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Interdisciplinary research by the numbers

Interdisciplinary research by the numbers

An analysis reveals the extent and impact of research that bridges disciplines.

arXiv.org will use ORCID identifiers

arXiv.org will use ORCID identifiers

arXiv will use ORCID iDs in preference to the internal arXiv author identifiers in order to facilitate better data exchange. The arXiv author identifiers will remain to provide local user profile pages.

Agencies plan research-ethics overhaul

Agencies plan research-ethics overhaul

Long-awaited revision proposed for regulations governing studies of human subjects.

Report claims success for elite universities drive

Report claims success for elite universities drive

Report praises US$5-billion scheme for making leading universities more competitive - but some smaller institutions have done just as well.

Women are funded more fairly in social science

Women are funded more fairly in social science

UK data hold lessons for how to close the gender gap in bioscience grant applications, success and size, argue Paul Boyle and colleagues.

How methods videos are making science smarter

How methods videos are making science smarter

Methods videos rising popularity has been spurred on by the so-called replication crisis, itself partly a result of the growing sophistication and interdisciplinary nature of life-science research.

A new journal wants to publish your research ideas

A new journal wants to publish your research ideas

The new journal RIO (Research Ideas and Outcomes) will publish papers on your methods, workflows, data, reports, and software - in short, all outputs of the research cycle.

PubPeer founders reveal themselves, create foundation

PubPeer founders reveal themselves, create foundation

The creators of PubPeer dropped their own anonymity today, as part of an announcement about a new chapter in the life of the post-publication peer review site..

64 more papers retracted for fake reviews, this time from Springer journals

64 more papers retracted for fake reviews, this time from Springer journals

Springer is pulling another 64 articles from 10 journals after finding evidence of faked peer reviews, bringing the total number of retractions from the phenomenon north of 230.

Many hands make light work

Many hands make light work

Open science will be one of the priorities of the Dutch presidency of the European Union in 2016.

Academics seek to challenge 'web of avarice' in scientific publishing

Academics seek to challenge 'web of avarice' in scientific publishing

Academics are challenging the control of a select group of publishing houses over scientific journals.

Increasing fusions between universities

Increasing fusions between universities

An increasing number of universities fuse. This is shown by a recent report of the European University Association. [in GERMAN]

Bill Gates and 13 other investors pour $120 million into revolutionary gene-editing startup

Bill Gates and 13 other investors pour $120 million into revolutionary gene-editing startup

[8]Editas, a company started by several gene-editing pioneers, gets new funding to develop treatments for blood cancers, eye diseases, and sickle-cell anemia.

The future of science will soon be upon us

The future of science will soon be upon us

The European Commission has abandoned consideration of 'Science 2.0', finding it too ambitious.

New SoftwareX journal integrates software into scientific communication

New SoftwareX journal integrates software into scientific communication

Open access journal SoftwareX publishes cross-discipline, peer-reviewed software that has been developed during the research process.

Russian computer scientist fired from Dutch university for spying

Russian computer scientist fired from Dutch university for spying

A Russian computer scientist was fired from his job at a university in the Netherlands last year after Dutch intelligence officers warned he was spying for his home country.