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Earth and related Environmental Sciences
Published in Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week

Clarivate is the content-hoarding corporation that owns ProQuest, the Web of Science and EndNote, among many other services widely used in academia. Plus a ton of content. Today’s announcement, “Introducing ProQuest Digital Collections, a new library subscription offering unparalleled breadth, value and access”, sounds nice, doesn’t it? And the first few paragraphs are certainly full of praise for the changes they’re making.

3QsCommunity EngagementHealth CommunicationResearchSocial Science
Published in Scholarly Communications Lab | ScholCommLab
Author ScholCommLab

Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. This post introduces Belen Febres-Cordero , the new manager of the ScholCommLab. In this interview, Belen shares what excites her about her work, both inside and outside the lab, and two pieces of advice from childhood that have shaped her curious and lively approach to research and life.

Science & PoliticsBiological Sciences
Published in Reciprocal Space
Author Stephen Curry

The Free Speech Union (FSU) has published an article about my open letter to the Royal Society regarding the evident contraventions of its code of conduct by one of their Fellows, Elon Musk FRS. Unfortunately, Frederick Attenborough’s piece contains errors, omissions and speculative rhetoric which together contrive to misconstrue the meaning and intent of my letter.

AktuellesDiamond Open AccessSeDOAOther Social SciencesGerman
Published in Open Access Blog Berlin

Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) fördert den Aufbau einer nationalen Servicestelle für Diamond Open Access in Deutschland. Unter dem Akronym SeDOA entsteht während der ersten dreijährigen Förderphase eine zentrale Anlaufstelle für das Publizieren im Diamond Open Access (DOA). Diamond Open Access (DOA) meint das Publizieren im Open Access ohne Gebühren/Kosten für Autor*innen und Leser*innen.

SciencePublic PolicyBiotechnologyOther Engineering and Technologies
Published in The Connected Ideas Project
Author Evan Peikon

Over the next century, biotechnology is poised to revolutionize how we live, work, and address some of humanity's most pressing challenges. In fact, breakthroughs in biotechnology and related emerging technologies are already allowing scientists to produce targeted cancer therapies, engineer more resilient crops, create sustainable materials, and develop solutions to mitigate environmental pollution. But why now?

WILDLIFE NEWSBiological Sciences
Published in Simply Ecologist
Author Erzsebet Frey

Rare Sight: Dolphins Spotted Swimming in NYC’s East River Imagine the bustling cityscape of New York City with its famed skyline and countless iconic spots. Now picture something unexpected: dolphins gracefully swimming along the waters adjacent to one of the world’s most vibrant metropolises. That’s exactly what happened recently, capturing the attention and wonder of New Yorkers and nature enthusiasts alike.

Languages and Literature
Published in Martin Paul Eve

As part of my work on Knowledge Commons, I want to make more of our development process open, welcoming, and transparent, by using blogging. So I will be writing some technical posts on what I’m doing there and how I’ve overcome various technical challenges. In this post, I want to set out how I got BuddyPress notifications into a separate application (our new “Profiles” app). First: why am I doing this?

MetaFediverseMastodonCommentingOther Social Sciences
Published in Bastian Greshake Tzovaras

tl;dr: Blog posts here can now have a little button at the bottom that can pull in “comments” that are made by replying to a post on the Fediverse (i.e. Mastodon et al.). Some days ago, I saw the nifty little “comment” integration that FOSS Academic Robert W. Gehl has on his blog, which in turn were inspired by some other integrations.

Elektronisches PublizierenNeuigkeitenOpen AccessProjektVeranstaltungSocial ScienceGerman
Published in Gemeinsamer Blog der DINI AGs
Author Gastautorin(nen) und -autor(en)

Diamond Open Access auf dem Weg in die Verstetigung: Am 15. Januar 2025 ist in Madrid der European Diamond Capacity Hub offiziell ins Leben gerufen worden. Alle Akteure rund um das Diamond Open Access Publizieren – institutionelle Publikationsservice, -infrastruktur und -technikanbieter – erhalten darüber für ihre Arbeit praktische und fundierte Unterstützung in mehreren Sprachen. In diesem Blogbeitrag werden diese Angebote vorgestellt.

100 Days To OffloadFlow BatteriesResearchLiteratureEngineering and Technology
Published in Dual Power Supply
Author Kirk Pollard Smith

I added Flux XII, a US aqueous organic RFB company, R-Flo, a Ukrainian all-iron flow battery company, and Unbound Potential, a Swiss membraneless RFB startup, to the list.