The 5th Imagine Science Film Festival

The 5th Imagine Science Film Festival

The 5th Imagine Science Film Festival kicks off this Thursday, November 8, 2012, at the Museum of Moving Image with the U.S. Premiere of The End of Time by Peter Mettler. The feature documentary film takes us on an explorative journey through time, from the particle accelerator at the CERN in Geneva, where scientists seek to probe regions of time we cannot see, to the lava flows in Hawaii.  Read more

Communities Happenings – 23rd October

Communities Happenings – 23rd October

Communities Happenings is (usually) a weekly post with news of interest to NPG’s online communities. The aim is to provide this info in one handy summary. Listings include tweetups and conferences which we’re attending and/or organising as well as new online tools, products or cool videos. We also occasionally flag up NPG special offers and competitions plus updates about NPG social media activities such as new accounts you might want to follow. Do let us know what you find most useful!  Read more

October’s SoNYC: What’s holding up open access?

On Thursday evening, we hosted the fifteenth installment of the monthly SpotOn (formerly Science Online) NYC discussion series. This month’s event was extra special as it was our first outing under our new name. For more info on the renaming, check out the info here. The hashtag for these events remains #sonyc.  Read more

Best of nature.com blogs, SciLogs.com and Scitable: 8 – 12 October

The prize-winning receptor (blue), shown here bound to a signalling molecule (yellow) and activating a G-protein (red, gold and green).

This week the 2012 Nobel Prizes in medicine, physics, chemistry and literature were announced. The economics prize, will be announced on Monday. The News Blog have been doing a great job this week updating readers with the latest announcements.  Read more