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Wellcome Trust Launches $330M Initiative to Fund High-Risk Life Sciences Projects
One of the world’s largest biomedical research charities is setting up a new initiative to fund outside-the-box science.
Preprints in Europe PMC: Reducing Friction for Discoverability
From July 2018, the Europe PMC repository will start indexing preprints.
The Strange and Curious Case of the Deadly Superbug Yeast
The struggle to keep this resistant yeast from surging is a warning sign that relying on standard responses won't work. As the foes continue to evolve, medicine needs both new tech, and surprisingly old techniques, to fight its microbial wars.
Quarter of universities not reporting on potential malpractice - News from Parliament
Quarter of universities not reporting on potential malpractice - News from Parliament
Science and Technology Committee publish report on research integrity
Funders Joining up to Speed Move to Open Access
A group of European funders, including the European Commission, will soon require researchers to publish only in open-access outlets that the funders consider high quality, the Commission’s open-access envoy has said.
Why Science Breeds a Culture of Sexism
Late-night research, isolation and a strict, male-dominated hierarchy are the perfect conditions for sexual harassment. With colleges struggling to enforce conduct codes, what can be done?
Hidden Conflicts? Pharma Payments to FDA Advisers After Drug Approvals Spark Ethical Concerns
Hidden Conflicts? Pharma Payments to FDA Advisers After Drug Approvals Spark Ethical Concerns
In examining compensation records from drug companies to physicians who advised FDA, Science found widespread after-the-fact payments or research support to panel members. The agency's safeguards against potential conflicts of interest are not designed to prevent such future financial ties.
Digital Humanities for Social Good
Rapidly produced and highly topical digital humanities projects are challenging perceptions of the field.
Switzerland Fears Being Left out in the Cold
Swiss participation in some of the EU’s largest and most prestigious funding programmes is being threatened by rules proposed for 2021-27.
What Does the Future Hold for Interdisciplinary Research Funding?
UKRI has big shoes to fill.
A Better Measure of Research from the Global South
Funders Jean Lebel and Robert McLean describe a new tool for judging the value and validity of science that attempts to improve lives.
Around the World in 80 Jobs
After her postdoc, this scientist built an editing business while traveling the world.
Cascading Citation Expansion
CiteSpace cascading citation expansion has the potential to improve our understanding of the structure and dynamics of scientific knowledge.
Scientific Publishing Is Rigged - at Our Expense
If 'money makes the world go round' then the world of scientific publishing has proved to be no exception to the rule.
Hidden Conflicts?
An investigative report uncovers little recognized and unpoliced potential conflicts of interest among those who serve on FDA advisory panels that review drugs. FDA may also have missed or judged insignificant financial ties physicians had before their service on the drug approval advisory panels.
New Statement on Women and Computer Science
An instructor at the University of Washington set off a major debate there and elsewhere over his recent essay in which he says that the low proportion of women in computer science is at this point largely a result of women's choices and is unlikely to change. University officials immediately disputed his claims.
France's National Plan for Open Science
France’s new national plan to activate Open Science - presented by the French Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, Frédérique Vidal, at LIBER’s 2018 Annual Conference.
Contentious Copyright Proposals Reopened for Amendment
The European Parliament has paused the progress of controversial EU copyright proposals, which R&D organisations have said would be damaging for innovation, meaning they could now be revised.
DEAL and Elsevier Negotiations: Elsevier Demands Unacceptable for the Academic Community
DEAL and Elsevier Negotiations: Elsevier Demands Unacceptable for the Academic Community
"Elsevier is still not willing to offer a deal in the form of a nationwide agreement in Germany that responds to the needs of the academic community in line with the principles of open access and that is financially sustainable," says Horst Hippler, the lead negotiator and spokesperson for the DEAL Project Steering Committee.
Red-hot Planet: All-time Heat Records Have Been Set All Over the World During the Past Week
Red-hot Planet: All-time Heat Records Have Been Set All Over the World During the Past Week
From the normally mild summer climes of Ireland, Scotland and Canada to the scorching Middle East, numerous locations in the Northern Hemisphere have witnessed their hottest weather ever recorded over the past week.
Complaint to the European Ombudsman about Elsevier and the Open Science Monitor
Complaint to the European Ombudsman about Elsevier and the Open Science Monitor
A formal complaint to the European Commission Ombudsman regarding the relationship between Elsevier and the Open Science Monitor.
Harness the Power of Groups to Beat the PhD Blues
Doctoral students can use writing meet-ups to overcome isolation and depression and boost their motivation, says Karra Harrington.
Alarming Polio Outbreak Spreads in Congo, Threatening Global Eradication Efforts
Alarming Polio Outbreak Spreads in Congo, Threatening Global Eradication Efforts
Overshadowed by the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), another frightening virus is on the loose in that vast, chaotic country: polio. Public health experts have worked for months to stamp out the virus, but it keeps spreading.
What Most Companies Get Wrong About Men and Woman
Research shows the sexes aren’t so different. The solution to women’s lagged advancement is not to fix women or their managers but to fix the conditions that undermine women and reinforce gender stereotypes.