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Academic publishing and scholarly communications: Good reads, March 2017

A lot has been happening in the scholarly circles this month: from Trump's first budget proposal, to NIH allowing preprints in grant applications, a sting operation exposing predatory publishers, and…

Mars might get rings in the future, a new theory suggests

Mars is known as the red planet while Jupiter is the one with rings. However, according to a latest theory by Prudue University researchers – David Minton, assistant professor of Earth, atmospheric…

Female mosquitoes have an extra set of odor sensors to detect human scents

Researchers have been trying to understand why and how mosquitoes get attracted to humans as their prey by studying their odor sensor system. However, biologists at Vanderbilt University have…

Potential damage to astronauts' health on Mars mission assessed

The effect of exposure to deep space radiance on astronauts’ health is one of the major concerns of planning a mission to Mars. Therefore, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) funded…
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Academic publishing and scholarly communications: Good reads, February 2017

This month, we have an interesting list of recommendations for you. We tell you about the situation in the UK post Brexit, a recommended list of 15 best practices to rebuild the trust in scholarly…
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Facebook Live Q&A - Tracking your manuscript in journal submission systems

We have the perfect forum where you can learn about and also clarify all your doubts about the manuscript tracking system. Join our Facebook Live Q&A on March 2, 2017, 8:00 A.M. EST and get all…

Seven Earth-sized exoplanets discovered in habitable zone

NASA’s Spritzer Space Telescope has discovered seven Earth-sized exoplanets that are likely to have liquid water. All seven planets closely circle around a single dwarf star Trappist-1. The system is…

Algae survive extreme temperatures and cosmic radiation for two years

In a long-term experiment lasting two years, two varieties of algae survived in the space without any lasting adverse effects. Dr. Thomas Leya at the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and…
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WORKSHOP: Workshops on trends in academic journal publishing and research integrity

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Removing exotic plants restores ecosystem

To study the effect of exotic plants on the ecosystem, a group of researchers led by PD Dr Christopher Kaiser-Bunbury, member of the Ecological Networks Study Group of the TU Darmstadt Biology…