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The Driving Factors Shaping the In Focus Series
Sara Tenney talks about how ACS creates digital primers to bridge the gap between undergraduate-level depth and scholarly articles. 
The Driving Factors Shaping the In Focus Series
The Driving Factors Shaping the In Focus Series

Sara Tenney talks about how ACS creates digital primers to bridge the gap between undergraduate-level depth and scholarly articles. 

Sara Tenney talks about how ACS creates digital primers to bridge the gap between undergraduate-level depth and scholarly articles. 

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eBooks: Key Tools for Scientific Advancement
The Scientist and ACS Publications | Oct 24, 2024 | 3 min read
Serving as a bridge between traditional textbooks and peer-reviewed journal articles, ebooks allow scientists to efficiently learn about new findings or fields.
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Navigating the Sea of Scientific Knowledge
The Scientist Staff | Aug 1, 2024 | 2 min read
Scientists seek more accessible educational content that bridges the gap between textbooks and single study journal articles.
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When Scientists Collaborate, Science Progresses
Meenakshi Prabhune, PhD | Dec 4, 2023 | 3 min read
Behind every successful scientist, there is another scientist.
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Sticks and Bones, Circa 8000 BCE
Dan Robitzski | Sep 1, 2022 | 3 min read
Ancient stashes of animal bones, tools, and other artifacts are often dismissed as archaic garbage heaps, but the deposits provide glimpses of the cultural practices and environmental conditions of past Indigenous settlements.
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What If Scientists Shared Their Reagents for Free?
Amanda Heidt | Jul 18, 2022 | 9 min read
Some researchers have decided to provide their products without financial compensation or expectations of authorship on resulting papers, prompting a flurry of new work.
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How Rising Temperatures Affect Ocean Predation
Andy Carstens | Jun 9, 2022 | 3 min read
A study yields insights into how predator-prey dynamics may shift with climate change, but many questions remain.
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New Initiative Incentivizes Open Research
Andy Carstens | Jun 3, 2022 | 6 min read
A large coalition of colleges and universities aims to change hiring, promotion, and tenure practices to reward collaboration.
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Once More Unto the Breach
Bob Grant | May 31, 2022 | 4 min read
Notes from my first in-person mega-conference in two years
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Opinion: How Large International Collaborations Have Fared in the Pandemic
Sadye Paez, Giulio Formenti, and Erich D. Jarvis | May 2, 2022 | 5 min read
COVID-19 has challenged the progress of Big Science. Here are the lessons learned.
SciNote
No More Messy Notes: Modernizing the Lab Notebook
The Scientist and SciNote | Mar 25, 2022 | 2 min read
An electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) keeps data organized and secure, boosting productivity and reproducibility.
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How to Bring the Public into the Scientific Process
Amanda Heidt | Mar 14, 2022 | 10+ min read
A new wave of research is recruiting patients and other members of the public to serve as equal partners, bringing fresh perspectives to research on diseases and other conditions.
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CZI Pledges Billions More Dollars in Science Funding
Catherine Offord | Dec 9, 2021 | 2 min read
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg are dedicating a further $3.4 billion to biomedical and human health research on top of $3 billion invested several years ago, the organization announced this week.
Explore Diverse Topics with Digital Books
A Digital Library Designed for Scientists
The Scientist and ACS Publications | Nov 4, 2021 | 1 min read
Explore new areas and delve deeper into burning scientific questions with digital books.
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How Brexit Is Transforming the UK’s STEM Community
Katarina Zimmer | Nov 1, 2021 | 8 min read
Scientists face the ramifications of the country’s departure from the European Union, from delays in laboratory supplies to difficulties hiring international students and faculty.
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Q&A: A Molecular Toolkit to Build SARS-CoV-2 Research Capacity
Asher Jones | Mar 3, 2021 | 6 min read
Sam Wilson discusses a user-friendly set of resources that he and his collaborators developed to aid labs pivoting to study COVID-19.
Opinion: Toward Better Data Sharing
Sergey Plis and Vince Calhoun | Mar 1, 2021 | 4 min read
The network effect can improve the ways that biomedical researchers collaborate.
The Promise of Scientific Partnerships with People on the Spectrum
Laura Dattaro, Spectrum | Jan 18, 2021 | 10+ min read
Five collaborations involving autistic scientists and experts are advancing autism research, from lending support for theories of the condition to shoring up trials of new treatments.
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Animal Movement Data Reveal Effects of Climate Change in Arctic
Amanda Heidt | Nov 5, 2020 | 5 min read
Environmental engineer Gil Bohrer discusses how long-term, large-scale tracking data can shed light on the unexpected ways animals are responding to changes in the Arctic.
Traceable, Reliable, and Reproducible Science: TRACKMAN® Connected
The Scientist | Oct 22, 2020 | 1 min read
TRACKMAN® Connected is a tablet with accessories and apps that makes pipetting faster and more verifiable, which improves reliability, traceability, and reproducibility at the bench.  
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