Nigeria tackles publishing in predatory journals
Higher education institutions in Nigeria need to train academics to spot fraudulent journals, researchers say......»»
Massive study reveals editorial bias and nepotism in biomedical journals
Scientific journals are expected to consider research manuscripts dispassionately and without favor. But in a study publishing on November 23rd in the open access journal PLOS Biology, Alexandre Scanff, Florian Naudet and Clara Locher from the Univer.....»»
Study: Women structurally underrepresented in management research
Women are structurally underrepresented in leading management and organization journals, a new study published today in Research Policy finds. Nora Lohmeyer(verwijst naar een andere website) of Radboud University and Carolin Auschra and Julia Bartosc.....»»
Rodents could be asymptomatic carriers of SARS-like coronaviruses, study suggests
Some ancestral rodents likely had repeated infections with SARS-like coronaviruses, leading them to acquire tolerance or resistance to the pathogens, according to new research publishing November 18th in PLOS Computational Biology by Sean King and Mo.....»»
Nigeria"s E-Naira Lures About Half a Million People Weeks After Its Launch
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Nigerian central bank's digital currency has lured about half a million users three weeks after it was introduced in a move to entice people away from crypto currencies. Adoption rate for the Centra.....»»
OlliOlli Studio Roll7 Bought By Private Division
Private Division, the publishing subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive, has acquired Olli Olli series developer Roll7.Private Division, the publishing subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive, has acquired OlliOlli series developer Roll7.As reported by MCV UK.....»»
The catastrophic consequences of criminalising livelihoods in West Africa
We were in Obalende: a bustling working-class neighborhood of office buildings, shops and residential areas, on Lagos Island, Nigeria. During the day, the neighborhood teems with small market stalls selling all manner of things, from fruit and vegeta.....»»
Nigeria has a flooding challenge: Here"s why and what can be done
One of the most prevalent natural disasters in Nigeria is perennial flooding. Some states are increasingly experiencing annual flooding during the rainy season......»»
Hunting for human obesity genes in fat fruit flies
Fruit flies provide an effective platform for screening new obesity genes, and fat flies implicate a neuronal signaling pathway in weight gain, according to a new study publishing November 4th in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Sadaf Farooqi.....»»
Pangolin trafficking: Iceberg tip of Nigeria"s illegal trade revealed
Since the first reported pangolin seizure in Nigeria in 2010, the country has seen an explosion in the black market for the world's most trafficked mammal—becoming Africa's hub for the criminal export of pangolin products to East Asia......»»
Key quotes from the Facebook Papers
One week ago, a consortium of 17 news outlets, including CNN, began publishing a damning series of stories -- collectively called "The Facebook Papers" -- based on thousands of pages of internal company documents......»»
PlayStation Is Now Publishing PC Games Under “PlayStation PC LLC”, Rather Than “PlayStation Mobile”
PlayStation has made a small but important change, as it seems they now publish games on PC under "PlayStation PC LLC" instead of "PlayStation Mobile". The post PlayStation Is Now Publishing PC Games Under “PlayStation PC LLC”, Rather Tha.....»»
How hackers hijacked thousands of high-profile YouTube accounts
Spate of attacks turned creator channels into cryptocurrency scam livestreams. Enlarge (credit: Future Publishing | Getty Images) Since at least 2019, hackers have been hijacking high-profile YouTube channels. Sometimes they b.....»»
Tackling antimicrobial resistance
Researchers from Newcastle University, and colleagues from Spain, Canada and Egypt, have successfully trialed two new qPCR assays to help detect the presence of transmissible AMR using water and wastewater samples. Publishing their results in the jou.....»»
Gender gap revealed in academic journal submissions during first COVID-19 wave
A study of 2,329 academic journals has found that, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, fewer manuscripts were submitted by women than by men, and this gender gap was especially prominent in the medical field and for women in earlier stage.....»»
Arctic krill use twilight to guide their daily rhythms through the polar winter
Most animals sync their body clocks to the daily rhythm of the sun, but what happens during the polar winter when the sun never rises above the horizon? According to a study by Jonathan Cohen at the University of Delaware and colleagues, publishing O.....»»
Lausanne tackles toxic soil after shock discovery
Lausanne, the capital of Olympic sport overlooking Lake Geneva, is reeling after discovering that much of its soil is polluted with toxic compounds belched out by an old incinerator......»»
How human disease-causing genes prevent adaptations to remove them
Scientists have identified a new detrimental effect of genes that cause inherited diseases, publishing their results today in eLife......»»
Forgiveness messaging increases willingness to accept former Boko Haram fighters returning home
Thousands of former Boko Haram militants and abductees in Nigeria left the group this summer and asked to return to their homes. If they are not allowed, they could return to fighting. A randomized evaluation in the Nigerian city where Boko Haram beg.....»»
New research adds knowledge on the creation and evolution of the universe
The Computational Cosmology group of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (DAA) of Valencia University (UV) has published an article in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, one of the international journals with the greatest impact in Astrophys.....»»
Oil cleanup in southern Nigeria still a "long way" from target
A much-touted cleanup of oil pollution in southern Nigeria has yet to start in parts of the hotspot Ogoniland, almost three years after contracts were handed out, and residents remain without proper drinking water, a report said Thursday......»»