By nature.com Communities Team on 03 Dec 2010
Blogs “I believe that the academic paper is now obsolescent as the fundamental sharable description of a piece of research.” So asserts David De Roure in a post about the future of research communication. And he’s not talking idly with no solutions. The post goes on to lay out 12 properties we’d expect from ‘research objects’, the as-yet undefined successor to the academic paper. Has he missed any? After describing the biochemistry of a turkey, Barbara Ferreira went on to give thanks to genetics for providing her roast: According to a 2008 Wired article, “Turkeys more than doubled in size” … Read more
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By nature.com Communities Team on 02 Dec 2010
Nature Network bloggers can personalise their blogs by adding banner images. We’ve seen some very creative examples, especially given the somewhat challenging proportions of the space. High time, we think, for a roundup of all the customised blog headers so far (apologies in advance if we’ve missed someone – shout below and we’ll add you in). If you have a Nature Network blog and want to customise your own header, see here for instructions. Read more
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