Note: The Irish Libray Consortium issued this press release on February 1, 2022 PLOS, the non-profit open access publisher, and IReL, the…
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post PLOS and IReL Sign Three Year Open Access Publishing Agreement
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Innovation Open Access Doesn’t Need APCs Part 1: Charting a new course with Community Action Publishing
Community Action Publishing at PLOS makes highly-selective Open Access publishing more sustainable while making publication free for authors. …
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Open Access Making Strides in Research Reporting
The research landscape constantly evolves as researchers build on prior findings, incorporate new methods, resources, and technologies, and respond to the needs…
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Collaboration Reimagine Biomedical Research for a Healthier Future: Announcing Essay Challenge Winners and Symposium
Announcing the winners and honorable mentions of the essay challenge, who will all present their ideas in a Reimagine Biomedical Research for a Healthier Future Symposium hosted by HRA on September…
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post PLOS and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network Announce Community Action Publishing Deal
SAN FRANCISCO, CA and OTTAWA, ON — The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) today announced…
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post Were pterosaurs the flamingos of the Jurassic?
Never mind bats and birds, pterosaurs were the first real evolutionary heroes who gained the ability of powered flight. While often mistaken…
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post How did the turtle get its shell?
Turtles are a beautiful mystery in the animal kingdom. Anyone who has ever been lucky enough to see one swimming in the…
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post Rob and Rubisco: directed evolution of photosynthesis
Researchers from Australia recently reported a novel way to study a key enzyme in photosynthesis and carbon fixation. Using directed evolution…
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News How transposons improve CRISPR efficiency
Guest post by Thomas Clements Gene editing technology is continuously evolving. CRISPR-Cas9 mutagenesis hit the world by storm in 2013 and…
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post Using Synthetic Biology to fight Environmental Pollution: New insights into an old problem
Guest post by Anastasia P. Athanasakoglou ‘’Pollution is not a new phenomenon – and nor is action to counter it… There…
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post To de-extinct or not to de-extinct?
On Thursday (31 January) evening, Intelligence Squared U.S. organizes a debate on de-extinction, where proponents and opponents of the notion will…
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post iGEM 2018: The grand prize winners share their experience
iGEM competitions are always exciting, and this year’s Jamboree was no exception. iGEM Marburg won the grand prize on the overgrad…