By Alex Jackson on 09 Jun 2014
It’s been a busy few weeks for the open access team at Nature Publishing Group. In China, we announced the launch of a new Microsystems & Nanoengineering journal with the Chinese Academy of Sciences. A study published in Scientific Reports on the potential for nanoparticles being used for invisible barcodes has caught the attention of the media. And last, but by no means least, we launched the first content for Scientific Data. Read more
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By Laura Wheeler on 08 Apr 2014
What would happen if you lost all of your research data? The loss of scientific data can have a devastating impact on careers. Imagine if you lost all of the research data you’d been diligently collecting for four years. Now imagine the knock-on effect; you wouldn’t get the PhD you’d been working towards and your future career would be impacted. This nightmare situation actually happened to Billy Hinchen. Hear his story. Read more
Posted in Digital Science | Tagged Communities Happenings, data, digital science
By Alex Jackson on 03 Feb 2014
Guest Post from Nathan Westgarth of Digital Science, the younger sibling business of Nature Publishing Group. Read more
Posted in Digital Science, Featured, Science communication and outreach, Uncategorized | Tagged Communities Happenings, data, digital science, science communication