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Careers

Career Change: When Dreams Don't Come True

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Career Change: When Dreams Don't Come True

As she closes the door on her time in academia, a neuroscientist faces unexpected grief.

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In a city full of adjunct faculty members, many struggle to get by

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In a city full of adjunct faculty members, many struggle to get by

Adjuncts across the region are protesting what they say are unfair working conditions

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The Scariest Thing About Global Warming (and Covid-19)

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The Scariest Thing About Global Warming (and Covid-19)

"Shifting baselines syndrome" means we could quickly get used to climate chaos.

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Open Access in 2020: Up by 8 Percentage Points

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Open Access in 2020: Up by 8 Percentage Points

SNSF-funded research produced a total of 13,938 publications in 2020, 63% of which are freely accessible. Upgrades in monitoring capabilities make the positive trend towards more Open Access (OA) more readily visible.

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Fast-Tracking Solutions to the Coronavirus Pandemic

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Fast-Tracking Solutions to the Coronavirus Pandemic

Coronavirus-related research funded by the SNSF is successfully delivering fast and beneficial results.

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Europe

EU Charges Too Much for Too Little IP Protection, Auditors Say

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EU Charges Too Much for Too Little IP Protection, Auditors Say

The European Court of Auditors criticised the EU for "shortcomings" in its system to protect industrial designs, trademarks, and unique agricultural products  - and, the auditors added, appears to charge too much for the service.  

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Open Access

Open Access and the Direction Moving Forward

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Open Access and the Direction Moving Forward

This post offers recommendations for how funding agencies and research institutions can better lead the change toward open access.

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UK-Based Researchers Win Big in Latest ERC Awards - but May Have to Relocate to Keep Their Grants

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UK-Based Researchers Win Big in Latest ERC Awards - but May Have to Relocate to Keep Their Grants

UK-based researchers have been awarded 45 grants in the European Research Council's (ERC) latest funding round for experienced researchers, but in the absence of UK association to Horizon Europe, it is on the condition they move to institutions in the EU.

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China

China Focuses on Ethics to Deter Another 'CRISPR Babies' Scandal

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China Focuses on Ethics to Deter Another 'CRISPR Babies' Scandal

But some question whether a statement from the government will deter scientists from carrying out research that violates ethical norms.

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Crossref: Come and Get Your Grant Metadata!

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Crossref: Come and Get Your Grant Metadata!

Metadata for the (currently 26,000) grants that have been registered by our funder members is now available via the REST API. This is quite a milestone in our program to include funding in Crossref infrastructure and a step forward in our mission to connect all.the.things. This post gives you all the queries you might need to satisfy your curiosity and start to see what's possible with deeper analysis. So have the look and see what useful things you can discover.

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Refereed Preprints Recognized As Eligibility Criterion for EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships - Features - EMBO

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Refereed Preprints Recognized As Eligibility Criterion for EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships - Features - EMBO

EMBO will accept first author refereed preprints in applications for postdoctoral fellowships in a four-month trial.

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Canada Announces New Innovation Agency - and It's Not Modelled on DARPA

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Canada Announces New Innovation Agency - and It's Not Modelled on DARPA

The unit will instead mimic Finnish and Israeli agencies. But some researchers worry Canada might be too big and regionalized for the scheme to succeed.

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6 People Driving Change in Climate Science, Tech and Policy

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6 People Driving Change in Climate Science, Tech and Policy

These leaders are in the vanguard of efforts to fight global warming. 

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Reproducibility

We Think This Cool Study We Found is Flawed. Help Us Reproduce It.

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We Think This Cool Study We Found is Flawed. Help Us Reproduce It.

Are 25 year olds really more random than 60 year olds?

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We Don't Necessarily Need a Scientist at the Head of the Office of Science and Technology Policy

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We Don't Necessarily Need a Scientist at the Head of the Office of Science and Technology Policy

The OSTP is without a leader in the wake of a scandal. It's time for the White House to think about getting a new kind of director.

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Research

On Staging Work: How Research Funding Bodies Create Adaptive Coherence in Times of Projectification

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Research

On Staging Work: How Research Funding Bodies Create Adaptive Coherence in Times of Projectification

The paper argues for the salience of more detailed empirical investigations into the work of funding bodies as they navigate tensions encountered by researchers.

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COVID-19
Open Access

Dismantling the Ivory Tower's Knowledge Boundaries

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Dismantling the Ivory Tower's Knowledge Boundaries

How has the pandemic changed public access to journal articles?

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Mainstream Economic Policy Must Factor Climate Change into Its Growth Calculus

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Mainstream Economic Policy Must Factor Climate Change into Its Growth Calculus

This article discusses the need for mainstream economics to incorporate climate change and environmental sustainability in growth analysis projections.

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Netherlands

Eight Ways Universities Can Make Career Assessment More Equitable

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Gender
Netherlands

Eight Ways Universities Can Make Career Assessment More Equitable

New measures to reward scholars in the Netherlands could widen gender inequality if they are not designed and implemented correctly, warn four academics.

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Climate Change: Don't Let Doom Win, Project Tells Worriers

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Climate Change: Don't Let Doom Win, Project Tells Worriers

The BBC gets an exclusive look at a new project to help students deal with rising climate anxiety.

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US Plans Campaign to Attract Russian Scientists, Engineers to America

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US Plans Campaign to Attract Russian Scientists, Engineers to America

The Biden Administration is planning a campaign to attract Russian scientists and engineers to the US, in an effort to further weaken Russia's science and technology base. It also plans to help Russian physicists at the CERN nuclear lab continue working there, rather than return home when their normal visas expire, if they wish.

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Careers
Gender

Gender Differences in the Determinants of Becoming a Professor in Germany

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Gender

Gender Differences in the Determinants of Becoming a Professor in Germany

Theories on gender bias argue that women in academia benefit less from their academic achievements than men do; women, as a result, show lower rates of success in becoming tenured professors. 

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To Make AI Fair, Here's What We Must Learn to Do

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To Make AI Fair, Here's What We Must Learn to Do

Developers of artificial intelligence must learn to collaborate with social scientists and the people affected by its applications.

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Horizon Europe

Federal Council Adopts Measures on Horizon Europe and Strengthens International Space Cooperation

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Horizon Europe

Federal Council Adopts Measures on Horizon Europe and Strengthens International Space Cooperation

Switzerland is currently considered a non-associated third country in Horizon Europe, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. On 4 May 2022, the Federal Council adopted extensive measures to bridge the gap arising from this situation.

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Collaboration
Women in Science

Scientific Collaborations Are Precarious Territory for Women

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Women in Science

Scientific Collaborations Are Precarious Territory for Women

Closed networks and ingrained biases can make women's collaborations a balancing act.

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Climate

You Don't Have to Quit Meat to Save the Planet-Just Eat Less

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You Don't Have to Quit Meat to Save the Planet-Just Eat Less

If everyone ate just 20 percent less beef, deforestation rates by 2050 could be half as bad.

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Open Science

Making Science More Open Is Good for Research-but Bad for Security

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Making Science More Open Is Good for Research-but Bad for Security

The open science movement pushes for making scientific knowledge quickly accessible to all. But a new paper warns that speed can come at a cost.

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Science

Why I Teach My Students About Scientific Failure

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Why I Teach My Students About Scientific Failure

"It's a lesson I wish I'd learned before starting grad school."

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Innovation
Digitalization

How Remote Collaboration Impacts Innovation

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Digitalization

How Remote Collaboration Impacts Innovation

This article explores how the rise of remote collaboration has shaped disruptive discoveries in science between 1961 and 2020.

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Japan
Asia

Japan's Path to Becoming a Leader in Western Science: an Asian Perspective on Science and Other Forms of Knowledge

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Japan's Path to Becoming a Leader in Western Science: an Asian Perspective on Science and Other Forms of Knowledge

As New Zealand considers how and whether to incorporate traditional Māori knowledge in the science curriculum, what might we learn from the experiences of Japan?

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