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03/07/2017

ScienceFair – a new desktop science library

 « (…) ScienceFair v1.0 is a new kind of desktop science library

ScienceFair’s first release introduces several new concepts and technologies that have never been used before in desktop science library apps. These include:

Instant multi-source search as the main user interface A science-focused article reading interface using eLife Lens Live-updating…
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10/05/2017

How P2P and blockchains make it easier to work with scientific objects – three hypotheses

« The financial industry, medical records, the Internet of Things – millions are currently being invested in research into blockchains, financed from numerous private and public sources. This basic technology of the cybercurrency bitcoin promises to resolve a number of major problems using a decentralised approach. In this blog post, I…

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24/08/2016

The Difference between Copyright Infringement and Plagiarism—and Why It Matters

« Reading a recent article in The Atlantic and the subsequent comments, I was struck again by how much confusion there is among the public about the difference between plagiarism and copyright infringement.

The difference matters—not least because plagiarism, while dishonest and reprehensible, is not…

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