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Eushearilide, known to be active against a wide range of pathogenic fungi and yeasts, has unexplored antibacterial properties. Now, scientists from the Tokyo University…
Cambridge University Press launches Experimental Results, a journal that will publish only results of experiments in various STM disciplines. The journal aims to improve…
The theme of Peer Review Week 2019 was Quality in Peer Review. We reached out to a bunch of people to know what they thought about peer review. Here are some of the…
Active mutations of KIT tyrosine kinase are found in several cancers, but the different locations in the cells where KIT induces cancer-specific signaling remain unclear…
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has resolved to reduce and eventually eliminate the need and funding of animal-based research for testing the toxicity of…
Sense about Science's Peer Review Survey 2019 unveils interesting points and insights about the peer review system. It also lays down several action paths to make the…
The idea of bringing together preprints, authors, and editors on a single platform led to the concept of PubSURE. PubSURE is an integrated platform that is made of a…
When calculating the electrokinetic force, the convention has been to assume that there is no relative velocity of the fluid compared to the surface, which holds true…
What do authors think about peer review? Do they think it's working? What changes do they want to see in peer review? And how can peer review quality be improved? Read…
The 2019 Lasker Awards were announced recently. This year's awards recognize contributions in the fields of cellular immunology, women's oncology, and childhood…