Germany’s excellence program gets good grades
A decade-long focus on excellence has inspired positive change in the university system, commission says
Education
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Compromise is key as major U.S. school reform looms
Vote a feather in the cap of Senator Lamar Alexander’s legislative approach -
Bedtime problems boost kids’ math performance
Puzzling through a word problem even once a week produces sizable gains -
Predatory publishers earned $75 million last year, study finds
Nearly half a million papers went to titles with lax standards -
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Clash over Alzheimer’s data intensifies
Court battle between UCSD, USC gains new front -
Biochemists launch crowdsourcing site to combat bad data
Chemical probes used in pharma studies get TripAdvisor-like website -
Updated: Southern California schools in legal clash over Alzheimer’s grant
In lawsuit, University of California, San Diego, accuses researcher and University of Southern California of conspiring to move grant, hiding data -
University of Minnesota to overhaul research protections
Drug consulting fees, IRB, education, and oversight impacted by new plan -
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Greek government raids research funds to pay public salaries
Some researchers go on a spending spree to prevent funds from being confiscated -
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Women best men in STEM faculty hiring study
Experiment had real-world faculty rate hypothetical candidates -
U.S. universities and electronics companies spar over 'patent troll' bill
Letter from tech companies fails to quell academia’s resistance -
Poverty may affect the growth of children’s brains
Children of poorer, less educated parents have smaller cerebral cortices, study finds -
Max Planck Society unveils €50 million support plan for young scientists
Germany's flagship basic research agency does away with controversial stipends
