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Researchers reveal model of Sun's magnetic field

Researchers at the Universities of Leeds and Chicago have uncovered an important mechanism behind the generation of astrophysical magnetic fields such as that of the Sun.

Science Politics | Source: University of Leeds | Views: 39 | Comments: 0
Lunar impacts created seas of molten rock, research shows

Early in the Moon's history an ocean of molten rock covered its entire surface. As that lunar magma ocean cooled over millions of years, it differentiated to form the Moon's crust and mantle. But according to a new analysis by planetary scientists from Brown University, this wasn't the last time the Moon's surface was melted on a massive scale.

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Modeling Jupiter and Saturn's possible origins

New theoretical modeling by Carnegie's Alan Boss provides clues to how the gas giant planets in our solar system—Jupiter and Saturn—might have formed and evolved. His work was published recently by the Astrophysical Journal.

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A window into Europa's ocean lies right at the surface

If you could lick the surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa, you would actually be sampling a bit of the ocean beneath. So says Mike Brown, an astronomer at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Brown—known as the Pluto killer for discovering a Kuiper-belt object that led to the demotion of Pluto from planetary status—and Kevin Hand from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (J

Science Politics | Source: California Institute of Technology | Views: 1019 | Comments: 0
Reforming US research ethics: System that works for all stakeholders

At a time when the U.S. government is contemplating changes to federal guidelines governing research with humans, serious questions are being raised about the role of Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) in overseeing such research. Particularly, vocal critics have cited lost time, money and even lives under a system that they claim consumes scarce resources and stifles academic freedom.

Research | Source: Carnegie Mellon University | Views: 1078 | Comments: 0
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Reforming US research ethics: System that works for all stakeholders

At a time when the U.S. government is contemplating changes to federal guidelines governing research with humans, serious questions are being raised about the role of Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) in overseeing such research. Particularly, vocal critics have cited lost time, money and even lives under a system that they claim consumes scarce resources and stifles academic freedom.

Research | Source: Carnegie Mellon University | Views: 1078 | Comments: 0
Men more likely than women to commit scientific fraud

Male scientists are far more likely to commit fraud than females and the fraud occurs across the career spectrum, from trainees to senior faculty. The analysis of professional misconduct was co-led by a researcher at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and was published today in the online journal mBio.

Research | Source: Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Views: 1074 | Comments: 0
Researchers: Online science news needs careful study

A science-inclined audience and wide array of communications tools make the Internet an excellent opportunity for scientists hoping to share their research with the world. But that opportunity is fraught with unintended consequences, according to a pair of University of Wisconsin–Madison life sciences communication professors.

Science Politics | Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison | Views: 1095 | Comments: 0
Taking on the challenges of replication in psychological science

Psychological science has come of age. But the rights of a mature discipline carry with them responsibilities, among them the responsibility to maximize confidence in our findings through good data practices and replication.

Science Politics | Source: Association for Psychological Science | Views: 1126 | Comments: 0
Study reveals declining influence of high impact factor journals

The most prestigious peer-reviewed journals in the world, such as Cell, Nature, Science, and the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), have less and less influence amongst scientists, according to a paper co-authored by Vincent Larivière, a professor at the University of Montreal's School of Library and Information Sciences.

Science Politics | Source: University of Montreal | Views: 1083 | Comments: 0
Gender discrimination a reason why females choose careers outside the hard sciences

Both male and female scientists view gender discrimination as a major reason women choose to pursue careers in biology rather than physics, according to new research from Rice University.

Science Politics | Source: Rice University | Views: 1106 | Comments: 0
Study of research manuscript submissions shows initial rejection may lead to higher impact

A large-scale survey of the process for submitting research papers to scientific journals has revealed a surprising pattern: manuscripts that were turned down by one journal and published in another received significantly more citations than those that were published by the first journal to receive them.

Science Politics | Source: McGill University | Views: 1071 | Comments: 0
Misconduct, not error, accounts for most scientific paper retractions

In sharp contrast to previous studies suggesting that errors account for the majority of retracted scientific papers, a new analysis—the most comprehensive of its kind—has found that misconduct is responsible for two-thirds of all retractions. In the paper, misconduct included fraud or suspected fraud, duplicate publication and plagiarism. The paper's findings show

Science Politics | Source: Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Views: 1105 | Comments: 0
'Spin' in media reports of scientific articles

Press releases and news stories reporting the results of randomized controlled trials often contain "spin"—specific reporting strategies (intentional or unintentional) emphasizing the beneficial effect of the experimental treatment—but such "spin" frequently comes from the abstract (summary) of the actual study published in a scientific journal, rather than being related to misinterpretation by th

Science Politics | Source: Public Library of Science | Views: 1168 | Comments: 0
Gender bias in leading scientific journals

Fewer women than men are asked to write in the leading scientific journals. That is established by two researchers from Lund University in Sweden, who criticise the gender bias.

Science Politics | Source: Lund University | Views: 1282 | Comments: 0
Local weather patterns affect beliefs about global warming

Local weather patterns temporarily influence people's beliefs about evidence for global warming, according to research by political scientists at New York University and Temple University. Their study, which appears in the Journal of Politics, found that those living in places experiencing warmer-than-normal temperatures at the time they were surveyed were significantly more likely than oth

Science Politics | Source: New York University | Views: 1351 | Comments: 0
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