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BioBlocks is an open-source web-based visual development environment for describing and execute experimental protocols on local robotic platforms or remotely i.e. in the cloud. It aims to serve as a 'de facto' open standard for programming protocols in Biology.
We should write our draft, go over it with our co-authors, and then put it on a preprint server. And wait. After a year, when we had the opportunity to share this paper with colleagues, then we can submit it.
If you’re not willing to communicate your research, you shouldn’t be doing it, says Anne Glover.
More than $300M in new STEM initiatives were announced at the White House Frontiers Conference.
Top scientists spar over reforms that would create research funding behemoth.
The need to teach both music theory and string theory is a necessity for the economy to continue as the preeminent leader in technological innovation.
New rules also loosen restrictions on Cuban-made pharmaceuticals.
President Obama Hosts Frontiers Conference, Focusing on the Potential of Science, Technology, and Innovation to Drive Prosperity and Address Challenges in Personal, Local, National, Global, and Interplanetary Frontiers for the Next 50 Years and Beyond.
We need both neuroscience and clinical research.
Philosophers could help policy makers to ask the right questions. But to give this practical help, academic philosophy must take lessons from open science.
Uncertain government funding drives effort to beef up private support for research
Jim Smith is a Professor of Developmental Biology at the Francis Crick Institute.
A new database at EMBL-EBI gives a home to all of the data supporting a study.
With the rise of Wikipedia as a first‐stop source for scientific information, it is important to understand whether Wikipedia draws upon the research that scientists value most. Here we identify the 250...
Colin Macilwain presents five take-home messages from today's Framework 9 event in Brussels.
The paper shows how scientists in a variety of disciplines use social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or blogs, to exchange scientific knowledge.
How do European countries use open data? Who are the trend setters? And what impact does open data have on our economy & society? A first report looked at Open Data Maturity and Readiness.
First report and recommendations on the European Open Science Cloud.
The League of European Research Universities analyses trends in citizen science, formulates actionable guidelines for scientists and gives recommendations for universities, policymakers and funders.
A new report from the US Administration focuses on the opportunities, considerations, and challenges of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
On Ada Lovelace Day, Jenny Rohn reflects on her own experience of fixing gender inequalities in science.
Accessible data are not enough. We need to invest in systems that make the information useful, say Elizabeth Pisani and colleagues.
Women in tech and science professions reflect on how things would be different if there were more women in the sectors.
