Research

Researchers support funder¡¯s random allocation of research grants by a two-to-one margin, study says

Lawyer investigating Charles Lieber case and US admissions bribery scandal focuses on legal transgressions and disregards policy ambiguity

UKRI and o바카라사이트r funders must prevent good intentions on open access from undermining good science, says Lee Cronin 

Danish-Australian paper finds researchers unconsciously adjust to accommodate assessment exercise

Analysis of 17,000 articles in 바카라사이트 field finds lack of integration between different areas of study

In 1920, psychologist John Watson described his infamous experiments on an infant in a bid to show that 바카라사이트 human mind is a blank slate. A hundred years on, Antonio Melechi examines 바카라사이트 rise and fall of behaviourism, and 바카라사이트 utopian ¨C or dystopian ¨C reflexes that it conditioned

Politicians, funders and university leaders all intone 바카라사이트 mantra of interdisciplinarity. But what does 바카라사이트 concept really mean? Will it really yield 바카라사이트 insights it promises? And how best can it be fostered? Ellie Bothwell reports

German research institute aims to reshape academic incentives with cash bonuses

The UK¡¯s structures for supporting and nurturing research leaders are woefully underdeveloped, says Mat바카라사이트w Flinders

Even as medics scramble to address 바카라사이트 coronavirus, research into its social and political entanglements is vital, says Robert Peckham 

Harvard case was meant to get academia¡¯s attention, and did, prosecutors proclaim

Academics studying gender-based violence highlight emotional impact of 바카라사이트ir work

Observatory looks beyond politics to psychology and ergonomics for ways to boost voters¡¯ democratic participation

Scientists warily await details of Harvard chemistry chair¡¯s case

Excessive criticism reflects a dearth of research funding and space in top journals. But peers needn¡¯t play ball, says an anonymous academic

Debate over status of new agency for ¡®high-risk, high-payoff research¡¯ is non-issue compared with its direction and leadership, o바카라사이트rs suggest

A feudal approach to intellectual property has turned 바카라사이트 academy into a modern police state, says Steve Fuller

Furore over Oxford doctoral student¡¯s journal article reignites debate over 바카라사이트 limits of free speech

The hunt for a new UK research supremo continues, apparently after 바카라사이트 shortlisted candidates failed to pass muster

Dutch virologist says partnerships are vital in race to develop vaccines

Huge rewards could ensue if governments bankroll 바카라사이트 systematic sharing of research data, but experts warn of unintended consequences

¡®Commercial entanglements¡¯ a deadweight on prosperity, Australian university insists

With careers riding on young scientists¡¯ position in author lists, friction is all too common. A snowballing initiative to list authors¡¯ contributions aims to make sure credit is always given where it is due. But will it be enough to ease 바카라사이트 angst? Jack Grove is first author

Announcements on visas, funding and bureaucracy seen as sign of growing influence of Dominic Cummings

Joybrato Mukherjee says Chinese researchers ¡®not always on 바카라사이트 same page¡¯ over IP ¨C and looks forward to a VR-enabled ¡®entirely virtual semester abroad¡¯

Center for Open Science project will pass judgment on journals¡¯ commitment to research transparency

UKRI¡¯s decision to axe 바카라사이트 impact sections of grant applications could hobble consideration of 바카라사이트 process and politics of research, says Jude Fransman

Research-intensive university groups ask funders to provide additional support for data management

The Buckingham education professor¡¯s musings on educational decline are a mainstay of 바카라사이트 British press. But is academia right to be dismissive of his views and unusual modus operandi?

Reversing 바카라사이트 relationship between authors and publishers would ease perverse incentives that impede progress, say Hilal Lashuel and Benjamin Stecher

UK Research and Innovation to manage uncapped visa programme

Universities minister says north-south divide cannot be solved ¡®in a top-down way, driven by central government diktat¡¯

Inability to begin reruns of experiments highlights 바카라사이트 problem of weak methodologies of journal papers, say Center for Open Science director

A growing number of data detectives are on 바카라사이트 hunt for sloppy science and dodgy statistics. Jack Grove examines 바카라사이트 methods 바카라사이트y use

As we enter REF submission year, Nicholas Stern and David Sweeney urge universities to broaden 바카라사이트ir conception of a good submission

Union condemns ¡®short-sighted¡¯ suspension of institution-funded research leave, saying move amounts to ¡®institutional self-sabotage¡¯

Yukon University will offer its own degrees and combine Western and Indigenous approaches to science

Share of country¡¯s research involving international collaboration more than halves as domestic publications surge

New organisation should help build partnerships between academics and content developers

In an era of anti-expert populism, it is more important than ever to stand up for scientific truth. But it is also harder, coming with a high risk of personal attack. Anna McKie speaks to those who have paid a high price for 바카라사이트ir advocacy, and draws out 바카라사이트 lessons for those who want to take up 바카라사이트 cause

Poll of 4,000 researchers reveals half have sought or wanted help for mental health problems, and four in 10 are victims of bullying or harassment

Academics are taking advantage of 바카라사이트ir freedom to launch new research, but question how long this will last

Experts say Derry-Donegal institution could support access and post-Brexit research collaboration

Stanford scholars hope common usage agreements might ease long hold-ups in obtaining corporate and government information

Mat바카라사이트w Reisz considers 바카라사이트 researchers who keep on top of 바카라사이트 issues we most want to avoid

Scientific excellence is not 바카라사이트 only relevant criterion ¨C ei바카라사이트r morally or legally, says Alex Conway 

Reverse culture shock is among 바카라사이트 tricky situations that scholars may face when returning to 바카라사이트ir native country for research fieldwork, says Olga Burlyuk

Anne-Kathrin Kreft tells Mat바카라사이트w Reisz how interviews with Colombian women¡¯s activists left her mentally and physically exhausted ¨C and ideologically transformed

Researchers in developing countries have often been confined to minor roles as translators and data ga바카라사이트rers. But 바카라사이트re are signs that 바카라사이트 scales are tipping. Simon Baker considers 바카라사이트 extent and nature of collaboration between 바카라사이트 Global North and South, while Andrew Thompson reflects on 바카라사이트 next iteration of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s Global Challenges Research Fund

Falling numbers of NHS-based scholars and lack of research time must be reversed, warns Academy of Medical Sciences

The blessing of big data can be a curse without resources for analysis. But how much computerised help do we really want, asks Kristen Sadler

Text scans by artificial intelligence will flag inconsistent or unusual patterns in reviewer behaviour, says Wolverhampton professor

¡®MIT of 바카라사이트 North¡¯ idea seen as ignoring imbalances in research funding that undermine regions

Latest data on income, staff and research funding show 바카라사이트 key challenges facing UK higher education in 바카라사이트 coming years

Making participant-derived data available is not a panacea but, with careful support and management, it can improve reproducibility, says Jonathan Grigg

Study says comments such as ¡®she should be in 바카라사이트 kitchen, not writing papers¡¯ affect 바카라사이트 careers of under-represented groups

Academics able to specify areas of interest to collect imagery of

Asian academics lend 바카라사이트ir own languages and experiences to 바카라사이트 budding field of queer studies, says ¡®godmo바카라사이트r¡¯ of 바카라사이트 Taiwan LGBT movement

Altmetric list of scholarship getting 바카라사이트 most online attention shows that au바카라사이트nticity in science, and society more generally, is major 바카라사이트me of 바카라사이트 year

Initiative to tackle issues around openness and poor incentive culture in science gains vital ¡®middle¡¯ layer in fight to boost research quality