A Revolution Beneath the Surface In the quiet corners of fermenters and bioreactors, a revolution unfolds. It doesn’t grab headlines like rocket launches or AI breakthroughs, but its implications may ripple just as far. Biomanufacturing—the use of biological systems to produce materials, medicines, and energy—is reshaping how we live, how we work, and how we sustain ourselves.

Tourists and travelers often look for unexplored and untouched destinations. It’s the thrill of experiencing something truly unique that drives us to these places. The unspoilt country, which I recently had the pleasure of visiting, is one such hidden gem. Imagine waking up to the astounding beauty of raw nature, with the unexpected surprise of having a gentle giant, an elephant, knocking on your doorstep.

The INFORMATE Project has combined three data sources to explore how the global research infrastructure might help the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and other federal agencies identify and characterize the impact of their support. The data sources are the NSF Award Database, the NSF Public Access Repository (PAR), and the global research infrastructure as viewed through CHORUS.

Last week I wrote about the options we have for including DOIs in RSS feeds. This week is implementation time. Starting today, the Atom feed of this blog includes the DOI in the Atom<id> metadata field.

por Alicia Salmerón Explorar la historia de la circulación de impresos –de su traducción, a veces, así como de su impresión y distribución–, y de la manera en que fueron recibidos, leídos y discutidos constituye una auténtica aventura.

Zum Jahreswechsel läuft der urheberrechtliche Schutz von Werken der jeweils vor siebzig Jahre verstorbenen Urheber*innen aus. Auch 2025 gehen wieder zahlreiche Werke in die Gemeinfreiheit über, unter anderem von Frida Kahlo und Henri Matisse. Unterschiedliche Schutzdauern erschweren jedoch die Gemeinfreiheit. Jedes Jahr am 1. Januar ist der „Tag der Gemeinfreiheit“ – im englischen Sprachraum auch als „Public Domain Day“ bekannt.

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Leaving a job is never easy, and it’s a consequential decision. But when it’s time, it’s time. Here’s how to escape the comfort trap, and take the next step in your career.

Introduction Independent 10 researchers are a diverse category of researchers, from those who want to pursue their own path to the ones who are struggling to stay within the competitive world of academia. We define independent researchers broadly as people who conduct research without an institutional affiliation.

I recently gave a 1 hour talk to the Chinese American Librarians Association(CALA) Asia Pacific Chapter on my favourite topic - How "AI" is changing academic searchI have being giving many versions of this talk both internally in my institution (to librarians) and externally for almost two years and it has always been very tricky to do well.This is because I believe for librarians to really appreciate and engage with all the changes that what

The majority of developers use LLMs to help write code, present company included. When I’m working in languages I know well, they're fantastic at handling the grunt work: generating boilerplate, suggesting completions, and writing tedious tests and documentation.