Eurekometrics: Analyzing the Nature of Discovery: PLoS Computational Biology
“Despite the great strides in automated discovery and digitization of data that is currently occurring, however, there are limits to eurekometrics. The mo...
Category: Innovation
DARPA to Offer $30 Million to Jump-Start Cellular Factories – ScienceInsider
“Approved barely a month ago, the $30 million Living Foundries program should be sending out a request for proposals in the next few weeks and making awar...
When big data meets journalism — Tech News and Analysis
“The Knight Foundation noted in a blog post announcing the 16 winners that data and the use of it for journalism was a big theme among this year’s contest...
New battery design could give electric vehicles a jolt – MIT News Office
“The new semi-solid flow batteries pioneered by Chiang and colleagues overcome this limitation, providing a 10-fold improvement in energy density over pre...
Save $29,000 this year – The Scientist
“The Scientist contacted researchers around the world, looking for their tips and tricks for saving money in the lab; here we present 15 of our favorites....
Culturomics: Word play : Nature News
“The point is this: like people, ideas need a social life. Introduce them to your friends. Help them develop good contacts. It’s worth it: more than...
Mendeley API in R – Carl Boettiger
“R is a widely used statistical software environment, and this should facilitate real-time statistical analysis of the rich amount of publication data ava...
Welcome to BrewGene | BrewGene
Is this a Pandora/Last.fm/Netflix/(put in the name of your fave recommendation, collaborative filtering tool) for brews? [Wondering all the possible biz models ...
Scattering Microscope Peers Into the Nanoscale – ScienceNOW
From the article: Researchers have come up with a new idea for a light microscope. They placed between the light source and the object a lens made from a slab o...
ScienceShot: Green Eggs and Salamanders – ScienceNOW
“This is the first case of an algae living symbiotically within a vertebrate, the team reports online today in the Proceedings of National Academy of Scie...