The Key to a Happy Lab Life Is in the Manual
A well-crafted set of guidelines and advice can save time, reassure trainees and promote a positive lab culture, argues Mariam Aly.
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Open Access the Movie
Richard Poynder views a documentary on the tug of war over paywalls in scholarly publishing.
University Clears Ngago Gene-editing Study Authors of Deception
But an investigation confirmed that the study was flawed.
Google Unveils Search Engine for Open Data
The tool, called Google Dataset Search, should help researchers to find the data they need more easily.
Radical Open-Access Plan Could Spell End to Journal Subscriptions
Eleven research funders in Europe announce ‘Plan S’ to make all scientific works free to read as soon as they are published.
Ways to Promote and Foster Collaborative Research in Your Lab
Top tips for principal investigators to help junior scientists navigate the travails of teamwork.
Help to Shape Policy With Your Science
Decision-makers need input from researchers on issues involving science and society.
Publish Peer Reviews
Biomedical funders and ASAPbio call on journals to sign a pledge to make reviewers’ anonymous comments part of the official scientific record.
India Targets Universities in Predatory-journal Crackdown
But academics say government incentives to publish are part of the problem.
Publish Peer Reviews
Jessica K. Polka and colleagues call on journals to sign a pledge to make reviewers’ anonymous comments part of the official scientific record.
Research Is Set up for Bullies to Thrive
Working conditions in academic labs encourage abusive supervision. It is time to improve monitoring of and penalties for abuse, says Sherry Moss.
High-Profile Journals Put to Reproducibility Test
Researchers replicated 62% of social-behaviour findings published in Science and Nature - a result matched almost exactly by a prediction market.
Massive GBP30-million Grant Will Be Awarded to One Cardiovascular Research Team
British Heart Foundation award is one of the largest single grants in medical research.
Mum is a Neanderthal, Dad is a Denisovan - First Discovery of an Ancient-human Hybrid
Mum is a Neanderthal, Dad is a Denisovan - First Discovery of an Ancient-human Hybrid
Genetic analysis uncovers a direct descendant of two different groups of early humans.
Prioritize the Needs of the Audience When Giving a Presentation
Speakers inadvertently prepare presentations for themselves rather than their audiences. A few mental exercises can help presenters to avoid this pitfall.
No More Excuses for Non-Reproducible Methods
Online technologies make it easy to share precise experimental protocols - and doing so is essential to modern science, says Lenny Teytelman.
Referees Should Exercise Their Rights
Peer reviewers have the right to view the data and code that underlie a work if it would help in the evaluation, even if these have not been provided with the submission. Yet few referees exercise this right.
A Toolkit for Data Transparency Takes Shape
A simple software toolset can help to ease the pain of reproducing computational analyses.
Chief of Europe's 1-Billion EUR Brain Project Steps Down
Chris Ebell, who became director of the initiative in 2015, leaves after differences of opinion with the project’s lead institution.
Top Geneticist Loses 3.5-Million GBP Grant in First Test of Landmark Bullying Policy
Top Geneticist Loses 3.5-Million GBP Grant in First Test of Landmark Bullying Policy
The Wellcome Trust pulled the grant from Nazneen Rahman, who worked at the Institute of Cancer Research in London.
How Unpaywall Is Transforming Open Science
Unpaywall has become indispensable to many academics, and tie-ins with established scientific search engines could broaden its reach.
Europe Pulls Together in Scientific Union
Smaller countries rely more on regional collaborations than on domestic interaction.
How to Pick an Electronic Laboratory Notebook
Choosing wisely from a burgeoning array of digital tools can help researchers to record experiments with ease.
Who Would You Share Your Funding With?
I want to see whether the wisdom of crowds does a better job than conventional grant review at supporting research, says Johan Bollen.
Japan Weighs the Value of Imported Academics
Foreign faculty in Japan are less productive than their local counterparts on many measures, but better connected to global collaborations.
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