In recent years, interoperability has become an important concept in the field of research data management. Discussions about interoperability have taken place in published articles and numerous presentations [1] [2], and several interoperability standards have been developed [3], [4], [5]. The term has been applied, among other things, to data, metadata and research tools.
Eine smarte Förderpolitik für OA-Bücher soll zu mehr Open Access in den SSH führen. Wir haben gefragt: wer darf dabei nicht fehlen und wo brennt es am meisten?
Unser Kollege Philipp Kandler, der sich im mit der Vernetzungs- und Kompetenzstelle assoziierten BMBF-Projekt zum Aufbau des Datenkompetenzzentrums WiNoDa mit der Vermittlung von Open-Science-Kompetenzen für die objektzentrierte Forschung in naturwissenschaftlichen Sammlungen befasst, legte unlängst seine Masterarbeit mit einem Überblick zu „Open Access in Lateinamerika“ vor. Verschiedene Stellen wiesen bereits auf sie hin.
I’ve always believed that the process of discovery is as fascinating as the outcomes it yields. It’s not just about the eureka moments but the intricate web of questions, failures, and persistence that lead us there. I have been a fan of the concept of the Nobel Turing Challenge for a while, an idea I first read about in a paper by Hiroaki Kitano.
A truly obscure variant muscle: the tibiocalcaneus internus. Ramnani et al. (2025: fig. 5). I have a new paper out: Ramnani, A.S., Landeros, J.T., Wedel, M., Moellmer, R., Wan, S., Shofler, D.W. 2025. Supernumerary muscles in the leg and foot: A review of their types, frequency, and clinical implications. Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association 114(6): 9pp.
Sebastian De Haro reviews Background Independence in Classical and Quantum Gravity, by James Read
(This is a bit of a departure from my usual chemistry-focused writing.)
While reviewing an R package at work I realized I wasn’t totally sure what advice to give about examples for internal functions in a package. That is, there’s an R package. The package has some exported functions, and some internal functions that are not exported.
Sadiq Jaffer sent along this piece in The Conversation last week about the remarkable number of academic papers that are now AI generated. The numbers of these papers are probably underestimated: What caught my eye in this article is their development of the Problematic Paper Screener, which the good folks at Retraction Watch developed. It works with high precision to detect papers issued by grammar-based generators.
PKP, an organizing partner, invites students involved in or interested in student journals to register for the Canada Student Journal Forum happening February 18 – 20, 2025. Registration is now open for the Canada Student Journal Forum 2025, February 18 – 20, 2025.
Summary (summarised by Gemini 2.0-exp) We often think of AI-generated 'hallucinations' as blatant errors, but what happens when a RAG system produces information that's factually true but not explicitly stated in its sources?