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Funding

There's no space for today's young Einsteins

theguardian
Funding

There's no space for today's young Einsteins

The gravitational waves theorist saw physics as no one else did, but if he was around today his time would be spent chasing grants or tenures.

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Careers

A bridge to business

nature
Careers

A bridge to business

PhD holders should not underestimate their value to industry and the business sector.

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Innovation

Put innovation science at the heart of discovery

nature
Innovation

Put innovation science at the heart of discovery

The success rate of discoveries would be improved if we could find out how to innovate.

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Open Access

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

vox
Open Access

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?

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Peer Review

Review time in peer review: quantitative analysis and modelling of editorial workflows

springer
Peer Review

Review time in peer review: quantitative analysis and modelling of editorial workflows

A data-driven theoretical investigation of editorial workflows.

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Book

Making Metrics Meaningful

insidehighered
Book

Making Metrics Meaningful

A college librarian's take on technology.

insidehighered
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Foresight

The 2016 Science|Business Horizon 2020 Conference

sciencebusiness
Foresight

The 2016 Science|Business Horizon 2020 Conference

Webcasts of the 2016 Science|Business Horizon2020 conference: will its overall, annual budget be cut in this year's EU funding review?

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Publishing

ASAPbio Resources

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Publishing

ASAPbio Resources

Different models in science communication.

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Open Science

Open Scholar C.I.C.

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Open Science

Open Scholar C.I.C.

A not-for-profit organisation whose activities, assets and profits are dedicated to the purpose of providing benefit to the scientific community.

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Communication

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

nytimes
Communication

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.

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Switzerland

Federal Council appoints Martin Vetterli President of EPFL

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Switzerland

Federal Council appoints Martin Vetterli President of EPFL

The President of the Research Council of the SNSF will take office on 1 January 2017, succeeding Patrick Aebischer, who has had 16 years at the helm of EPFL.

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Italy

New research boss wants to reward fresh talent

sciencemag
Italy

New research boss wants to reward fresh talent

Massimo Inguscio will take over from engineer Luigi Nicolais as president of Italy's largest research organization.

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US

NIH to review its policies on all nonhuman primate research

sciencemag
US

NIH to review its policies on all nonhuman primate research

The NIH will convene a workshop this summer to review the ethical policies and procedures surrounding work on monkeys, baboons, and related animals.

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US

NSF launches long-awaited diversity initiative

sciencemag
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NSF launches long-awaited diversity initiative

The NSF announced its intention to hand out small grants later this year to dozens of institutions to test novel ways of broadening participation in science and engineering.

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Publishing

Academics fall short in reporting results of clinical trials

nature
Publishing

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.

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Accord

icsu

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.

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Foresight

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

nature
Foresight

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.

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Open Access

Increasing access to the results of federally funded science

whitehouse
Open Access

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.

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Publishing

Science just wants to be free

huffingtonpost
Publishing

Science just wants to be free

On how scientific publishers are struggling to maintain their stranglehold over scientists.

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Funding

The 10 largest public and philanthropic funders of health research in the world

springer
Funding

The 10 largest public and philanthropic funders of health research in the world

What they fund and how they distribute their funds.

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Metrics

Automated research impact assessment

springer
Metrics

Automated research impact assessment

A new bibliometrics approach.

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Open Access

Mapping the hinterland: data issues in open science

sagepub
Open Access

Mapping the hinterland: data issues in open science

This research investigates the relationship between open science and public engagement.

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Reproducibility

Enhancing Research Reproducibility

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Reproducibility

Enhancing Research Reproducibility

Recommendations from the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.

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Communication

Sparrho

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Communication

Sparrho

A personalised recommendation platform for scientific content.

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Metrics

The relative impact factor of glamour journals is 2.166

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Metrics

The relative impact factor of glamour journals is 2.166

Tweets of articles from Cell, Nature and Science journals all resulted in 2.166 more times clicks on the journal title rather than the anonymized links.

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Rankings

ETH top, Uni Zürich flop

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Rankings

ETH top, Uni Zürich flop

Auf der neusten Rangliste der weltbesten Universitäten ist die ETH in die Top 20 vorgerückt. Die Uni Zürich dagegen ist zurückgefallen - zum vierten Mal in Folge.

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Funding

€70 billion on the horizon for European researchers

thelancet
Funding

€70 billion on the horizon for European researchers

The European Union's Horizon 2020 research program will offer researchers a generous source of funds for projects to resolve the challenges of today's society.

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Funding

NSF invests $20 million in large projects to keep US cyberspace secure and trustworthy

nsf
Funding

NSF invests $20 million in large projects to keep US cyberspace secure and trustworthy

NSF invests $20 million in large projects to keep the nation's cyberspace secure and trustworthy: Three large "Frontier" collaborative projects highlight efforts to tackle fundamental challenges in cybersecurity.

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Equality

Ein Leben lang Feministin

zeit
Equality

Ein Leben lang Feministin

Beate Schücking ist eine von sehr wenigen Frauen an der Spitze einer deutschen Universität. Sie wurde bekannt, als die Uni Leipzig beschloss, Hochschullehrer als "Professorin" zu bezeichnen.

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Education

South African universities 'racially skewed'?

theguardian
Education

South African universities 'racially skewed'?

Only one in 20 black South Africans succeeds in higher education, and more than half who enrol at university drop out before completing their degree, according to research published this week.

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