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Data Storage & Management

This blogpost will outline some best practices that can help you not only boost your efficiency and productivity as a researcher but also contribute toward ethical…
In this blogpost, we’ll explore the magic of Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) and how to leverage its potential in biomedical research, starting with a quick explanation…
This article discusses how to intelligently use datasets, software, hardware, publications, and  educational resources to improve the open science ecosystem.
Managing research data is integral to the successful completion of the research project at hand. This article takes you through some of the key aspects of data…
Research in many subject areas or fields involves the collection, archiving, and analysis of large amounts of data. From graduate students to veteran professors,…
With the evolving nature of the scholarly landscape, researchers now have access to many different tools to manage different aspects and stages of their workflow and…
Richard Poynder is an independent journalist/blogger with a particular interest in open access and its perception and application across different sections of academia…
The research deposited in repositories is not always freely or easily available
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What does the term "big data" mean? Why is it being considered as an additional paradigm to science? In the recent years, the availability of large volumes of data has…
What does big data mean for science?
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Imagine what would happen if you woke up to realize all your research data is lost! It is possibly a researcher’s worst nightmare, something some unfortunate researchers…
As noted in my previous post, a handful of the STAP authors from RIKEN have issued a protocol exchange document detailing ‘essential technical tips’ to reproduce STAP…