New Plan Proposed for Open Access Publishing
Europe’s open access advocates set out a vision for system-level reform to make scientific publishing faster, more open and scholar-led.
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'It Only Makes the News when the Toilets Stop Working': Has the 25-year-old International Space Station Been a Waste of Space?
'It Only Makes the News when the Toilets Stop Working': Has the 25-year-old International Space Station Been a Waste of Space?
The ISS is destined to be sent spiralling into the Pacific Ocean in 2031, yet the controversy over the £120bn behemoth continues
Is CRISPR Safe? Genome Editing Gets Its First FDA Scrutiny
Advisors to the US regulatory agency will examine the safety profile of a CRISPR-based treatment for sickle-cell disease.
Social Media Ennui - The End of Academic Social Media?
Is social media in a period of change? David Beer considers whether trends towards repetition and uniformity are prefiguring a new standard for the way in which social media intersects with academic life.
Podcast: Gendergap - Was Sind Gründe, Warum Frauen die Wissenschaft Verlassen
Podcast: Gendergap - Was Sind Gründe, Warum Frauen die Wissenschaft Verlassen
Removing Numerical Scoring When Evaluating Grant Proposals Found to Have No Effect on Outcomes
Removing Numerical Scoring When Evaluating Grant Proposals Found to Have No Effect on Outcomes
Not using a numerical scoring system to review research grant proposals has little impact on the way that evaluators carry out their written assessment and the final outcome of the review, a new study has found.
Here's What the EU Member States Have in Mind for FP10 - the follow-up programme to Horizon Europe
Here's What the EU Member States Have in Mind for FP10 - the follow-up programme to Horizon Europe
A special member state task force set up to help shape framework programme 10 (FP10), has compiled the first draft. The documents set out in broad strokes the ideas for FP10, including a call for the EU to be a global research and innovation powerhouse by 2034.
How Can Open Data Sharing Policies Be More Attentive to Qualitative Researchers?
How Can Open Data Sharing Policies Be More Attentive to Qualitative Researchers?
Open data practices are largely conceived and managed in ways that support quantitative, rather than qualitative data. Susie Weller outlines how an ethics of care is essential to making open qualitative data practical and ethical.
Government Boosts Funding for Swiss Research Amid EU Horizon Exclusion
Government Boosts Funding for Swiss Research Amid EU Horizon Exclusion
The Swiss government has earmarked CHF84 million for 2024 for individual projects by researchers in Switzerland as a transitional measure.
Japanese Research is No Longer World Class - Here's Why
Japan’s contribution to world-class research continues to decline, despite having one of the world’s largest research communities, according to a report by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Falling Behind: Postdocs in Their Thirties Tire of Putting Life on Hold
Falling Behind: Postdocs in Their Thirties Tire of Putting Life on Hold
Temporary contracts, low salaries and cost-of-living hikes force many researchers to put off parenthood and other big decisions.
I Advocate an African Research Agenda for African Development
As Uganda's science minister, Monica Musenero pushes to connect scientific research to economic development in her country and her continent.
Bringing the Environment to the Forefront of Engineering
MIT Associate Professor Desiree Plata has a lifelong mission of making sustainability a bigger factor in design decisions.
Israel-Hamas War Sends Shock Waves through Scientific Community
Conflict has left many labs empty or in ruins
Horizon Europe Extends Call Deadlines After Hamas Attack Rocks Israeli Science
Horizon Europe Extends Call Deadlines After Hamas Attack Rocks Israeli Science
The European Research Council (ERC) and European Innovation Council (EIC) have pushed back four call application deadlines after warnings from Israeli applicants that they need more time, given the impact of Hamas's attack on the country.
Toxic Workplaces Are the Main Reason Women Leave Academic Jobs
Toxic Workplaces Are the Main Reason Women Leave Academic Jobs
Women feel driven out by problems with workplace culture more often than by lack of work-life balance.
Horizon Europe Faces a Cut As Negotiations on 2024 EU Budget Get Underway
The European Parliament is ready for tough negotiations with EU member states over the EU's budget for 2024, including a proposed €12.8 billion for the Horizon Europe research programme.
Why China is Turning to Sci-tech in New Action Plan to Boost Belt and Road
China's president unveils a vision for the infrastructure strategy that could help other countries overcome Western restrictions. The Action plan includes harnessing markets and talent of participating countries to power scientific and technological advancement.
Why Chinese Minds Still Bear the Long Shadow of Keju
Keju, China's incredibly difficult civil service test, strengthened the state at the cost of freedom and creativity.
We Need to Talk About Research Security on Campus
Governments are strengthening security safeguards – sometimes with unintended consequences. It is time for an open dialogue where these are brought to the table.
An Age of Disentangled Research?
Understanding the nuances of international scientific collaboration between China and the rest of the world offers insights into the future of global science.
Request for Delay to Horizon Europe Calls As War in Israel Stalls Science
Israeli scientists have described how Hamas's attack on the country has all but brought research to a standstill, with researchers now called up for a military assault on Gaza.
Science is Under Threat in Argentina - We Must Call out the Danger
Extreme-right presidential front runner Javier Milei plans to disband ministries and privatize research. That would be disastrous for Argentina's science and for the nation.
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