Archive for March, 2015
Over 97% of Foods in EU Contain Pesticide Residues within Legal Limits
Friday, March 13th, 2015More than 97% of food samples evaluated by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) contain pesticide residue levels that fall within legal limits, with just under 55% of samples free of detectable traces of these chemicals. The findings are part of EFSA’s 2013 annual report on pesticide residues in food, which includes the results for [...]
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At risk: The next generation of scientists
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015Many young scientists, facing the decline in research funding, have been leaving the academic workforce, placing the future of science at risk, according to a recent article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) by Ronald J. Daniels, President of Johns Hopkins University. Not only has there been a decline in inflation-adjusted federal spending [...]
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Should you Tweet about your research?
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015If the answer to the above question is no, perhaps you should consider using social media as a mechanism to call greater attention to your work. In a recent article in Ideas in Ecology and Evolution, Emily Darling, David Shiffman, Isabelle Cote and Joshua Drew discuss “The role of Twitter in the life cycle of a scientific publication.”
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