science

FigShare: publish all your data

“It’s amazing what you can accomplish as a diversion to your PhD.” This was Les Carr’s opening gambit as the questions started for Mark Hahnel of FigShare after he presented at the repository fringe. It was very inspiring, a highlight of the event. 

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PARSE-insight conclusions on European science data infrastructure published

The European project PARSE.Insight has released its final recommendations for the science data infrastructure in Europe with ten major insights into research and researcher behaviours. These reveal major differences between European countries in their methods for dealing with research data, as well as a critical analysis of researchers' attitudes towards data sharing.

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New Institute for Web Science

The Government has announced the creation of the new Institute for Web Science.  Designed to make the UK the hub of international research into the next generation of web and internet technologies, it will be a centre for research and development, enabling collaboration with businesses and identifying opportunities for social and economic benefit from use of the Web.  With Web 3.0 expected to introduce a new level of activity by publishing dat

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