Innovating Fairly: Switzerland's Lessons for Silicon Valley
In Silicon Valley there is a stark contrast between unbridled innovation and growing inequality. Can the Swiss model offer solutions?
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How Sharing Your Science in an Opinion Piece Can Boost Your Career
Don't rely solely on academic papers to raise your professional profile. General readers are interested in your opinions, too.
The Science Events to Watch for in 2024
Advanced AI tools, Moon missions and ultrafast supercomputers are among the developments set to shape research in the coming year.
Emmanuel Macron Announces Ambitious Research Reforms
The French research world is to undergo a "revolution" in the next 18 months in a bid to make it more competitive on the global stage.
Paywalls Are Slowing the Quest For a Cancer Cure
Paywalls to scientific journals are hindering access and slowing progress to cures for cancer.
Replay 2023: The Most Significant Research and Innovation Happenings of the Year
Replay 2023: The Most Significant Research and Innovation Happenings of the Year
2023 has been one of the most interesting and intense years in European and international research and innovation policy.
Has Your Research Influenced Policy? Use This Free Tool to Check
Sage Policy Profiles scans a database of 10 million documents to show researchers where their papers have been cited.
'I Felt Like a Fraud': A Biologist Goes Public About a Retraction
Retractions are the stuff of nightmares for most academics. But they aren't necessarily a career obstacle, and sometimes may be the only way forward, according to Andrew P. Anderson.
France Has Big Plans To Reform Research, But Key Details Remain Vague
New Presidential Science Council to advise on policy
I Struggled After Moving Internationally For A Postdoc. Here’s How My Family And I Coped
I Struggled After Moving Internationally For A Postdoc. Here’s How My Family And I Coped
Students Demand Cardiff University Tackles Sexual Violence
Students campaigning to stop sexual violence say they will fight to ensure Cardiff University acts after a meeting with senior staff. One student said they were laughed at by three male employees when speaking on sexual violence at a staff meeting. The university said it took sexual assaults seriously and investigated them robustly.
How a Bullying Scandal Closed a Historic Astronomy Department
At Lund University in Sweden this week, astronomers moved out of a building that was custom-built to hold telescopes and other artefacts from their 350 years of history, and they relocated to a physics building down the road. That’s because the astronomy department no longer exists, having been dissolved in the wake of a bullying scandal.
India Struggles to Turn Science into Societal Benefits
Entrepreneurial researchers can find solutions for Indian problems, but the lack of a spin-off culture means the country loses out.
Surge in Number of 'Extremely Productive' Authors Concerns Scientists
Some researchers publish a new paper every five days, on average. Data trackers suspect not all their manuscripts were produced through honest labour.
Early-career US National Institutes of Health Researchers Vote Overwhelmingly to Form Union
What Are Farm Animals Thinking?
New research is revealing surprising complexity in the minds of goats, pigs, and other livestock.
How to Phase Out Fossil Fuels Without Sacrificing Electoral Popularity
A new study by UCL researchers shows how it's possible to phase out fossil fuels without sacrificing electoral popularity—even in coal mining regions.
Hallucinate, AI, Authenticity: Dictionaries' Words of the Year Make Our Biggest Fears Clear
Hallucinate, AI, Authenticity: Dictionaries' Words of the Year Make Our Biggest Fears Clear
In a world of chatbots and influencers, Merriam-Webster, Cambridge and Collins are in rare agreement.
Research Software Directory: Honouring the Role of Software and Supporting Reproducibility | ZBW MediaTalk
Research Software Directory: Honouring the Role of Software and Supporting Reproducibility | ZBW MediaTalk
The Research Software Directory makes software tools used in research easily discoverable and usable. Thus, it also helps other researchers to reproduce and verify research results.
Building Climate-resilient African Cities - Experts Outline What is Needed
Window of opportunity to secure liveable, equitable, and sustainable futures in the face of climate change is closing fast, more so for Africa
Shock Election Win by the Far Right Worries Academics in the Netherlands
If Geert Wilder’s party can form government, it could restrict international students and scrap key climate policies.
'My Collaborations Would See Me Jailed': Australian Researchers Fear Proposed New Laws
'My Collaborations Would See Me Jailed': Australian Researchers Fear Proposed New Laws
Scientists have reacted with alarm at a proposal by the Australian Department of Defence to control information sharing under which technology with potential military use would need authorization to be shared with non-Australian colleagues.
As Investment Falls, EU Innovation Policy Needs a 'Massive Overhaul', Says Start-up Association
As Investment Falls, EU Innovation Policy Needs a 'Massive Overhaul', Says Start-up Association
Start-ups need more help in accessing EU funding and support in expanding across the bloc if Europe is to compete with other global superpowers, the EU's largest start-up association said as it launched its manifesto for the 2024 European elections.
'Disruptive' Science More Likely from Teams Who Work in the Same Place
Analysis of millions of papers shows that farflung collaborators produce fewer big breakthroughs than groups working together in person.
Global Science is Splintering into Two - and This is Becoming a Problem
The United States and China are pursuing parallel scientific tracks. To solve crises on multiple fronts, the two roads need to become one.
Proposed changes to rules for policing fraud in U.S.-funded biomedical research draw a mixed response
Proposed changes to rules for policing fraud in U.S.-funded biomedical research draw a mixed response
Academics like keeping definition narrow but worry about tighter deadlines and more record-keeping.
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