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Stehen Juniorprofessoren in Deutschland kurz vor dem Sprung in ihre weitere wissenschaftliche Karriere, wächst die Angst, keine Perspektive zu haben. Fast die Hälfte äußert sich "unzufrieden" mit ihrer Situation, klagt über fehlende Tenure-Track-Optionen.
With high numbers of postdocs emerging from universities, prospective PhD students must be prepared for the fact that they will probably not end up with a career in research.
The culture of scientific publishing is complex. Some problems need technical solutions, but others require a cultural change within academia.
Metrics that give a global overview risk sidelining science in developing nations.
Europe's €1-billion science and technology project needs to clarify its goals and establish transparent governance.
Asian universities are catching up with the West on research strength, but only slowly.
On the importance of remaining pragmatic due to the risk of collapsing the entire publishing system in an effort to improve it.
Recent retraction of two papers on stem-cell research by the journal Nature highlights weaknesses in this self-regulatory framework that scientists need to address.
Papers retracted due to misconduct accounted for approximately $58 million in direct funding by the NIH between 1992 and 2012, less than 1% of the NIH budget over this period.
The new EU data protection regulations adopted earlier this year by the European Parliament would undermine important research using personal data.
A number of suggestions for the new AAAS open access journal Science Advances.
Dan Huttenlocher, dean of the Cornell Tech Campus, shares what it's like building an innovation center.
eLife has released its 2013 financials, which give an indication of what a premier OA journal article costs to produce.
On the state of the postdoc — the staple of the science scholar's life cycle that's now gaining steam in the humanities.
Exploring the topic together with ERC grantees and other researchers, with representatives from funding bodies, universities and other research performers, with publishers, policy makers and other interested parties.
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council aims to accelerate both scientific breakthroughs and social and economic impact.
NSF awards $10.8 million in grants to support US government initiative.
Schummeln, ohne zu lügen - das ist die neue Plage der Wissenschaft. Die Medizin ist besonders infiziert.
Overview of some of the approaches that research funders take to open access and why.
Google is allegedly working on a free, open access platform for the research, collaboration and publishing of peer-reviewed scientific journals. At least, that is apparently what one individual wants us to believe.
Women continue to face serious obstacles when pursuing a scientific career in Switzerland, with the juggle of family life and research particularly difficult.
Scientific publishers producing model copyright licences will make it harder for academic research to be a "first class citizen of the web".
Es ist höchst eigenartig: Die Schweiz driftet, seit dem 9. Februar mit erhöhter Geschwindigkeit, auf eine gewaltige Bewährungsprobe zu, doch die politischen Parteien bleiben weitgehend stumm.
Arbeitserfahrungen im Ausland gelten in der Wissenschaft als Tugend - Doch viele Forscher kehren nach Jahren des Wanderns nicht mehr zurück.
Africa has a poor reputation for scientific innovation. But when South Africa jointly won a bid in 2012 to host the world's largest science project, for a radio telescope called the Square Kilometre Array, it hoped to foster a new image.
Position paper issued by the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences.
Visions for open evaluation of scientific papers by post-publication peer review.
Switzerland is the world’s most innovative economy, followed by Sweden, Singapore, Hong Kong and Finland, according to the GII 2014.
Giant academic social networks have taken off to a degree that no one expected even a few years ago. A Nature survey explores why.
