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The only way to know if a medical treatment actually works is with a randomized-controlled trial.
While there are various good reasons for doing research and funding research, the chief reason is that research provides essential insurance against catastrophic events.
Global research funding, such as that offered by Denmark’s government, can open doors for African researchers to study abroad and then take their skills home.
Academics report feeling unhappy and isolated in their current work culture.
Australia’s top scientist Alan Finkel says too many poor quality research papers are being published in Australia, and the system may inadvertently encourage academics to behave badly.
Artificial intelligence holds great promise for medicine, but safeguards are needed to ensure it does not harm patients.
Scientists have identified the world’s smallest animal – for now. It could be possible smaller creatures exist that have not yet been discovered.
As we celebrate the nation’s founding, it’s a good time to note the heroism of George Washington. The British were a pain, to be sure, but what really caused him trouble were his teeth.
With a budget surplus in sight, it makes no sense to cut funding from Australia’s research capacity.
Energy-efficient water supply is a wicked problem – and we might have found a way to solve it.
The 2018 edition of the EuroScience Open Festival is a great showcase for EU scientific collaboration.
Money always seems tight for university scientists. A sociologist conducted hundreds of interviews to see how they think about funding sources and profit motives for basic and applied research.
When high income researchers take their unethical methods abroad it’s the poor who suffer.
Africa has recorded a tremendous growth in its output of academic engineering research over the past 20 years. Greater collaboration can increase this growth even more.
Science isn’t cold, hard facts uncovered by emotionless robots. Acknowledging how and where values play a role promotes a more realistic view and can advance science’s reputation for reliability.
South Africa’s National Research Foundation will dramatically scale back “incentive” funding to rated researchers, both those who already have a rating and those who will be rated in the future.
Surveying the bottom of the ocean turns out to be far from easy. But there was something wonderful about seeing animals we have only read about in old books.
The research community tends to assume advocacy doesn’t mix with objectivity. One study suggests there’s room for scientists to make real-world recommendations without compromising their trusted status.
Our need for unbiased, well-researched information has never been greater.
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Previous Vice President of the Academy of Science of South Africa and DSI-NRF SARChI chair in Fungal Genomics, Professor in Genetics, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria
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President and Vice Chancellor, Monash University
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Vice-Chancellor, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer in History, Flinders University
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Associate Dean Research – Strategy & Performance, Faculty of Business, Government & Law, University of Canberra
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Chair of ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Biotechnology, The University of Queensland
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Universities Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Bioethics, Australian National University
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Senior Curator of Marine Invertebrates, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Brighton
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Professor, School of Public Health, University of Gothenburg Sweden, University of the Witwatersrand
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Vice-Chancellor, Deakin University
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President and Vice-Chancellor, UNSW Sydney
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Science Communication Researcher, Stellenbosch University
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Director of Centre for Professional Ethics, University of Central Lancashire
