Taiwan accepts double-blind peer review
Taiwan’s science department is planning to assent double-bind peer review to evaluate research grant proposals. At present, grant proposals include single-blind review where the name of the applicant is known…
Elsevier introduces Open Access for Physics
Elsevier is initiating an innovative open access journal spanning all the fundamental and applied fields of physics. The Editorial Board will be a collection of the existing editors of Elsevier’s…
IEEE lifts ban on Huawei scientist reviewers
Amidst the - China trade war, IEEE recently banned employees of Huawei from vetting submission to its technical papers because of sanctions against the company. According to the new law,…
India reconsiders graduate scholar policy
A committee of researchers has recommended the Indian government to modify its way long graduate scholar policy. If the country’s higher-education administrator approves the recommendations, it will not be obligatory…
Strategies to cut student fees drift valued research
An evaluation of the funding policy of education post-18, hired by the prime minister, is presently underway. The extensively anticipated consequence is a cut in the tuition dues. This has…
Preparations to launch Saudi publishing house
The Kingdom’s minister of culture publicized the formation of a publishing house with an independent financial center according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). Saudi Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin…
Open access: A healthy practice for the scientific community
Paywalls, which limit access to content without a paid subscription, block access to scientific research. The Business of Scholarship exposed that even the largest academic publisher, Elsevier, regularly has a…
FDA chief resignation frights drug industry
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s resignation sent tremor through the drug industry in spite of months of rumors that his departure was probable and dealing yet another blow…
Artificial Intelligence detects neurodegenerative diseases
A research team at the Icahn School of Medicine has developed a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform to detect different neurodegenerative disorders using brain tissue samples. The platform employs machine…
MoU between the University of Washington and the Aga Khan University
On 4 March, the University of Washington (UW) signed a memorandum of understanding with the Aga Khan University (AKU) to initiate their existing partnership, with the aim of leveraging complementary…