Fabrício Marques

INNOVATION

Proliferating startups

Innovative life science companies attract investment in Lausanne, Switzerland

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open access

How to survive without subscribing to scientific journals

Digital tools and social networks help students and researchers find articles online

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GOOD PRACTICES

Clampdown on sexual harassment in labs

US National Institutes of Health reinforces commitment to punishing researchers, while Congress discusses rules for federal funding agencies

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Communication

Open mics for science

Podcasts gain audiences and open new avenues for science communication throughout Brazil

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Good practices

An algorithm for evaluating research credibility

The Pentagon wants to develop a tool capable of identifying whether social and behavioral science research results are credible

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Intellectual property

Mapping out the roadblocks

A study looks at why Brazilian industry is poorly innovative and suggests academic publishing and patent counts are two sides of the same coin

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Good practices

Multiple sanctions for ethical misconduct

Punishments for scientific misconduct will affect the social lives of Chinese researchers

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Funding

The benefits of investing in science

Meeting of the Global Research Council in São Paulo addresses the challenges of responding to increasing expectations that research should have a societal and economic impact

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Internationalization

Long distance connections

Initiatives that promote networking and knowledge exchange among Brazilian researchers in the United States are on the rise

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Funding

Changing trend

Science and technology indicators show how the recession affected research and development investment in Brazil in 2016

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Good practices

No blame, no policing

Dutch code of conduct proposes ongoing discussion on scientific integrity without fear of reprisals, highlighting the duties of care of research institutions

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Good practices

The importance of null results

Experiments that do not arrive at their expected conclusion are more frequent than previously thought, and disregarding them can generate biases, study shows

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Indicators

2017 Report

Activities Report shows that FAPESP increased funding for innovative research and business partnerships

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Funding

Reap what you sow

With ambitions to quadruple capital invested, São Paulo investment fund backs 20 innovative companies

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ORGANIZATION

Dashed hopes

The National Museum was preparing for a revitalization project when it was obliterated by fire

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GOOD PRACTICES

Habitual fraud

Japanese researchers lead the list of scientists with the highest number of retracted articles

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BIOENERGY

On the frontiers of ethanol made from sugarcane

Project outlines scenarios to increase biofuel production in Africa and Latin America

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Education

New doorways to college

Developments in affirmative action add diversity to university admission pathways

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RETROSPECT

One hundred years of Reform in Córdoba

How a rebellion against the rigid hierarchy in an inland university of Argentina inspired change throughout Latin America

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Funding

Reaping dividends

Investment in research has increased farm productivity in São Paulo and generated economic returns for the state

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GOOD PRACTICES

Four shades of academic plagiarism

India releases new guidelines on how to punish plagiarism in scientific papers and proposes a scale for assessing the severity of the problem

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BIBLIOMETRICS

Responsible metrics

Company that determines the impact factor of scientific journals shares the data behind the results

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Good practices

The specter of predatory journals in Brazil

Study shows how many researchers in the country are publishing in suspicious journals

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Patent War

Patent War

Researchers locked in legal battle for property rights linked to the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool

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GOOD PRACTICES

Addressing sexual harassment in academia

Report proposes new strategies for protecting students and researchers from harassment and coercion

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BIOENERGY

Obstacles in the way

Delays in achieving economic viability of second-generation ethanol keeps investors at arms’ length, but some companies are staying in the race

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DIFFUSION

Promise of boycott

Computer scientists vow to boycott new subscription-only artificial intelligence journal

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GOOD PRACTICES

A second chance

Biologist fired by the University of Tokyo for manipulating images receives training from British Nobel laureate

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INTERVIEW

Cristiana Simão Seixas: How to measure the value of nature

Biologist who coordinated assessment of biodiversity in the Americas shares strategies to slow down losses

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INNOVATION

The battle for quality

Companies and universities discuss strategies for improving engineering education

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