By Alex Jackson on 31 Jan 2014
In week three of the new Of Schemes and Memes blog series, which features weekly interviews with the art team at Nature, Art Director Kelly Krause explains the decisions behind this week’s front cover illustration on Crystallography. Read more
Posted in Featured, Nature Covers, Nature Graphics, Science communication and outreach, Uncategorized | Tagged art, Communities Happenings, graphics, nature covers
By Laura Wheeler on 27 Jan 2014
Here at Digital Science, the younger sibling of Nature Publishing Group, we are always thinking of what we can do to make the lives of scientific researchers more efficient. In light of this mission, back in February 2013 we launched the first of our Digital Science Concepts videos, Touchless, showcasing our thinking on the future of science. The video doesn’t actually include any projects we’re developing but, who knows… maybe one day we will! Read more
Posted in Featured, Science film | Tagged digital science, science communication
By Alex Jackson on 23 Jan 2014
In week two of the new Of Schemes and Memes blog series, which features weekly interviews with the art team at Nature, Art Director Kelly Krause explains the decisions behind this week’s front cover graphic. Read more
Posted in Featured, Nature Covers, Nature Graphics, Science communication and outreach, Uncategorized | Tagged art, Communities Happenings, graphics, nature covers
By Alex Jackson on 20 Jan 2014
“We find ourselves in the era of big data, a time when information moves faster than ever, and infographics provide us with quick, often influential bursts of insight and knowledge. They are a mesmerizing new way of seeing and understanding our world”, says Gareth Cook, Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist and series editor of the Best American Infographics. Read more
Posted in Featured, Nature Graphics, Science communication and outreach | Tagged art, Communities Happenings, graphics, infographics, science communication
By Alex Jackson on 16 Jan 2014
Have you ever picked up a magazine and wondered what the inspiration behind the front cover has been? In this new weekly blog series on Of Schemes and Memes, the art team at Nature will explain the decisions made in selecting their iconic front cover images and graphics. Read more
Posted in Events, Featured, Nature Covers, Uncategorized | Tagged art, Communities Happenings, nature covers
By Alex Jackson on 09 Jan 2014
Professor John M Goldman, Editor-in-Chief of Bone Marrrow Transplantation and NPG’s longest-serving academic editor, sadly passed away on Christmas Eve leaving a strong legacy. Here, Martin Delahunty, Associate Director of Academic Journals at Nature Publishing Group, pays tribute to an influential colleague. Read more
Posted in Events, Featured, Uncategorized | Tagged obituary
By Rachel Scheer on 08 Jan 2014
Scientific American (part of Nature Publishing Group) has today announced the appointment of Blogs Editor Curtis Brainard. Read more
Posted in Featured | Tagged Communities Happenings, science communication, scientific american, social media
