Cong Lu has long been fascinated by how to use technology to make his job as a research scientist more efficient. But his latest project takes the idea to an extreme. Lu, who is a postdoctoral ...
In the last two decades, the scientific world has waged an extraordinary campaign for openness — most notably through open ...
Despite significant advances in addiction science, a persistent and critical challenge remains: the vast chasm between the ...
Ryan Summers receives funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He is affiliated with the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE), NARST, ...
T he publication process in social science is broken. Articles in prestigious journals use flawed data, employ questionable research practices, and reach illogical conclusions. Sometimes doubts over ...
A new study by researchers at Northwestern University has set off alarm bells about the future of academic research, warning that the publication of fraudulent science is growing at a faster rate than ...
On the eve of its 75th anniversary, the US National Science Foundation (NSF) has told employees it will be undergoing a drastic restructuring. The changes, which were first reported by Science, would ...
On Feb. 7, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued guidance limiting how much of the “indirect costs” (IDC) of scientific research it would pay. While the topic is arcane, it has massive ...
A man in a winter hat and wearing blue plastic gloves holds a plastic sample cup and pointed tool near a shelf-like fungus growing on the side of a mossy tree in a forest. A researcher collecting ...
Academics are alarmed by newly released details that show how exactly the Trump administration plans to cut billions from scientific research. Among other things, the administration’s proposed cuts ...