaign groups to sway government decisions

Fire ants, goshawks and dog tongues. Oh my: the best of ScienceTake

Fire ants, goshawks and dog tongues. Oh my: the best of ScienceTake

ScienceTake 100th video: trying to offer compelling imagery, a glimpse at how science is done and answers to questions that are rarely asked.

NIH peer review percentile scores are poorly predictive of grant productivity

NIH peer review percentile scores are poorly predictive of grant productivity

Paper underscores the limitations of peer review as a means of assessing grant applications in an era when typical success rates are often as low as about 10% in the US.

Zika virus initiative reveals deeper malady in scientific publishing

Zika virus initiative reveals deeper malady in scientific publishing

Moves to speed up the release of Zika virus research in response to the public health crisis highlight a systemic failure in scientific publishing.

Karolinska's vice-chancellor resigns over case of controversial surgeon

Karolinska's vice-chancellor resigns over case of controversial surgeon

Anders Hamsten, has resigned after acknowledging that he mishandled the prestigious Swedish institute's investigation into controversial surgeon Paolo Macchiarini.

Why one woman stole 47 million academic papers - and made them all free to read

Why one woman stole 47 million academic papers - and made them all free to read

How Sci-Hub breaks the paywall and how did academic journals get so expensive?

The advantage of simple paper abstracts

The advantage of simple paper abstracts

Paper showing that doubling the word frequency of an average abstract increases citations by 0.70% and that journals which publish papers whose abstracts are shorter and contain more frequently used words receive slightly more citations per paper.