Category: connecting research disciplines

• If you're near Toronto (and even if you're not), you should attend this event

  I just got an invitation from Jen Dodd, whom I met last fall at the Science in the 21st Century Conference at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo (what a great conference that was!). Jen is organizing a fabulous event: Science 2.0: What Every Scientist Needs to Know About How the Web is Changing the Way…

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  victorhenning

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  July 21, 2009

  1–2 minutes

• Top 8 influential Science and Tech Stories of 2009, so far

  The year 2009 is halfway through and already we’ve seen some great stuff being published, created, and predicted that could have a major impact in the future. Each of the eight items were chosen because they could influence how every one of us communicates, learns, and lives more so than any other discoveries so far…

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  Jason Hoyt

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  July 16, 2009

  3–4 minutes

• Are there too many PhDs?

  Ever hear of Douglas Prasher? Probably not. He just missed out on this past year’s Nobel in chemistry. That’s not unusual, as many scientists never even come close to a Nobel. What is unusual, is that Dr. Prasher works at a car dealership, not in a lab. Despite doing the critical research on discovering GFP…

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  Jason Hoyt

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  June 16, 2009

  1–2 minutes

• Announcing Science Online London 2009 at the Royal Institution

  Following last year’s successful “Science Blogging 2008” conference in London (see Victor’s blog post), we are happy to announce a slightly rebranded “Science Online London” as this year’s follow-up conference. The event will take place 22 August 2009 at the Royal Institution, London, and is co-hosted by Nature Network, the Royal Institution of Great Britain,…

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  Jan Reichelt

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  May 27, 2009

  1–2 minutes

• A human-scored research paper recommendation engine?

  A few days ago, William Gunn blogged about a fascinating idea for a paper recommendation engine and also described Mendeley’s role in it. His post then generated a lively discussion on FriendFeed. Perhaps due to our relatively well-known affiliation with Last.fm, our idea for a research paper recommendation engine had always involved tags and collaborative…

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  victorhenning

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  February 16, 2009

  2–3 minutes