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Web’s Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Wins the Nobel Prize of Computing
Berners-Lee says Web access is a human right—and the technology he created needs a rethink.
Can Pre-School Children Learn to do Science?
Science isn’t just about explosions. But can children as young as 3 understand what it’s really about?
Tim Berners-Lee Wins $1 million Turing Award
MIT Professor Tim Berners-Lee has won the most prestigious honor in computer science, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) A.M. Turing Award. Often referred to as “the Nobel Prize of computing,” the award comes with a $1 million prize provided by Google.
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Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the Web, Plots a Radical Overhaul of His Creation
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the Web, Plots a Radical Overhaul of His Creation
Tim Berners-Lee just received the prestigious Turing Award that comes with a million dollars. Now he plots a radical overhaul of his creation.
"Failure Is an Essential Part of Science"
Q&A with the author of a new book on reproducibility.
Hungary University Backed by Soros Is Facing Closure
The Hungary-born philanthropist's university says planned new laws will make it impossible to operate.
Unpaywall Finds Free Versions of Paywalled Papers
New tool joins a growing collection of software for accessing fee-for-view scientific literature.
The DIY Electronics Transforming Research
Cheap, stripped-down microcontrollers are allowing users to pack huge amounts of computing power into tiny spaces.
Societal Impact of Universities
A new policy paper by LERU on why and how societal impact has always been, is and will remain, a core task of universities.
Young University Rankings 2017
Newer universities excel when it comes to internationalisation, Times Higher Education’s 2017 ranking of the world’s top young universities shows
Standardising and Harmonising Research Data Policy in Scholarly Publishing
Standardising and Harmonising Research Data Policy in Scholarly Publishing
Springer Nature has developed a standardised, common framework for the research data policies of all its journals.
"This Development May Be in Direct Opposition to the Freedom of Scientific Research"
Statement by Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation concerning the recent legislative changes to the Hungarian national higher education Act.
Green Is Not the New Gold: Beware of False Models for Open Access
Column by Maria Leptin, Director of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
All Take and No Give? Many Scientists Resist Shift to Open Data
Most academics are keen to access other researchers’ material but a third are yet to share their own.
Composing Reproducible Manuscripts Using R Markdown
eLife now accepting manuscripts in R Markdow at innovation@elifesciences.org.
Mapping Digital Health Startups Across The Globe
While the US accounts for 75% of global digital health deal share, deal flow to international startups continues to climb.
73% of Academics Say Access to Research Data Helps Them in Their Work; 34% Do Not Publish Their Data
73% of Academics Say Access to Research Data Helps Them in Their Work; 34% Do Not Publish Their Data
A new report published today by Elsevier and CWTS provides a benchmark overview of data sharing perceptions and practices among researchers.
Protocols.io Tools for PLOS Authors: Reproducibility and Recognition
Protocols.io Tools for PLOS Authors: Reproducibility and Recognition
PLOS now partners directly with protocols.io to provide authors better ways to share methodological details about their work, practical tools to reduce wasted research efforts and persistent, citable identifiers for laboratory methods.
How the GOP Could Use Science’s Reform Movement Against It
The principles of openness, transparency, and reproducibility might be weaponized to defund and deny research.
Coca-Cola's Secret Influence on Medical and Science Journalists
A series of journalism conferences on obesity received covert funding from Coca-Cola.
Are Blockchain Applications Guided by Adequate Social Values?
Are we ready to give up traditional financial and governance control in favour of decentralised blockchain applications harbouring greater transparency?
Global Coalition Pushes for Unrestricted Sharing of Scholarly Citation Data
A coalition of scholarly publishers, researchers, and nonprofit organizations launched the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC), a project to promote the unrestricted open access to scholarly citation data.
Millions of Online Book Co-Purchases Reveal Partisan Differences in the Consumption of Science
Millions of Online Book Co-Purchases Reveal Partisan Differences in the Consumption of Science
The political left and right share an interest in science in general, but not science in particular. the political left and right share an interest in science in general, but not science in particular.
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