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Open Knowledge Maps - a Visual Interface to the World's Scientific Knowledge

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Open Knowledge Maps - a Visual Interface to the World's Scientific Knowledge

A visual interface that dramatically increases the visibility of research findings for science and society alike.

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Maths: Why Many Great Discoveries Would Be Impossible Without It

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Maths: Why Many Great Discoveries Would Be Impossible Without It

Maths is often a quiet contributor to problems in subjects like biology.

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Open Data

A Survey of Researchers’ Needs and Priorities for Data Sharing

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A Survey of Researchers’ Needs and Priorities for Data Sharing

Problems with effective research data sharing persist and these problems have been quantified by previous research as a lack of time, resources, incentives, and/or skills to share data.

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Inefficient Scientific Peer Review Process Takes 4 Months on Average

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Inefficient Scientific Peer Review Process Takes 4 Months on Average

Academics often complain about how long it takes for a paper to undergo peer reveiw. A publication reveals several striking observations based on these experiences.

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Plan S and Open Access in Latin America

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Plan S and Open Access in Latin America

Open Access publishing is more widespread in Latin America than in any other region of the world, and continues to grow. We sat down with CLACSO's Open Access Advisor Dominique Babini to find out why.

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Many Conservatives Have a Difficult Relationship with Science - We Wanted to Find out Why

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Many Conservatives Have a Difficult Relationship with Science - We Wanted to Find out Why

It's not just issues like climate change and vaccines that pose problems for conservative thinkers - it's the way science itself is conducted.

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Member States Call for a Greater Role in Shaping FP10

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Member States Call for a Greater Role in Shaping FP10

Member states have laid out their broad plans for the next framework research programme, FP10, calling for EU governments to be more involved in strategic priority setting, and for the creation of 'Collaborative Research Actions' to support basic research.
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Viewpoint: Novel Ideas, Bold Bets

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Viewpoint: Novel Ideas, Bold Bets

At the European Research Council (ERC) we know that ambitious, high-risk research pushes back the frontiers of knowledge. Supporting scientifically daring and novel projects means trusting researchers with bold ideas, those who challenge existing paradigms and push the boundaries of existing knowledge and methodologies. 
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Why Citation Counts Don’t Matter

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Why Citation Counts Don’t Matter

Allow me to pull back the curtain. Scientist #1 is writing a paper and wants to add a reference in the introduction.

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Ten Ways to Improve Academic CVs for Fairer Research Assessment

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Ten Ways to Improve Academic CVs for Fairer Research Assessment

Academic CVs are ubiquitous and play an integral role in the assessment of researchers. They define and portray what activities and achievements are considered important in the scientific system. 

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European Researchers Spin Off Sister Marches for Science

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European Researchers Spin Off Sister Marches for Science

Many “solidarity marches” will be held on the same day as the U.S. March for Science in at least 8 countries

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Simple Science Summaries Written by AI Help People Understand Research and Trust Scientists

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Simple Science Summaries Written by AI Help People Understand Research and Trust Scientists

Scientists use jargon and complicated language to describe their work. Regular folks 'get it' more when descriptions are simpler - and think better of the researchers themselves.
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Independent Europe should be home to controversial science

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Independent Europe should be home to controversial science

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How Can We Tackle the Thorny Problem of Fraudulent Research?

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How Can We Tackle the Thorny Problem of Fraudulent Research?

Misconduct in academia isn’t rampant but should be taken more seriously: let’s consider independent anti-corruption units

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The Emotional Toll of Graduate School

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The Emotional Toll of Graduate School

Mental health disorders and depression are far more likely for grad students than they are for the average American.

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NIH Student Grant Cancellation Will Weaken Scientific Innovation

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NIH Student Grant Cancellation Will Weaken Scientific Innovation

The termination of federal F31 diversity fellowships puts many graduate students in a bind - and U.S. science at risk.
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Facebook Rejects Female Engineers’ Code More Often

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Facebook Rejects Female Engineers’ Code More Often

Female engineers who work at Facebook may face gender bias that prevents their code from being accepted at the same rate as male counterparts, according to internal company studies disclosed today.

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Science Must Be for Everyone

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Science Must Be for Everyone

Racism and sexism are obstacles to making the scientific enterprise worthy of its public funding.

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Call for More EU Investment in R&D After Trump Win

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Call for More EU Investment in R&D After Trump Win

Worries are mounting in Europe after Donald Trump won a second term in the White House, with the EU scrambling to chart a future in which it is less dependent on the US for defence and technology.

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Why Sorbonne Pulled out of University Ranking

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Why Sorbonne Pulled out of University Ranking

Sorbonne University plans to leave the Times Higher Education Rankings. According to its president, most of these rankings are "black boxes" whose methods raise ethical questions.

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COVID: Why Are Infections Rising in Israel?

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COVID: Why Are Infections Rising in Israel?

With almost 70% of the country fully vaccinated, Israel has seen a life after COVID-19. But now infections are on the rise. What's going on? Will a third jab help?

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Enhancing the Right to Science

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Enhancing the Right to Science

Enhancing the right to science is increasingly recognized as a central piece in the multi-facetted puzzle of solving the triple planetary crisis. Its role as a cross-cutting catalyst in relation to other human rights dimensions of major global challenges from pandemics, biodiversity, toxics to climate change, calls for far more comprehensive attention to the bundle of rights linking science, scientists and scientific practice to contemporary sustainability responses

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What Is a Hackathon?

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What Is a Hackathon?

And why should you care? There's a global trend of companies integrating hackathons into their overall innovation strategy.

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Key Steps Faculty Should Take to Facilitate the Use of Science in Policy Making

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Key Steps Faculty Should Take to Facilitate the Use of Science in Policy Making

How to facilitate the use of science as a key element of the policy-making process.

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Grass-roots Grant-writing Approaches Can Help Researchers at Small Institutions to Succeed

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Grass-roots Grant-writing Approaches Can Help Researchers at Small Institutions to Succeed

At small or minority-serving institutions, time and resources that are needed to draft successful grant proposals are often in short supply. But help is available.
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Science Thrives on Trust: Why Collaboration Is Our Greatest Strength

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Science Thrives on Trust: Why Collaboration Is Our Greatest Strength

In a competitive academic world, building bridges instead of walls may be our most powerful tool to accelerate discovery and rebuild public trust in science.
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The 5 Badass Women of Science You Should Know

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The 5 Badass Women of Science You Should Know

Women scientists from yesterday who overcame even bigger barriers and changed the world.

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'Science and Solidarity': Why Puerto Rico Leads US in COVID Vaccinations

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'Science and Solidarity': Why Puerto Rico Leads US in COVID Vaccinations

Puerto Rico has an underfunded health care system, high levels of poverty and its infrastructure remains devastated by a major hurricane that swept through the island in 2017.

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The Wuhan Lab Leak Theory is More About Politics Than Science

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The Wuhan Lab Leak Theory is More About Politics Than Science

Whatever Biden review finds, the cause of the pandemic lies in the destruction of animal habitats.

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Preparing Researchers for an Era of Freer Information

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Preparing Researchers for an Era of Freer Information

Academic institutions must take steps to help scholars navigate the process of doing research and responding to open records requests.
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