Intellectual Property

New publishing model provides unique and timely solutions to the production, curation, and preservation of knowledge.Credit: The MIT Press The MIT Press announced today the launch of MIT Open Publishing Services, a scholar-focused,…

$1.8m DOE grant will help develop sustainable plastics LOWELL, Mass. - The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded UMass Lowell researchers $1.8 million to develop recyclable plastics and manufacturing technologies to help the country reduce…

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation support has enabled creation of powerful tools to let public institutions use open dataCredit: The Lens Cambia today announced a $2M USD grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support…

A new artificial intelligence system generates fake docs to fool adversaries HANOVER, N.H. - March 1, 2020 - During World War II, British intelligence agents planted false documents on a corpse to fool Nazi Germany into preparing for an…

Just how involved should governments be in business? And is there a right answer to this question, or a one-size-fits all conclusion?Credit: World Scientific Just how involved should governments be in business? And is there a right…

Medallion Resources will develop and commercialize the technology, which uses a 'greener' process to purify and separate rare-earth elements from all noncoal-sourced raw materials Medallion Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: MDL; OTCQB: MLLOF;…

University of Bath release Policymakers need to rethink their approach to tackling long-standing healthcare and environmental challenges and can learn lessons from the success of research and development in responding to COVID-19, say the…

Path2Integrity promotes learning settings and materials for honesty, reliability, respect, and accountability in researchCredit: @Path2Integrity The EU Horizon2020 Project Path2Integrity (P2I) supports a culture that values honest,…

An Academic Analytics Research Center (AARC) study has found greater rates of authorship of open access (OA) research articles among scholars at more prestigious institutions with greater access to resources and job security. "The open…

Biotech business innovators and scientific trailblazers converge for a must attend future-forward event 7-8 January 2021 Skokie, IL - The ISSCR's VISION2030 is bringing together biotech CEOs who have successfully transformed scientific…

Credit: Dani Machlis/BGU BEER-SHEVA, Israel, December 22, 2020 - Online users are more likely to reveal private information based on how website forms are structured to elicit data, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU)…

Credit: University of Ottawa The University of Ottawa has earned a total of 10 Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) covering a broad scope of subjects, from the exploration of disruptive impacts of stress on higher brain functions to the need…

Charité researcher and founder of BIH QUEST Center to head Awards Office The Einstein Foundation Berlin has launched its new 'Award for Promoting Quality in Research'. This international, first-of-its-kind award aims to recognize…

According to a new study from Copenhagen Business School, on the role of privacy and decentralization in the cryptocurrency community, developers are creating cryptocurrencies in such a way that regulatory oversight will not be possible,…

Scientist invents novel device to conveniently sanitize contaminated masks at home or at workCredit: Patrick Grant, Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University COVID-19 has significantly increased public use of face masks to protect others from the…

Credit: Michigan State University Buying a counterfeit driver's license or passport used to require a secret meeting with some shady characters. More recently, it meant having a connection to the dark web. But today, all you need is an…

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 13, 2020—The increasing threat of foreign interference in elections has driven six nations to take similar approaches to combat this pervasive threat. A review of…

M2D2 to award $200K worth of in-kind services WHEN: Competition on Thursday, Sept. 17 at 5 p.m.; winners to be announced on Thursday, Oct. 1 at 5 p.m. WHERE: Both events will be held online; free registration and information is…

New policies, technologies could help make sense of flood of information PITTSBURGH--The science community has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with such a flurry of research studies that it is hard for anyone to digest them all,…

A multifaceted approach is the best way to address election infrastructure security, say researchersCredit: Photo courtesy of the IU Kelley School of Business BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- With just over two months before the 2020 election,…