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These are some issues that males simply do not have to face. The "anxiety gap" exists for a reason, and it is not about biology.
China's rewards are richest, but many nations now offer incentives for publishing in top journals.
Understanding the research dynamics preceding the emergence of new areas.
Ismail Serageldin, founding director of the Library of Alexandria, has appealed a 3.5-year prison term
Don't be taken in by the memo’s faux-reasonable tone.
A paper on conformal algebra has recently caused a stir on social media. Not because of the science, but rather the heartfelt plea in the acknowledgements.
Aarhus University has signed up companies to fund fundamental research in what it calls a ‘patent-free playground’.
Community-driven network will allow scientists to share ideas and post pre-peer review papers.
Scholarly work cited in patent literature and the value of the patents as perceived by the applicants of 200 leading global research institutions.
Researchers planted a working hacker "exploit" in a physical strand of DNA.
Oxford researchers are advised that the University’s Research Committee has approved a revised policy for allocating funds from the RCUK Open Access block grant.
Greater collaboration leading to the growing informal use and exchange of free material between researchers.
Researchers planted a working hacker "exploit" in a physical strand of DNA.
Malware can be encoded into a gene and used to take over a computer program.
A recent book took aim at accelerating administrative demands and the internalized expectation of measurable productivity that have eroded the quality of academic life and work. Is there a corollary for scholarly publishing?
The pipeline of women pursuing mathematics and physics is still dreadfully leaky.
For years university researchers have complained that the publishing giant has driven up the costs of journals. Now, as data-sharing becomes more valuable, the company’s shifting focus is raising new concerns.
Budgetary cuts in funding, pseudoscience and growing religious bigotry have left the scientific community worried.
It’s a dirty open secret in academia. Scholars work very hard to prove their work is worth taxpayers’ money, but then publish it in journals that are prohibitively expensive—not just for taxpayers but academics themselves.
It’s very far from perfect, but major changes for the better are underway.
Scientists are required to communicate science and research not only to other experts in the field, but also to scientists and experts from other fields, as well as to the public and policymakers. One fundamental suggestion when communicating with non-experts is to avoid professional jargon.
Emojis, smartphone technologies and revamped guidelines would boost transparency at scientific meetings, say Shai D. Silberberg and colleagues.
