Wo bleibt der offene Diskurs?
Es ist höchst eigenartig: Die Schweiz driftet, seit dem 9. Februar mit erhöhter Geschwindigkeit, auf eine gewaltige Bewährungsprobe zu, doch die politischen Parteien bleiben weitgehend stumm.
Nomaden im Dienste der Wissenschaft
Arbeitserfahrungen im Ausland gelten in der Wissenschaft als Tugend - Doch viele Forscher kehren nach Jahren des Wanderns nicht mehr zurück.
On the rise
Africa has a poor reputation for scientific innovation. But when South Africa jointly won a bid in 2012 to host the world's largest science project, for a radio telescope called the Square Kilometre Array, it hoped to foster a new image.
Promoting open access to research results
Position paper issued by the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences.
Beyond open access
Beyond open access
Visions for open evaluation of scientific papers by post-publication peer review.
Global Innovation Report 2014
Switzerland is the world’s most innovative economy, followed by Sweden, Singapore, Hong Kong and Finland, according to the GII 2014.
Scientists and the social network
Scientists and the social network
Giant academic social networks have taken off to a degree that no one expected even a few years ago. A Nature survey explores why.
Understanding the path dependancy of academic publishing
Did you ever wonder why it says QWERTY up on the left of your keyboard? And what does it have to do with academic publishing?
EPSRC sets new strategy
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council aims to accelerate both scientific breakthroughs and social and economic impact.
High-risk brain research wins NSF backing
NSF awards $10.8 million in grants to support US government initiative.
Betrug in der Wissenschaft: Bitte nur die ganze Wahrheit!
Schummeln, ohne zu lügen - das ist die neue Plage der Wissenschaft. Die Medizin ist besonders infiziert.
World universities 2014
Asian universities are catching up with the West on research strength, but only slowly.
Openism, IPism, Fundamentalism, and Pragmatism
On the importance of remaining pragmatic due to the risk of collapsing the entire publishing system in an effort to improve it.
Who governs science?
Recent retraction of two papers on stem-cell research by the journal Nature highlights weaknesses in this self-regulatory framework that scientists need to address.
Financial costs and personal consequences of research misconduct resulting in retracted publications
Financial costs and personal consequences of research misconduct resulting in retracted publications
Papers retracted due to misconduct accounted for approximately $58 million in direct funding by the NIH between 1992 and 2012, less than 1% of the NIH budget over this period.
Open letter by Science Europe
The new EU data protection regulations adopted earlier this year by the European Parliament would undermine important research using personal data.
Open letter to the AAAS
A number of suggestions for the new AAAS open access journal Science Advances.
Creating an ever-flexible center for tech innovation
Dan Huttenlocher, dean of the Cornell Tech Campus, shares what it's like building an innovation center.
How much does it cost eLife to publish an article?
eLife has released its 2013 financials, which give an indication of what a premier OA journal article costs to produce.
The Rise of the Post-Post-Postdoc
On the state of the postdoc — the staple of the science scholar's life cycle that's now gaining steam in the humanities.
ERC Workshop on Research Data Management and Sharing
Exploring the topic together with ERC grantees and other researchers, with representatives from funding bodies, universities and other research performers, with publishers, policy makers and other interested parties.
NIH tells genomic researchers: 'You must share data'
Scientists who use government money to conduct genomic research will be required to quickly share the data they gather under a policy announced on Wednesday by the NIH.
Low publication output for female scientists
Analysis suggests that male physicists and mathematicians author nearly 50% more papers than female colleagues.
NIH to probe racial disparity in grant awards
NIH will assess whether grant reviewers are biased against minority applicants.
A rough guide to science advice
As scientists and policymakers gather in Auckland for a global summit on scientific advice, what lessons can we identify that apply across diverse national systems?
'Publish or perish' diminishing scientific returns
"The future of science (& humanity) isn't about funding, it's about supporting scientists to take risks once again."
"Wir brauchen in Europa die kreative Zerstörung"
Nobelpreisträger Edmund Phelps spricht Europa Innovationskraft ab. Die Menschen seien zu behütet. Der Kontinent lebe von der Substanz.
Martin Hairer: "Researchers should follow their hearts, not fashion"
As someone looking back from a high point in his career, what advice would Martin Hairer give to a young mathematician who was just starting out?
Can open access publishing be a smart career move?
It can seem like a magic word is needed to get published in the top academic journals. Is open access a genuine alternative?
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