Where's France Córdova?
New NSF director jumps into the frying pan served up by Congress as it reviews agency programs.
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Inequalities in science
Little attention has been paid to the large, changing inequalities in the world of scientific research.
Euroskeptic surge rocks E.U. elections
“A greater number of Europhobic members … in the European Parliament would certainly have negative consequences on the idea to turn scientific research and innovation into a great European policy” says Jean-Pierre Audy, an EPP parliamentarian from France.
Break funding impasse now
Break funding impasse now
Disagreements may cause "irreparable harm to the German research system," joint statement says
University tells Elsevier 'no deal'
In fight over journal pricing, University of Konstanz ends license negotiations with publisher
The parable of Google flu: traps in big data analysis
In February 2013, Google Flu Trends (GFT) made headlines but not for a reason that Google executives or the creators of the flu tracking system would have hoped.
In Academia, Women Collaborate Less With Their Same-Sex Juniors
Study of psychology departments finds that female full professors are less likely to co-author papers with lower ranking women
Computing a winner, fusion a loser in U.S. science budget
Follow our coverage of the 2015 budget request to Congress
Twitter Offers Entire Data Pool, but Some Wary of Diving In
With the announcement of its new Data Grants program, Twitter is inviting academic researchers to propose experiments that take advantage of the full "firehose" of its 500 million daily tweets. But some researchers worry that the terms of the deal give Twitter ownership of their ideas.
Peering into Peer Review
Why don't proposals given better scores by the NIH lead to more important research outcomes?
EMBO at 50
50 years ago, the European Molecular Biology Organization was founded by leading scientists who wished to create a network of cooperation in molecular biology.
US science agencies get some relief in 2014 budget
Physical science wins bigger increases than biomedical research.
Google Scholar wins raves—but can it be trusted?
Over the past year, Jonathan Eisen's reading habits have changed dramatically. For most of the past 2 decades, he has kept up with scientific literature primarily by combing PubMed. But these days Eisen, an evolutionary biologist, discovers research relevant to his own work without even looking for it.
Geoghegan-Quinn surveys Europe's science horizon
On the eve of a new funding era, the European Union's research chief tells scientists what to expect
Japan adopts state secrets law
Academics fear secrecy will hinder research into the science behind policy decisions.
What awaits the new director
In the coming days, the US Senate will consider the confirmation of Dr. France Córdova as director of the NSF. If confirmed, Dr. Córdova will be the latest in a line of distinguished scientists to lead the nearly $7 billion agency.
What's so special about science? (And how much should we spend on it?)
Presidential address on why society is willing to support an endeavor as abstract and altruistic as basic scientific research and an enterprise as large and practical as the R&D enterprise as a whole.
Senator Warren Says Fighting for Science Is a Top Priority
The only U.S. senator to receive a research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) says one of her top priorities in her first term is to increase federal support for academic research and eliminate restrictions on NSF funding for political science research.
Atypical Combinations and Scientific Impact
How big a role do unconventional combinations of existing knowledge play in the impact of a scientific paper? A new study shows that the highest-impact papers were not the ones that had the greatest novelty, but had a combination of novelty and otherwise conventional combinations of prior work.
Back to Work!
The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives tonight voted to end a partial shutdown of the U.S. government that has paralyzed science funding agencies, disrupted research projects and meetings, and threatened to wipe out an entire season of field studies.
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Kurz vor der Wahl hat der Bundesrat ein Gesetz durchgewunken, das wissenschaftlichen Urhebern mehr Rechte einräumt. Weder Forscher noch Verlage sind zufrieden damit.
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