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‘Immediate’ open access to all scientific papers by 2020
Observers are skeptical goal can be achieved
Jeremy Berg named Science editor-in-chief
Biochemist and former director of NIH’s basic research institute has long been involved in science policy
Employment crisis for new Ph.D.s is an illusion
NSF surveys generate what seem to be conflicting data on the status of those entering the scientific job market
Research groups going to war again over small business funding
Academic and entrepreneurial communities battle over bills to boost the research set-aside for SBIR
In survey, most give thumbs-up to pirated papers
Survey responses reveal that beyond lack of journal access, convenience and antipathy toward publishers are key motivations for turning to paper repository
We need to do more for women in science
The scientific community must do a better job confronting the issues facing women in science, our author writes
Troubled geophysics institute gets a new boss
Carlo Doglioni aims to concentrate on science, leaving trial and corruption allegations behind
Who's downloading pirated papers? Everyone
An exclusive look at data from the controversial web site Sci-Hub reveals that the whole world, both poor and rich, is reading pirated research papers.
Australia’s national labs learn details of staff cuts
Climate scientists skeptical of plans for new center
Europe to bet up to €1 billion on quantum technology
Commission announces new Flagship plan with little fanfare
New Stanford center for scientific cartography
The new David Rumsey Map Center, which opened last week at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, showcases what was once one of the world’s great private map collections—more than 150,000 maps, globes, and cartographic artifacts.
The complex role of gender in faculty hiring
In computer science faculty hiring decisions, gender is indirectly considered through its correlation with measures like productivity, study finds
NSF test finds eliminating deadlines halves number of grant proposals
NSF geosciences advisory committee reveales the preliminary results from a pilot program that got rid of grant proposal deadlines in favor of an anytime submission.
How grad students get paid affects where they work
Surprising results add to fierce debate over how NIH funds graduate students
Harsh grades for ‘Europe’s MIT’
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) gets poor grades from the European Union’s financial watchdog.
E.U. urged to free all scientific papers by 2020
Dutch push for a quantum leap in open access
Tech expert and cancer survivor to lead U.S. 1-million-person health study
A technology guru and cancer survivor has been tapped to head President Obama’s ambitious 1-million-person personalized medicine study.
Elsewhere in Science: Funding concerns, a scientific memoir, and more
Financial conflicts of interest … Concerns about a people-based funding program … NextGen VOICES … A scientific memoir … Working Life
Lessons from the startup world
Professor Matthew Wallenstein wants to bring what he has learned as an entrepreneur to his colleagues in academia.
Studying the science of science
Some scientists are taking it upon themselves to go beyond their core research areas to study where the scientific system can go wrong.
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