Importance of data sharing
No more (trade) secrets … Read more
No more (trade) secrets … Read more
Now is the time to move open-source hardware development into basic research labs. Read more
Beginning May 1st Nature Methods will be requiring authors of manuscripts being sent back to peer review to fill out a checklist to disclose technical and statistical information about their submission. Read more
President Barack Obama has just proposed large investments in a project aiming to develop technologies that enhance our understanding of brain function. Read more
European and US initiatives aiming to advance our understanding of brain function depend on new technologies. … Read more
The first gene patent was granted in 1982 for the sequence encoding insulin. Today ~ 20% of the human genome is patented. And the controversy is as alive as ever as we discuss in this month’s editorial. Read more
In this month’s editorial we discuss the importance of prioritizing funds for researcher-originated projects, such as those supported by the European Research Council (ERC) over thematically-defined grants inEurope’s next program for research and innovation. Read more
Peer review is central to scientific research and we highly value the time and effort our referees devote to it. As discussed in our editorial this month Nature and the Nature Research Journals now provide our referees with the ability to download or email a PDF containing a record of their reviewing activity for these journals. We hope that our younger referees in particular can benefit from this documentation of the critical services they provide the larger scientific community and the trust that editors place in those who are regularly called upon to review research papers. Read more
In this month’s editorial we discuss the importance of gaining a deeper understanding of the signals underlying fMRI technology. Read more
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Guidelines for algorithms and software in Nature Methods