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Knowledge Exchange Report: About Federated Research Data Infrastructures (FRDI)
Knowledge Exchange Report: About Federated Research Data Infrastructures (FRDI)
The latest report of the Knowledge Exchange initiative presents an overview and a synthesis of the evolving landscape of "Federated Research Data Infrastructures".
Nine Researchers Sue University of Rochester Over Sexual-Harassment Allegations
Lawsuit alleges that the institution mishandled complaints about cognitive scientist Florian Jaeger.
Is the UK’s Approach to Open Access Sustainable?
Without action, the UK might end up in the situation of funding both subscriptions and article-processing charges on an ongoing basis.
An Open Letter from Freelancers at Nautilus Magazine
As of December 13, we are writers and editors awaiting payment from Nautilus magazine for a collective debt totalling $50,000. Some of us have been waiting to be paid for more than a year.
Iran's Supreme Court Confirms Death Sentence for Jailed Scholar
Few options remain to halt the execution of disaster medicine researcher Ahmadreza Djalali.
FNR's Marc Schiltz Elected as New Science Europe President
Schiltz takes over the presidency from Michael Matlosz, who was President of the organisation from 2015 to 2017.
As of 2020 100% Open Access to SNSF-Funded Research
All publications produced in SNSF-funded projects freely available in digital format as of 2020.
Macron to Award US Climate Scientists 'Make Our Planet Great Again' Grants
Promising to ‘Make Our Planet Great Again,’ Macron lures 13 U.S. climate scientists to France
Promising to ‘Make Our Planet Great Again,’ Macron lures 13 U.S. climate scientists to France
The awarding of the grants comes as the Trump administration has proposed slashing federal science budgets and has dropped out of the Paris climate accord.
The Misinterpretation of P-Values
We wish to answer this question: If you observe a ‘significant’ p -value after doing a single unbiased experiment, what is the probability that your result is a false positive?
Commitment to Science Begins to Pay Off
A push to reverse its brain drain is providing the expertise to tackle its domestic problems.
The Wikipedia Competitor That's Harnessing Blockchain For Epistemological Supremacy
Everipedia, a two-year-old online encyclopedia, will become a decentralized, peer-to-peer, user-owned resource.
Rwanda's First All-Female University Is Training Up The Next Generation Of Women Leaders
India's Misfire on Predatory Publishing Hits Open Access
In trying to thwart predators, the government is penalizing researchers who publish in genuine open-access journals.