The controversial Human Brain Project (HBP) has secured funding from the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, for the next three years that amounts to an annual investment…
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As the focus of research is shifting to resolving challenges such as climate change, food and water crisis, research is transcending the boundaries of disciplines. But how is interdisciplinary…
Academic freedom has become a hot topic of discussion among Russian scientists as a recent amendment in law by the Russian government states that research manuscripts have to undergo a screening by…
Open Access Week is an annual global scholarly communication event organized by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC). The main intent of this event, which started in 2008…
Research is now primarily a collaborative and often an interdisciplinary endeavor. However, this has given rise to the trend of mass authorship and fractional authorship. As a result, discussions…
On October 12, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that it has awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2015 to Angus
Svetlana Alexievich, the Belarusian writer, has won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature for her “polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time.”
On October 7, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences declared the winners of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The prize was awarded to Tomas Lindahl, Paul
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on October 6 announced the winners of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics. The award was given to Takkaki Kajita from Japan
On October 5, the Nobel Committee announced that the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to William C. Campbell, Satoshi Omura, and Youyou Tu