The morbid fascination with the death of the humanities
Why professors, librarians, and politicians are shunning liberal arts in the name of STEM.
'DIY labs offer an agile alternative to university-based research'
'DIY labs offer an agile alternative to university-based research'
Free from bureaucracy, independent science labs offer a flexibility that can't be matched by universities, writes a researcher.
Publisher, be damned! From price gouging to the open road
Why has academic knowledge become more expensive for consumers while music has become less expensive, and what can we do about it? Doing nothing to prevent the trading of electronic copies of our academic work could act to circumvent the perils of engagement with the academic publishing industry.
Factsheet from Horizon 2020
Open access to publications and data in Horizon 2020: Frequently Asked Questions.
College degrees awarded per capita in the U.S.
There is incredibly intense competition for an academic faculty job even with such a small set of qualified candidates. After 23 years, the U.S. is producing twice as many Master’s degrees per capita than they used to.
Why metrics cannot measure research quality
Whilst metrics may capture some partial dimensions of research ‘impact’, they cannot be used as any kind of proxy for measuring research ‘quality’.
Real peer to peer review
The Winnower is another open access online science publishing platform that employs open post-publication peer review, aiming to revolutionize science by breaking down the barriers to scientific communication through cost-effective and transparent publishing for scientists.
Millions of NHS records sold to insurance firms
Millions of patient records were sold to insurance firms who used it to set their critical illness premiums in a series of 'unacceptable lapses', an independent review finds.
A boost for open access to research
The Research Council of Norway is introducing a new, five-year funding scheme that will cover a significant share of the costs incurred by research institutions for publication in open access journals.
R&D investment fails to reach Europe 2020 targets
The UK and other European countries are underinvesting in research and development, according to a report from the European Commission.
Consolidator applications down by 31%
ERC has announced a decrease in proposals submitted to the 2014.
Thomson Reuters announces the world's most influential scientific minds 2014
New citation analyses reveal a who’s who of the most impactful scientific researchers.
With prizes like this, who needs a Nobel?
Five mathematicians, working in a field spurned by Stockholm and Oslo as a matter of course, will now receive $3 million awards of their own It started with a simple message from Internet billionaire Yuri Milner: let's meet up.
The age of invention isn't dead - it just needs time
The biggest thing holding invention back is our impatience. With enough time and support, young engineers will develop the technology we need.
Anne Glover wants greater voice for experts
Anne Glover says that better access to evidence helps policy-makers to make informed choices.
Norwegian P3
The Research Council of Norway has launched a new databank: an open, interactive tool enabling anyone to instantly customise statistical overviews of Research Council grants dating back to 1997. Soon in English.
Love in the lab
Romance often sparks between colleagues, and scientists are no different. Nature profiles four super-couples who have combined love and the lab.
Two stem cell papers retracted
Two retractions highlight long-standing issues of trust and sloppiness that must be addressed
2014 Google Scholar metrics released
This release is based on citations from all articles that were indexed in Google Scholar as of mid-June 2013 and covers articles published in 2009–2013.
Five western Balkan countries, Moldova to join EU's Horizon 2020
Five Western Balkan countries, namely Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, and the Republic of Moldova on Tuesday signed up to join Horizon 2020.
Research funding system is too 'rigid,' OECD says
According to the review, some 10% of France's public research funds are awarded to specific projects on a competitive basis—the lowest figure among OECD's 34 member countries—compared with about 22% in Switzerland, about 38% in Germany, and 70% in South Korea.
Antibiotic resistance focus of UK's Longitude Prize
The people have spoken. Antibiotic resistance has been voted by the British public as the subject of the UK government's £10 million ($17 million) Longitude Prize - an initiative aimed at tackling society's greatest issues.
Budget hits science jobs
Research-agency staff protest over slashed spending and concerns about country’s future research capability
Would Fred Sanger get funded today?
In an era of large collaborations, multi-authored papers, and enormous datasets, is there still room for the single creative idea that proves to be a gamechanger?
In research, weird is wonderful
If everyone likes your research, you can be certain that you have not done anything important. That is the first thing to grasp. Conflict goes with the territory. Innovation comes when universities encourage risk-taking, says Andrew Oswald.
Metrics market
Measures of research impact are improving, but universities should be wary of their limits.
Unbehagen in der Wissenschaft
Nachwuchsforscher stehen unter hohem Druck: Gefragt sind Publikationen und Mobilität, Freiräume dagegen sind rar. Die Akademien der Wissenschaften der Schweiz machen die schwierige Situation zum Thema einer Tagung an der Universität Zürich.
Kunst oder künstlich?
Kunst oder künstlich?
Immer wieder geht das Schlagwort vom künstlichen Organismus um, wenn von der synthetischen Biologie die Rede ist. Doch wie künstlich ist das Leben, das diese Ingenieurs- disziplin der Biologie «schafft»?
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