[AUDIO] Interviews with two of Australia’s senior research scientists about gene editing technology – story by Julie Milland and broadcast on the ABC Science Show.  

PLOS and partners are looking to develop a way for researchers to track the impact of their data. Rather than just citing research papers and impact factors, researchers would have another measure of how their work is influencing the world. After all, there would be no research without data. This is an innovative idea with potential to influence all areas of science and medical research. But it’s early days. Read […]

The association of Dutch universities (VSNU) has announced that talks with publisher Elsevier have “reached an impasse”. In a press release, the VSNU says that Dutch universities are committed to open access for academic publications, especially as much of the research is publicly funded. The VSNU has told universities to prepare to lose access to new issues of Elsevier academic journals in 2015 unless an acceptable offer is put forward […]

Expedition 40 has had a busy few days on the International Space Station (ISS). A spacewalk by Russian cosmonauts retrieved samples for science from the outside of the station. Astronauts also deployed a new batch of NanoRacks CubeSat mini-satellites (image credit: NASA). The CubeSats enable experiments such as observations of the Earth and advanced electronics testing. Breaking news: We are waiting for NASA to comment on reports from Russian scientists […]

The medical publishing industry has explored Open Access for some time amid calls for publically sponsored academic research to be freely available. But what is the best model for Open Access? The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) proposed new model licences. But a call to use Creative Commons licences for academic work is gathering pace, with more than 75 organisations signed up for a global coalition […]