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Stop Undervaluing Smaller Institutions
Far from being inferior, smaller universities can outstrip elite ones in research training and promoting inclusivity.
The Tangled History of MRNA Vaccines
Hundreds of scientists had worked on mRNA vaccines for decades before the coronavirus pandemic brought a breakthrough.
Expect Less of the Scientific Paper
Make science more reliable by placing the burden of replicability on the community, not on individual laboratories.
Politics Will Be Poorer Without Angela Merkel's Scientific Approach
Biology Must Generate Ideas As Well As Data
Data should be a means to knowledge, not an end in themselves.
Preprint Advocates Must Also Fight for Research Integrity
Efforts to share research with the public must include mechanisms to prevent harm resulting from low-quality work.
Replication Studies for Undergraduate Theses to Improve Science and Education | FULL TEXT
Replication Studies for Undergraduate Theses to Improve Science and Education | FULL TEXT
FULL TEXT. Requiring undergraduate students to perform what is termed original research for their thesis, an investigation that cannot constitute a replication of an existing study, is a failed opportunity for science and education, argues Daniel Quintana.
Replication Studies for Undergraduate Theses to Improve Science and Education
Replication Studies for Undergraduate Theses to Improve Science and Education
Requiring undergraduate students to perform what is termed original research for their thesis, an investigation that cannot constitute a replication of an existing study, is a failed opportunity for science and education.
Automated Detection of Poor-quality Data: Case Studies in Healthcare
The detection and removal of poor-quality data in a training set is crucial to achieve high-performing AI models. In healthcare, data can be inherently poor-quality due to uncertainty or subjectivity, but as is often the case, the requirement for data privacy restricts AI practitioners from accessing raw training data, meaning manual visual verification of private patient data is not possible. Here we describe a novel method for automated identification of poor-quality data, called Untrainable Data Cleansing. This method is shown to have numerous benefits including protection of private patient data; improvement in AI generalizability; reduction in time, cost, and data needed for training; all while offering a truer reporting of AI performance itself. Additionally, results show that Untrainable Data Cleansing could be useful as a triage tool to identify difficult clinical cases that may warrant in-depth evaluation or additional testing to support a diagnosis.
Face Masks for COVID Pass Their Largest Test Yet
A rigorous study finds that surgical masks are highly protective, but cloth masks fall short.
Indonesia's Science Super-Agency Must Earn Researchers' Trust
The drastic shake-up of the country's science system is intended to boost innovation, but there are concerns about political interference in the new centralized agency.
How Misconduct Helped Psychological Science to Thrive
How Misconduct Helped Psychological Science to Thrive
Grass-roots action against bad behaviour has spurred reform - and should keep going.
Scientists Need to Better Communicate the Links Between Pandemics and Global Environmental Change
Scientists Need to Better Communicate the Links Between Pandemics and Global Environmental Change
The pandemic and global environmental change are intimately intertwined at multiple levels, and this must be more clearly articulated to the public and in policy.
The World's Scientific Panel on Biodiversity Needs a Bigger Role
IPBES, the international panel of leading biodiversity researchers, should be consulted on how best to measure species loss.
The Global Research Community Must Not Abandon Afghanistan
Here's how Afghanistan's scholars can be supported.
Five Hundred Days Between Pay Cheques: the Road I Took to Revive My Career
A global career move left one member of a scientist couple unemployed during the pandemic. Here's what he learnt.
Three Questions to Address Rigour and Reproducibility Concerns in Your Grant Proposal
Three Questions to Address Rigour and Reproducibility Concerns in Your Grant Proposal
Addressing weaknesses and limitations in your science will reassure potential funders, say grant-writing coaches.
Gender Gap in US Patents Leads to Few Inventions That Help Women
Inventor teams with women represent 16% of filed patents, yet are more likely than male teams to create women's health products.
Webcast: How to Green Your Lab
Taking steps to lower the environmental impact of your research can reduce costs.
Delta's Rise is Fuelled by Rampant Spread from People Who Feel Fine
People infected with the Delta variant generally do not have COVID-19 symptoms until two days after they start shedding the coronavirus.
How Do Vaccinated People Spread Delta? What the Science Says
Emerging data suggest that Delta could spread more readily than other coronavirus variants among people vaccinated against COVID-19. But key questions remain.
How I Tackled Post-PhD Imposter Syndrome
Kelsey Inouye's job search gave her panic attacks and dented her self-esteem. But she learnt to take rejection in her stride.
