Nature Opens Doors: All Papers Now Freely Available, Well Almost!
Update: In a very obvious and necessary move, the 144 year old Nature Publishing Group has made all its 48 journal’s open access free to access. Through ReadCube,...
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Low-Cost Crowdfunded PCRs Let Non-Scientists Peek Into DNA
Two new Kickstarter projects are looking to provide low cost PCRs to citizen scientists hoping to peek into their own DNA. Mini PCR and Open qPCR,...
Biotechnology
Agilent and Shimazu Support Each Others GC Systems
Agilent Technologies and Shimadzu Corp are announcing the release of RapidControl.NET GC Instrument control drivers for their respective Gas Chromatography Data Systems. Announced last year...
Blog
RNA Gets a Database to Call its Own
The RNAcentral Consortium is announcing the launch of RNAcentral a unified resource for non-coding RNA from all species. The open source RNA database has currently...
Bioinformatics
Curoverse- A New Entry into Genomic Big-Data Sphere
Curoverse, a Boston based start-up is working on developing a software that can handle humongous amounts of genetic data. The new product they are working...
Bioinformatics
Academia’s Arm-twisting by Elsevier Enrages Researchers
The scientific publishing giant, Elsevier has been sending Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices to the academic social network and new age scientific literature...
News
OpenFuge: A DIY Centrifuge with 9,000RPM at its Disposal
In an attempt to find a cheaper alternative to lab centrifuges, a DIY hacker might have created a centrifuge that even professional laboratories wouldn’t hesitate...
Laboratory Automation
Benchling: Github for Geneticists
Software developers have long enjoyed the ability to work together on a single project without having to go through the hurdle of sharing codes after...
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