OpenTrials, an Open Database for Clinical Trials
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The Importance of School Libraries in the Google Age
We continue to hear about the lack of trained library staff in schools, despite ongoing research indicating that the presence of teacher librarians leads to improved learning outcomes. Kay Oddone highlights the many benefits teacher librarians can bring to the wider school, and why their role is integral to the learning of both students and staff.
Citation Cartels ad The Mafia of Scientific Publishing
Citation cartels are groups of researchers and journals that team up with the specific intent of affecting the number of citations their publications receive.
The Selfish Scientist’s Guide to Preprint Posting
Preprint posting is the right thing to do for science and society. It enables us to share our results earlier, speeding up the pace of science.
Reflections from the Open Science Conference 2017
A report from the the Open Science Conference in Berlin last week.
Leaked Elsevier Contract Reveals Pushback
On the day of the hearing between Elsevier and the Dutch universities ScienceGuide has uncovered the contract which publicity was the centre of the dispute. The open access paragraph in the contract reveals how Elsevier plans to fight open access every step of the way.
Taking On Chemistry's Reproducibility Problem
Efforts to get to grips with the problem have meant new ideas and technologies are now being brought to bear
Yves Meyer, Wavelet Expert, Wins Abel Prize
The French mathematician was cited “for his pivotal role in the development of the mathematical theory of wavelets.”
AI and Academic Peer-Review Process
AI and Academic Peer-Review Process
Scientists look to AI for help in peer review.
How to Resist Threats to Science
Broader forms of activism are needed to protect evidence-based policy.
What 23 Researchers Have Done with European Research Council Funding
As the European Research Council celebrates its 10-year anniversary, researchers reveal what more than €12bn of ERC funding has supported.
My Uncle, CEO of Intel, Time Person of the Year and an Immigrant
My uncle immigrated to the United States in 1956 with no assets, a brilliant mind, ambition, and a faith that America was a great country of opportunity. He escaped from Hungary, a country of communists, at the time a source of great fear among many US politicians. If the US President at his time were making policy similar to our President today, my uncle would’ve never been allowed in the US.
What Happens to Libraries and Librarians When Machines Can Read All the Books?
What Happens to Libraries and Librarians When Machines Can Read All the Books?
Revised text of a talk given by the Director of Libraries at MIT.
Behind the Media Lab’s $250,000 Disobedience Award
Diverse and controversial opinions are “a hallmark of MIT,” says director of MIT Media Lab.
HypDynamics
A data set interrogation tool in the field of cell and molecular biology.
HackScience
A platform enabling scientists to create, share and control open and affordable lab automation tools.
Figures - Create Publication Ready Scientific Figures
A beautiful new way to create and share research figures.
Predatory Journals: Exposing the Flaws in Academic Research
The constant demand for predatory journals has now exposed significant flaws in the academic research establishment that questions the integrity of the research system.
Linked Data Notifications
A resource-centric communication protocol for for decentralised article publishing, annotations and peer to peer interactions.
Google's DeepMind Is in Talks with National Grid to Apply AI to Energy
The Google-owned star British AI company DeepMind is in talks with the National Grid about a potential partnership.
European Open Science Cloud Pilot Project @eoscpilot
The EOSCpilot project will support the first phase in the development of the European Open Science Cloud.
In Crowdfunding It’s Backers That Predict Market Success
The number of backers a product attracts during crowdfunding predicts its financial success in the marketplace – not the amount of money raised.
The Future of Scientific Publishing
Open access publishing is gaining more and more momentum, and post-publication peer review is becoming more common. Those developments have both upsides and downsides.
This Year's Best Science Photos Are So Good They're Basically Art
The finalists of the 2017 Wellcome Image Awards have been announced, showcasing the best science-related imagery from the past year. This year’s crop features a bioluminescent squid, a high-tech contact lens, and a microscopic ‘brain’ on a chip.
Springer Nature Becomes Largest Publisher to Open Up
Springer Nature becomes the largest academic publisher to open up reference lists to advance data discovery and reuse, effective as of today. Working closely
More Funding for Long-Term Studies Necessary for Best Science, Environmental Policy
More Funding for Long-Term Studies Necessary for Best Science, Environmental Policy
Environmental scientists and policymakers value long-term research to an extent that far outstrips the amount of funding awarded for it.
Scientists Are Standing Up to Trump Because They've Always Stood Up to Bullshit
There’s this pervasive idea that science is somehow exempt from the ugly political world in which the rest of us wallow. But even a perfunctory look at the history of American science shows that this hasn’t always been the case.
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