January 2, 2013
New Year, New Science
Key findings and events that may emerge in 2013 concern stem cell trials, gene patents, open-access research papers and an updated U.N. climate assessment
Stories by Richard Van Noorden
Richard Van Noorden works for Nature magazine.
September 27, 2012
Element 113 at Last?
Japanese researchers claim success in creating a third atom of the element, after nine years of searching
The SciencesSeptember 24, 2012
Entire Field of Particle Physics Is Set to Switch to Open-Access Publishing
A consortium has brokered an agreement with 12 journals to ensure that nearly all particle physics articles are made immediately free on journal Web sites
The SciencesJuly 16, 2012
Open-Access of U.K.-Funded Science Papers Will Start in 2013
A new Research Councils U.K. policy encourages researchers to shun science journals that prohibit authors from following the six-month post-publication mandate
June 12, 2012
Scientific Journal Offers Flat Fee to Authors for 'All You Can Publish'
The latest venture is part of an explosion of ideas for open-access publishing of scientific research results
May 23, 2012
"Artificial Leaf" Hits Development Hurdle
Company founded to commercialize solar hydrogen device goes back to drawing board for cost reasons
The SciencesJanuary 3, 2012
Key Findings on Higgs Boson, Alzheimer's Drugs, Lake Vostok Set to Emerge in 2012
A look ahead also points to what might be the first commercial firm to fly an unmanned cargo craft to the International Space Station and the first useful artificial genome
The SciencesJanuary 3, 2012
World's Only Known Natural Quasicrystal Traced to Ancient Meteorite
A theoretical physicist searched for years to find the only known natural occurrence of an exotic type of structure, the discovery of which netted the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry