7 Major Experiments That Still Haven’t Found What They’re Looking For
Nature seems to have a regular penchant for mocking scientists’ hopes and expectations.
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Science Is Shaped by Wikipedia
Increased provision of information in accessible repositories appears to be a cost-effective way to advance science. Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial.
Too Few Antibiotics in Pipeline to Tackle Global Drug-Resistance Crisis
Too Few Antibiotics in Pipeline to Tackle Global Drug-Resistance Crisis
Nowhere near enough new drugs are currently in development says a WHO report, which calls for urgent investment and responsible use of existing antibiotics.
Birkbeck to Investigate the Peer Review Process
Thanks to a $99,000 research grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
A Bibliometric Model for Identifying Emerging Research Topics
A set of criteria for the identification of emerging topics is proposed according to the adjusted definition and attributes of emergence.
‘I Have to Be True To Who I Am as a Scientist’
Crispr inventor Jennifer Doudna talks about discovering the gene-editing tool, the split with her collaborator and the complex ethics of genetic manipulation.
Harnessing Serendipity
Innovation is critical to sustained economic growth—and mathematics can help us understand how it works
Meta-Assessment of Bias in Science
Science is said to be suffering a reproducibility crisis caused by many biases. How common are these problems, across the wide diversity of research fields? We probed for multiple bias-related patterns in a large random sample of meta-analyses taken from all disciplines.
More Surgeons Must Start Doing Basic Science
They say they don't have the time or incentives to do research — and that’s dangerous for translational medicine.
Ranks of Scientists Aging Faster Than Other Workers
The work force is aging in the United States, and scientists are leading the way. From 1993 to 2008, the share of scientists aged 55 and older increased by nearly 90 percent.
EMBL Opens New Lab for Tissue Biology and Disease Modeling in Barcelona
EMBL Opens New Lab for Tissue Biology and Disease Modeling in Barcelona
First new outstation in 18 years strengthens city's biomedical profile
Google’s DeepMind Makes AI Program That Can Learn Like A Human
Program brings artificial general intelligence a step closer by using previous knowledge to solve fresh problems
WHO Publishes List of Bacteria for which New Antibiotics Are Urgently Needed
WHO Publishes List of Bacteria for which New Antibiotics Are Urgently Needed
WHO today published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant "priority pathogens"—a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health.
Mathematical Genius Is Fragile. We Need To Stop Destroying It.
The legends of mathematics that almost never were.
Why Having a (Nonfinancial) Interest Is Not a Conflict of Interest
A current debate about conflicts of interest related to biomedical research is to question whether the focus on financial conflicts of interest overshadows “nonfinancial” interests that could put scientific judgment at equal or greater risk of bias.
Google’s Long, Strange Life Span Trip
Why does a mole rat live 30 years but a mouse only three? With $1.5 billion in the bank, Google’s anti-aging spinout Calico is rich enough to find out.
The Research Librarian of the Future: Data Scientist and Co-Investigator
How the research librarian of the future might work, utilising new data science and digital skills to drive more collaborative and open scholarship.
The Thrill of Defeat
What Francis Crick and Sydney Brenner taught me about being scooped, by Bob Goldstein
Keep it complex
When knowledge is uncertain, experts should avoid pressures to simplify their advice. Render decision-makers accountable for decisions, says Andy Stirling.
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