Enough doom and gloom part 2: Curiosity is the currency of science
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Enough doom and gloom part 1: Science funding is cyclical
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Naturejobs picks of the week
So is the amount of science funding available dwindling? Or are we just imagining it? Our reads this week have been looking into how boom-bust cycles are taking shape, how funding proposals are being made and how all of this might just be a myth. Read more
Brain initiatives galore, smiles aplenty
Vivien Marx reports from the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego and the status of the big brain projects in the EU and US. Read more
One-stop research ethics shop is open for business
Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) has emerged as the latest catchphrase to burden US researchers who are already up to their ears in funding agency bureaucracy. Now a $1.5 million initiative funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) is promising to help them out. Read more
Panel urges NSF to boost instrument investment
The US National Science Foundation should expand its investment in novel instrumentation that could serve a large number of researchers, according to an advisory report on materials science released yesterday. Read more
Giant telescope walks away from US competition
The 24.5-metre Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) has decided to avoid going toe-to-toe with its rival, the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), in a competition sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Read more
MIT students collect 10,000 names on petition calling for more government funding for science
Stand with Science, a campaign launched by MIT students, has gathered more than 10,000 signature on a web petition calling on Congress not to cut science funding in the name of deficit reduction. Below find a sampling of comments from the petition. Read more
Number of new US science PhDs falls for first time in seven years
The number of science doctorates awarded in the United States fell by 1% in 2010, ending a seven-year run of annual increases. Read more
Improving work-life balance: US National Science Foundation wants your ideas
Do you have a creative suggestion for how to address issues with career-life balance in mathematics and physical sciences in the United States? If so the National Science Foundation (NSF) wants to hear from you. In an open letter published yesterday, NSF’s Edward Seidel called for the mathematics and physical sciences community to contribute to NSF’s recently launched Career-Life Balance Initiative. Read more
