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Vera Rubin, Who Confirmed Existence Of Dark Matter, Dies At 88
Vera Rubin, Who Confirmed Existence Of Dark Matter, Dies At 88
The astrophysicist's groundbreaking research on spiral galaxies provided evidence of invisible dark matter. She was a pioneer in an era when women were excluded from many astronomy programs.
Publishing Photography Competition 2016
The Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition celebrates the power of photography to communicate science.
Scientists in Germany, Peru and Taiwan to Lose Access to Elsevier Journals
Libraries pursue alternative delivery routes after licence negotiations break down.
The Irony Effect
The Irony Effect
How the scientist who founded the science of mistakes ended up mistaken.
Ten Simple Rules for Considering Preprints
So why make your work available as preprints? There are perceived positives and negatives to disclosing scientific work in the form of a preprint, explored here in the form of 10 Simple Rules.
This Young Scientist Retracted a Paper. And It Didn't Hurt His Career
Despite the typical stigma of retracting a scientific paper, Nathan Georgette is doing just fine — serving as a model to those many decades his senior.
Ten Simple Rules for Structuring Papers
10 simple rules to help you get across the main idea of your paper.
If Not Darwin, Who?
What would physics look like if Einstein had never existed, or biology without Darwin?
Europe Should Hold Fast to Its Scientific Ambitions
The EU’s fresh round of billion-euro Flagship research projects must be open to all types of science.
Who Will Be The Next Director of the NIH?
This January will not only mark a new year but a new administration and with that over 4000 new presidential appointees across the federal government. One appointment that has the potential to either hinder or benefit the biomedical research community is that of the director of the National Institutes of Health.
Overview of Costs Incurred by Universities for Books and Journals by Publisher
Overview of Costs Incurred by Universities for Books and Journals by Publisher
Information on universities’ expenditure on publications
Swiss Scientists to Regain Full Access to EU Research Programmes
Political compromise settles immigration row that could have severed Swiss–EU research agreements.
Ten Simple Rules for Better Figures
A basic set of rules to improve figure design and to explain some of the common pitfalls.
Integrity and Resposibility in Research Practices
A joint guide by the CNRS and the French Conference of University Presidents.
Preparing for the 21st Century Biomedical Research Job Market
Using Census Data to Inform Policy and Career Decision-Making
Metrics for Openness
The characterization of scholarly communication is dominated by citation-based measures. In this paper we propose several metrics to describe different facets of open access and open research.
Top 16 Research Tools of 2016
A roundup of the top trending online tools of 2016 that were most appreciated and used by the LabWorm community.
How Science Visualization Can Help Save the World
Information graphics and the fight for science in Trump’s America
Swiss Survey Highlights Potential Flaws in Animal Studies
Poor experimental design and statistical analysis could contribute to widespread problems in reproducing preclinical animal experiments.
Let's Speed Up Science by Embracing Open Access Publishing
Open access publishing that permits commercial reuse enables the kinds of public-private partnerships that are essential to scientific innovation.
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