Helping Scientists Learn To Talk To The Rest Of Us
A new book by actor Alan Alda is all about communication — and miscommunication — between doctors, scientists and civilians.
Pilot Programme Encourages Researchers to Share the Code
New project, partly designed by a University of Cambridge researcher, aims to improve transparency in science by sharing ‘how the sausage is made’.
The Conundrums of Academic Co-Authorship
Glen Wright on the lighter side of scholarly collaboration
Reverse Engineering JCR's Self-Citation and Citation Stacking Thresholds
Now we know how suppression decisions are made, should metrics companies suppress titles at all or simply make the underlying data more transparent?
Why It Might Be a Good Time to Start a Career in Science
The author of a new study of biomedical funding explains why he’s optimistic about young scientists’ futures.
A Giant New Machine Is Sucking Carbon Directly from the Air
Experts debate whether technology is useful for curbing climate change.
5 Million Euros to Fund Blockchain Surveillance Research
5 Million Euros to Fund Blockchain Surveillance Research
A group of EU government agencies, law enforcement groups and academic researchers are partnering on a new digital currency surveillance project.
1.1 Billion for Innovation Projects
The Research Council of Norway is announcing a record-high amount of funding for Innovation Projects for the Industrial Sector.
Dutch Contracts Have to Be Disclosed
The open access contracts between the Dutch universities and publishers Elsevier and Springer have to be publicly disclosed. That is the verdict of the committee charged with considering the appeal of the publishers against a freedom of information request.
NIH Plan to Reduce Overhead Payments Draws Fire
White House wants to reduce indirect payments from 28% to 10%.
Dutch Contracts Have to Be Disclosed
Ahead of his address at Going Global 2017, Phil Baty looks at the relationship between the world’s best universities and their place in the world
Dozens of Recent Clinical Trials May Contain Wrong or Falsified Data, Claims Study
Fresh concerns over reliability of papers published in journals as suspicious statistical patterns prompt investigations into some of the identified trials
What Is It? (And Why Some Researchers Want It)
There is a movement within the scientific community that asks for greater collaboration between research teams. The idea is that with greater access to information, more people working separately on the same problems can solve them more efficiently and with the greatest transparency.
Romania's Science Reforms Prompt Boycott
Researchers refuse to sit on evaluation panels after government bans international participation.
Why We Can't Trust Academic Journals to Tell the Scientific Truth
Academic journals don’t select the research they publish on scientific rigour alone. So why aren’t academics taking to the streets about this?
New Science Data-Sharing Rules Are Two Scoops of Disappointment
The rules fail to make data sharing mandatory for papers to be published, which raises the prospect that some authors might decide to ignore the hint.
Trump Retains Collins as NIH Director
Long-time physician-scientist retains job he has held since 2009.
NSF Bio Directorate Announces Cancellation of #DDIG Program
NSF’s Directorate of Biological Sciences just announced that they are getting rid of the Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG) program.
Coursera Course on Research Data Management and Sharing
An introduction to research data management and sharing, starting Jun 19.
On the Changing Infrastructure of Scholarly Communication
Peter Suber and the Open Access Movement
Data Science for Doctors
Learn the skills to supercharge your next audit, quality improvement or research project.