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German Biologist Maria Leptin Appointed New ERC President

German Biologist Maria Leptin Appointed New ERC President

The long wait for a new ERC president is finally over, with the head of the European Molecular Biology Organisation, Maria Leptin appointed as president.

Black Scientists Find Community-and Plan for the Road Ahead

Black Scientists Find Community-and Plan for the Road Ahead

The Black in X network mobilized last summer to bring attention to racism in STEM. This week, they're holding their first conference to talk about what's next.

Rare Black Hole and Neutron Star Collisions Sighted Twice in 10 Days

Rare Black Hole and Neutron Star Collisions Sighted Twice in 10 Days

Separate collisions of a neutron star and a black hole are detected in a short space of time.

Not What You Know, but Whom You Know? Study of ERC Stirs Old Scientific Controversy

Not What You Know, but Whom You Know? Study of ERC Stirs Old Scientific Controversy

A new study of grants awarded to early-career researchers by Europe's premier science agency is reviving an old controversy over the way governments decide which scientists get research money, and which do not.

Why Academic Administration Was the Right Choice for Me

Why Academic Administration Was the Right Choice for Me

I found job satisfaction and exciting opportunities in supporting other academics - but it's a career path that many don't consider. Try it.

Meaningful Collaborations Can End 'helicopter Research'

Meaningful Collaborations Can End 'helicopter Research'

Instead of flying in, collecting samples and leaving, scientists should treat local people as partners, and think fair instead of charitable when it comes to authorship.

Flying Race Car Zips Across the Sky for the First Time

Flying Race Car Zips Across the Sky for the First Time

The world's first flying race car, the Airspeeder Mk3, has completed its maiden flight and is on track to compete in a first-of-its-kind racing series later in 2021.

Short-term Contracts and Working for Free: Scientists in Germany Speak out

Short-term Contracts and Working for Free: Scientists in Germany Speak out

Scientists at German universities are speaking out against precarious working conditions. Job insecurity and a lack of support are also problems at universities in other countries.

Portugal Approaches Gender Parity in Research

Portugal Approaches Gender Parity in Research

Women represent nearly 50% of active scientific authors in Portugal. Over the past two decades, the country achieved the largest percentage increase in the EU in women's representation - an impressive nine percentage points, putting Portugal at the leading edge of closing the gender gap in research.

Impact Factor Abandoned by Dutch University in Hiring and Promotion Decisions

Impact Factor Abandoned by Dutch University in Hiring and Promotion Decisions

Faculty and staff members at Utrecht University will be evaluated by their commitment to open science.

Is One Vaccine Dose Enough if You've Had COVID? What the Science Says

Is One Vaccine Dose Enough if You've Had COVID? What the Science Says

Research shows that a previous coronavirus infection plus one dose of vaccine provides powerful protection - but concerns linger.

National Academy of Sciences Ejects Biologist Francisco Ayala in the Wake of Sexual Harassment Findings

National Academy of Sciences Ejects Biologist Francisco Ayala in the Wake of Sexual Harassment Findings

Prominent evolutionary biologist is the second to be removed from prestigious group for sexual misconduct.

Professor Antonio Loprieno Takes over As Chair of SAPEA

Professor Antonio Loprieno Takes over As Chair of SAPEA

New head of Science Advice for Policy by European Academies is the President of ALLEA, and a fellow of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences.

Introducing a Novelty Indicator for Scientific Research: Validating the Knowledge-Based Combinatorial Approach

Introducing a Novelty Indicator for Scientific Research: Validating the Knowledge-Based Combinatorial Approach

In this study, a novelty indicator to quantify the degree of citation similarity between a focal paper and a pre-existing same-domain paper from various fields in the natural sciences is applied by proposing a new way of identifying papers that fall into the same domain of focal papers using bibliometric data only.