Collaborate Disseminate
There is probably very little among the topics covered here at Hackaday that doesn’t have its roots somewhere in scientific research. Semiconductor devices for example didn’t simply pop into being …read more Continue reading You Paid For This Paper. Now You Can Read It Without Paying Again
One of the hottest topics in the world of scientific publishing over the last couple of decades has been the growing pressure to release the fruits of public-funded scientific research …read more Continue reading Could India Be The Crucial Battleground For Open Access To Scientific Research?
An exhaustive scan shows hundreds of thousands of websites potentially exposing sensitive data such as database passwords, API keys and so on. Continue reading Open .Git Directories Leave 390K Websites Vulnerable
Researchers from high-profile institutions are falling for these scams. Continue reading There Are Now 8,000 Fake Science ‘Journals’ Worldwide, Researchers Say
Not a hack, but something we’ve been wanting to see forever is open access to all scientific publications. If we can soapbox for a few seconds, it’s a crying shame that most academic science research is funded by public money, and then we’re required to pay for it again in the form of journal subscriptions or online payments if we want to read it. We don’t like science being hidden behind a paywall, and neither do the scientists whose work is hidden from wider view.
Here are two heartening developments: Unpaywall is a browser extension that automates the search for …read more
A Canadian journalist set out to get a fake article published in a scientific journal. Continue reading Fake Science News Is Just As Bad As Fake News
