Tuesday, 1 December 2015

How Desert Island Discs became a researcher's treasure trove of research data

http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2015/nov/23/how-desert-island-discs-became-my-treasure-trove-of-research-data

Researchers get smart: do more with less.
Chinese researchers plead to share data in order to save lives!

http://www.nature.com/news/materials-science-share-corrosion-data-1.18845 

Researchers' favorite social network?  The winner is ....

http://www.nature.com/news/online-collaboration-scientists-and-the-social-network-1.15711 

Australian National Insect Collection at CSIRO in Canberra to be digitised


Researchers at the CSIRO in Canberra are preparing to digitise images and data for almost 12.5 million insects.  Simon Checksfield, the digital collections manager for CSIRO's national research collection, said the ambitious project would be welcomed by scientists, bug catchers and school groups around the world

The CSIRO's digital collection will be made publicly available online at the Atlas Of Living Australia

More at: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-01/csiro-collection-of-12.5-million-insects-to-do-digital/6989606