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In the wake of an impending economic crisis, the Brazilian government is walking down the path of austerity with respect to federal budget and expenditure. This…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- July 23, 2015
Metrics are important in research evaluation, but excessive focus on unreliable and rigid quantitative measures has diluted the nature and significance of research…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- July 23, 2015
Transparency in reporting of research is essential for providing enough information about how the work was performed to allow others to replicate it. This post…
- Patricia K. Baskin
- July 20, 2015
Dr. Jianwu Yan is the Deputy Director of the Mechanics and Electrical Engineering School Experiment Center at Nanchang Institute of Technology, where he teaches and…
- Editage Insights
- July 16, 2015
The Dynasty Foundation, which provides $10 million of research funding to Russian scientists annually has decided to shut down after the Russian government labeled it as…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- July 10, 2015
The economic crisis in Greece has led to many speculations about the future of the country's science and research landscape. This post takes a look at the effect of the…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- July 9, 2015
The issue of predatory ‘patent trolls’ has been plaguing scientific innovation since decades. But what are patent trolls and how do they operate? Are universities trolls…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- July 7, 2015
The Kyoto Prize is Japan’s highest and most esteemed award presented annually in three categories: Advanced Technology, Basic Sciences, and Arts and Philosophy. Read on…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- June 29, 2015
Science is becoming open and how! Gone are the days when researchers and institutions believed in keeping scientific data behind strict and complex institutional…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- June 29, 2015
The scientific landscape of Korea is undergoing a change. With change at various levels, including a consistent growth of R&D budget, openness toward the acceptance…
- Sun Huh
- June 27, 2015