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41ª RA: Mulheres debatem suas conquistas e obstáculos na carreira científica
Sessão Temática reúne experiências de pesquisadoras de gerações e regiões diferentes Quando cerca de 60 crianças de uma escola pública de São Paulo foram apresentadas à história de "uma pessoa cientista" especializada na análise da estrutura de materiais por difração de raio-x (cujo trabalho contribuiu para compreensão do DNA), 72% associaram a história a um…
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How going green can raise cash for your lab
The freezers were stuffed and their racks encrusted in ice, with a thin blanket of snow covering all the sample boxes inside. Such was the state of the cold-storage system in Hopi Hoekstra's laboratory a decade after the evolutionary biologist and her team started studying the genetics and behaviour of deer mice there. » Veja mais…
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Few UK universities have adopted rules against impact-factor abuse
A survey of British institutions reveals that few have taken concrete steps to stop the much-criticized misuse of research metrics in the evaluation of academics' work. The results offer an early insight into global efforts to clamp down on such practices. » Veja mais…