Digital Science has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the global scientometric research community by relaunching the Scientometric Researcher Access to Data (SRAD) program.| Digital Science
MIT Sea Grant is happy to announce the winners of the 2025 Dean A. Horn Award for Undergraduate Study in Marine Research. For the first time, MIT Sea Grant has selected four MIT students to receive the award: Thao Do (Mechanical Engineering ’25), Ved Ganesh (Mechanical and Ocean Engineering ’27), Adrienne Lai (Mechanical Engineering ’25), […] The post Four Students Win 2025 Dean A. Horn Award for Undergraduate Study in Marine Research appeared first on MIT Sea Grant.| MIT Sea Grant
While there is general consensus that institutions should provide a coordinated research data services support infrastructure to their researchers, determining the most effective way to do this has proven more difficult, especially in light of the fast-paced technological changes that have precipitated new forms of research collaborations, methodologies, and discoveries. In this report, we share findings from interviews with researchers that provide information about their data management nee...| Publications - Ithaka S+R
Over the last 36 years, many researchers have contributed to the LTEE by performing the daily transfers of the 12 E. coli populations. Most of us are curious by nature, and many of us (the author of this post included) can be a bit competitive. With >12,000 transfers recorded in 13 lab notebooks, we have… Read More »The LTEE Leaderboard Goes Live| The Long-Term Evolution Experiment
The scholarly community is collectively facing a looming crisis as more false research is slipping into publication, threatening the integrity of the scholarly record. At ORCID, we believe we have […] The post Trust Markers in ORCID Records: Verified Email Domains appeared first on ORCID.| ORCID
Striking the ideal work-life balance is a challenge faced by many in academia. Here, Institute Director Professor Dan Haydon shares his thoughts on this thorny topic.| Naturally Speaking
There is a quote by Theodosius Dobzhansky that goes: “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.” In response, I wish to offer up a corollary: “Nothing in evolution makes sense except in the light of molecular biology and genetics.”* Building a comprehensive model of evolution requires a thorough understanding of the… Read More »Who Moved My Genes? Analyzing Chromosomal Rearrangements in the LTEE| The Long-Term Evolution Experiment