Latest Posts

Posted on May 28, 2014 by |
Universities Australia is behind a new campaign called ‘Keep It Clever’. It aims to maintain a thriving university sector in Australia and to ensure proper, ongoing public investment in university education and research. The initiative argues that for Australia to…
Read more »
Reefer and Research Administration

Posted on May 16, 2014 by |
The word should have been “Reaper” not “Reefer”. I realized this faux pas the other day when I was in a GoToMeeting session and we were having a very lively discussion and it abruptly became uncomfortably quiet. I was sharing…
Read more »

Posted on May 16, 2014 by |
In biology, symbiosis is the name given to a mutually beneficial relationship between two or more organisms. Without this relationship, both may die, or at least not grow and reproduce as successfully. A recent article in Science, “Sulfur Oxidation Genes…
Read more »

Posted on April 30, 2014 by |
Or, more accurately, Gender and Research Administration – but then, that wouldn’t have grabbed your attention nearly as much! A recent post by David Grimm in the ScienceNow blog over at the AAAS Science website caught my attention. The original…
Read more »

Posted on April 28, 2014 by |
And now, the DATA Act is on the Way to the President. The Senate passed a version of the DATA Act on April 1oth. That version of the DATA Act passed the House of Representatives today on a voice vote…
Read more »

Posted on April 28, 2014 by |
[video_player type=”youtube” youtube_remove_logo=”Y” youtube_show_title_bar=”Y” width=”560″ height=”315″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″]aHR0cDovL3lvdXR1LmJlL3JkX3l1YklIQTJN[/video_player] The National Science Foundation: A Foundation for Innovation A great new video posted last week by the National Science Foundation documenting the power of basic research to spur innovation and the…
Read more »