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 The London Book Fair unveils full line-up for 2018
The London Book Fair, one of the world’s largest publishing events, has unveiled its full 2018 programme, spanning author events, seminars, panel debates, awards, and much more. From AI to audio, #MeToo to mental health, and from Brexit to Blockchain, this year’s seminar programme at The London Book Fair includes seminars, panel debates, keynotes, and more, giving delegates an insight into the entire publishing zeitgeist.
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 Scientific journal Nature Methods officially retracts contentious CRISPR study
In 2017, a study published in the journal Nature Methods caused controversy in the scientific community after claiming to find over 100 unintended large genetic deletions or insertions related to the CRISPR gene-editing process. The journal has now officially retracted the paper after a thorough review found that the main claims in the study were not sufficiently backed up by data.
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 Experts in information science and scholarly communication convene at MIT to set research agenda
Forty-five experts from across disciplines gathered at MIT March 19-23 for a week of workshops focused on the most vital issues in information science and scholarly communication. Supported by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the summit on Grand Challenges in Information Sciences and Scholarly Communication aimed to identify critical problems that are solvable within 10 years and which have broad implications across the scholarly community.
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 Discovery Medicine to preserve e-journals with Portico
Digital preservation service Portico has announced that Discovery Medicine will preserve e-journals with Portico, ensuring that their content will be secure and available into the future. Discovery Medicine is an evidence-based, peer-reviewed, open-access, and scholarly biomedical journal indexed in MEDLINE/PubMed by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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