S&S: Careers & Training
- Science and rockHow music festivals can boost the progress of science
How music festivals can boost the progress of science
An innovative partnership between a research institute and a music festival is helping to connect scientists and young people in Portugal. It is also bringing in money to fund research.
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- Nothing but the truthAre the media as bad at communicating science as scientists fear?
Are the media as bad at communicating science as scientists fear?
Many scientists blame the media for sensationalising scientific findings, but new research suggests that things can go awry at all levels, from the scientific report to the press officer to the journalist.
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- More than meets the eyeModern experimental techniques require increasingly sophisticated approaches to data visualization
Modern experimental techniques require increasingly sophisticated approaches to data visualization
Visualizing data can lead to new insights and understanding, but modern research is so complex that the old methods cannot cope. Researchers are developing visual spaces for representing huge quantities of data in a new way.
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- Academic labour shortagesA lack of trained scientists could slow down research in Europe
A lack of trained scientists could slow down research in Europe
A shortage of skilled science labour in Europe could hold back research progress. The EU will increase science funding to address the problem, but real long‐term measures need to start in schools, not universities.
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- The new geography of scientific collaborationsChanging patterns in the geography of science pose ethical challenges for collaborations between established and emerging scientific powers
Changing patterns in the geography of science pose ethical challenges for collaborations between established and emerging scientific powers
- Sonia M R Vasconcelos1,
- Nicholas H Steneck4,‡,
- Melissa Anderson5,§,
- Hatisaburo Masuda1,
- Marisa Palacios2,†,
- José C S Pinto3 and
- Martha M Sorenson1
- 1 Science Education Program of the Medical Biochemistry Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil
- 2 Institute for Studies in Collective Health, UFRJ
- 3 Chemical Engineering Program of COPPE, UFRJ
- 4 Research Ethics and Integrity Program of the Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- 5 Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
The science ethics melting pot is just heating up; what role will emerging nations play in setting new standards of practice that ensure successful international collaborations?
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- Things we know we know
- Howy Jacobs
Universities worldwide compete to produce the most impressive performance statistics. Howy worries that the universities' primary function of scholarship is being neglected in the process.
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- Significant statistics
- Bernd Pulverer1
Appropriate statistical analysis is vital to the integrity of the scientific record, but experience and intuition also play a role in interpreting results. Scientific progress should not be hampered through statistical over‐evaluation.
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- Replicates and repeats—what is the difference and is it significant?A brief discussion of statistics and experimental design
A brief discussion of statistics and experimental design
Replicate samples are important, but they cannot be used to properly test the validity of a scientific hypothesis.
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- PhD survival guideSome brief advice for PhD students
Some brief advice for PhD students
Navigating the perils and pitfalls of a PhD is no easy task. This concise survival guide should help budding scientists avoid the most common mistakes and enjoy their first taste of real research.
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- Biological research in IndiaAn interview with Dr Satyajit Mayor, Dean at the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, India
An interview with Dr Satyajit Mayor, Dean at the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, India
Satyajit Mayor, Dean at the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, India, discusses the challenges and opportunities for life science research in India.
- Received January 25, 2013.
- Accepted January 25, 2013.
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