Transitioning to open access. Or, an August interlude

(Opinion) (Written August 24, 2015) During this traditional late-summer (in the northern hemisphere, anyway) gap, I wanted to take some time and talk about my… Read more »
(Opinion) (Written August 24, 2015) During this traditional late-summer (in the northern hemisphere, anyway) gap, I wanted to take some time and talk about my… Read more »
Springer Storytellers hosts events throughout the year where researchers get on stage and tell their true, personal stories in front of a live audience.
Researchers describe a technique using open-source machine learning tools that can replace part of the electron tomography image-processing process.
“There are various driving forces behind the growth [of OA in China]. Government funding is definitely the most important one..."
(Guest post by Wlodzimierz Klonowski, posted from EPJ Nonlinear Biomedical Physics) Abstract Genius is defined as a person of outstanding mental skills.… Read more »
A new survey finds that as open access grows, a greater share of the researcher community is coming to see it as just as high quality as the subscription model.
Crime in the United States peaked in the 1980s and 1990s, and decreased during the following thirty years. What if the reason for this decrease is that fewer… Read more »
Cross-posted from Energy, Sustainability and Society, guest editorial by Thomas Hoppe of the University of Twente, and Ellen van Bueren of the Delft… Read more »
Gold nanorods can be used as remote controlled nanoheaters delivering the right amount of thermal treatment to cancer cells, thanks to diamond nanocrystals used… Read more »
The Materials Data Challenge is an “outside of the box” approach to materials research. Instead of taking the traditional approach of relying on new… Read more »