Open access: A healthy practice for the scientific community
Paywalls, which limit access to content without a paid subscription, block access to scientific research. The Business of Scholarship exposed that even the largest academic publisher, Elsevier, regularly has a…
FDA chief resignation frights drug industry
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s resignation sent tremor through the drug industry in spite of months of rumors that his departure was probable and dealing yet another blow…
Artificial Intelligence detects neurodegenerative diseases
A research team at the Icahn School of Medicine has developed a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform to detect different neurodegenerative disorders using brain tissue samples. The platform employs machine…
MoU between the University of Washington and the Aga Khan University
On 4 March, the University of Washington (UW) signed a memorandum of understanding with the Aga Khan University (AKU) to initiate their existing partnership, with the aim of leveraging complementary…
Fudan University initiates Blockchain Research Center
Fudan University has released a blockchain research center in collaboration with Zhongan Online Property Insurance Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Zhongren Information Technology Co., Ltd. The center will supposedly carry out…
Clemson workshop focus on Scientific Publishing
Clemson University conducted a workshop titled “Successful Scientific Publishing” on 25 January for young scientists and scholars. The event sponsored by the College of Science was open to faculty, postdoctoral…
China makes gene-altered monkeys to study sleep disorder
Scientists in China have cloned five monkeys after altering their genes to induce several human diseases like Alzheimer's disease. The monkeys were born in Shanghai at Institute of Neuroscience of…
The concept of Double-bind Scholarly Publishing
The process of double bind works well in scholarly publishing when some groups want publishers to do more and more with less pay. The New York Times is on the…
India ranks #3 in research on AI- China takes the top spot
India positions third globally for great research productions in artificial intelligence (AI). It is at a distance from world pioneer China, as indicated by an investigation by research organization Itihaasa,…
UC fights for open access to research
The core idea of open access is the basis of its key advantage; the articles are freely available for anyone who wishes to read them. For authors, publishing open access…