Through public genome sequences, a team in Berlin perfected a molecular diagnostic protocol to detect the 2019-nCoV more than a week before the first case was confirmed in Germany.
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Frontier research initiatives to tackle the 2019 coronavirus seem to be dominated by institutions in China, the US, Japan and labs across Europe. Very little seem to be coming form Indonesia.
One-fifth of U.S. teen girls reported experiencing major depression in 2017.
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Involving people with disabilities in developing knowledge and policy on disability will significantly help reduce interest bias and untangle the complexity of disability.
There is growing awareness of the negative impact of ‘parachute research’.
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Mistakes can be made during scientific research with devastating effects. Keeping an open mind to the possibility of error and correcting immediately can make the difference between life and death.
A lack of research is affecting the choices women make during pregnancy, childbirth, and caring for their baby.
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Although research can provide us with useful evidence to help inform our decisions, underfunded research areas still mean that women are being left in the dark.
We like to narrate our lives in terms of the challenges we’ve confronted and the setbacks we’ve overcome.
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We like to think there’s a silver lining to tragedy – and this may be influencing both how studies on post-traumatic growth are constructed and how subjects are responding.
Education minister Dan Tehan has been making funding announcement gradually, increasing uncertainty for researchers.
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Tanzania’s government must focus on the drivers of teenage pregnancy, which are entirely overlooked in current punitive policies, instead of expelling and arresting schoolgirls.
The National Scientific Repository is Indonesia’s first data bank that aggregates research data on a national level.
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The govt recently launched the National Scientific Repository (RIN) to become a national-level data bank that aggregates research data from various sources. What are the benefits and challenges?
Research-based policymaking is not yet happening in Indonesia.
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Indonesian policymaking is predominantly informed by research with poor theoretical engagement, with no strong tradition of peer review and with legal threats to academic freedom.
A developing country such as South Africa needs to increase its PhD output.
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If South Africa focuses on getting more PhDs, universities will also increase other graduates in the pipeline.
Around 90% of research papers published in journals contain results that prove the hypotheses. This bias has driven scientists to commit unethical practices just to get published easier.
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Indonesia’s unhealthy obsession with research output is driving scientists to commit unethical acts to produce research that are more publishable. What can the research community do to stop this?
Drones are increasingly used to gather information and inform research. As technology develops longer-lasting batteries and more sensitive cameras, the role of drones in research will continue to grow.
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