32 private university presidents earned more than $1 million in 2013
Executive compensation at private and public colleges.
How Pasteur’s Artistic Insight Changed Chemistry
Louis Pasteur was a scientific giant of the nineteenth century, but, as Joseph Gal asks, was his most famouscontribution to the understanding of chemistry — chirality — influenced more by his artistic talents?
The Gold Rush: Why Open Access Will Boost Publisher Profits
Whilst a shift to gold (pay to publish) open access would deliver wider access to research, the lack of price sensitivity amongst academics presents a risk that they will be locked into a new escalating pay to publish system.
'I Feel Lost': Chilean Researchers Saddened by Vote to Reject New Constitution
Nearly 62% of Chileans voted against the proposed charter, which would have boosted science.
Biomedical Paper Retractions Have Quadrupled in 20 Years - Why?
Productivity for Researchers: 9 Brilliant Tips
9 productivity tips and tricks for tackling to-do lists as a researcher.
Nature Risk Rising: Why the Crisis Engulfing Nature Matters for Business and the Economy
Nature Risk Rising: Why the Crisis Engulfing Nature Matters for Business and the Economy
This New Nature Economy report calls out the dependency and impact of business on nature and aims to ensure that biodiversity and nature-related risks are appropriately considered within the broader economic growth agenda.
Next EU R&D Programme Should Have Longer-term Outlook
MEPs Put Europe's Innovation Gap on FP10 Agenda
Why we need badges in science
There's a lot that gets done that goes unrecognized. That unrecognized work can not only be crucial for getting to the actual research outcome put forward in the form of publications, but also for reflecting important skills gained.
Yes, Being a Woman in Science Is Hard. That’s Why We’re Trying to Change It.
Data manipulation charges against prominent researchers
Anonymous individual or group claims that 22 papers from the University of Tokyo contain fabricated or falsified data.
More Surgeons Must Start Doing Basic Science
They say they don't have the time or incentives to do research — and that’s dangerous for translational medicine.
Why the European Elections Matter for Science
The upcoming European Parliament elections that will shape EU politics for the next five years and beyond will be fought on many issues, including science.
The Sustainability Movement is 50. Why Are World Leaders Ignoring It?
Environmental sustainability provides a clear route to prosperity and well-being, and people in power need to take notice.
Realistically shaping scientific cooperation with China
We can make science funding go further by better sharing equipment
We can make science funding go further by better sharing equipment
A new report suggests more sharing of research equipment may be a better way of getting more bang out of the science funding buck than clawing back ‘efficiency savings’ out of grant funding.
Why New Strategies for Developing the Future's Knowledge Infrastructures Are Needed
Why New Strategies for Developing the Future's Knowledge Infrastructures Are Needed
The many bottlenecks that the commercial monopoly on research information has imposed are stimulating new strategies.
Co-creation of Research Agendas Could Strengthen Policy Research Engagement
Co-creation of Research Agendas Could Strengthen Policy Research Engagement
Research on the conditions for effective engagement between research and policy demonstrates whether policymakers should be involved earlier in the creation of research projects.
What Is a Hackathon?
And why should you care? There's a global trend of companies integrating hackathons into their overall innovation strategy.
Why Can Elsevier Keep Insulting Scholars without Consequences?
Academic publishers in general and Elsevier in particular have a reputation for their ruthless profiteering, using professional negotiators pitting hapless librarians against their own faculty.
It would aid amateur scientific breakthroughs
Discoveries by laypeople are rare but free access to research results would increase the likelihood
The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship
The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship
There is an urgent need to improve the infrastructure supporting the reuse of scholarly data. A diverse set of stakeholders—representing academia, industry, funding agencies, and scholarly publishers—have come together to design and jointly endorse a concise and measureable set of principles that we refer to as the FAIR Data Principles.
We Need the Humanities More Than Ever, Despite All the Shouting
We Need the Humanities More Than Ever, Despite All the Shouting
In today’s knowledge economy, the practical value of a STEM degree is obvious. Yet our future depends on graduates who are steeped in the humanities and social sciences.
Chair of Parliament’s Research Committee Wants EU Funding to Be Fairer
Chair of Parliament’s Research Committee Wants EU Funding to Be Fairer
Borys Budka says Horizon Europe evaluation criteria should reward scientific merit, not access to grant writing infrastructure.
Use of positive and negative words in scientific PubMed abstracts between 1974 and 2014
Use of positive and negative words in scientific PubMed abstracts between 1974 and 2014
Analyzing three decades' worth of PubMed-indexed abstracts, scientists find a notable increase in the frequency of positive words, like "innovative" and "novel", over time.