If there’s one chapter in the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology’s final report that lays bare the disconnect between potential and preparedness, it’s Chapter 5. The message is as critical as it is uncomfortable: we are not ready. Not ready to govern the biotechnology age, not ready to build it at scale, and not ready to defend our position in it. That’s not a reflection of a lack of interest or ambition.

Von Simone Franz und Maxi Kindling Zitiervorschlag: Franz, S., Kindling, M. (2025). Offene Wissenschaft kartieren. Status quo von Open-Access-Strategien und Infrastrukturangeboten an Universitäten und Hochschulen im oa.atlas. DOI: 10.59350/6bhhc-f8j85 Was ist der oa.atlas? Der oa.atlas ist eine laufend aktualisierte Datensammlung, die im Rahmen des BMBF-geförderten Projekts open-access.network bereitgestellt wird.

The increasingly hostile attitude of the new U.S. government towards science and academia leaves many of us deeply concerned— if not outright alarmed. In an effort to better understand the unfolding situation and navigate its potential impacts, we provide an overview of five types of threats, each supported by links to documented sources.

Act I: Enchantment It usually starts early on.  You are looking at something. A couple of bugs on the ground. A star in the sky. The veins on a leaf. The stream of bubbles in your soda. You are just observing. But then you start wondering. What exactly is this? You are curious, you want to know more. How does it work? Is it known? You ask questions.. that lead to more questions.

Ein weiter Weg liegt hinter uns: Seit 20 Jahren ist iRights.info online. Internet, Recht und digitale Praxis haben sich verändert … aber wir sind immer noch da! Darüber sind wir glücklich und dankbar und auch ein bisschen baff. Nun ist Zeit, zurückzublicken, ein herzliches Dankeschön auszusprechen und den Sekt kalt zu stellen.

In scientific computation, where I principally reside these days, there’s a cultural and philosophical divide between physics-based and machine-learning-based approaches.

Editor’s note: This essay was originally published on Medium on 2016-03-05. I have made minor edits in this republishing and added a few small retrospective notes. 2010–2011 (Year 0) I had just switched my major at Cal Poly State University from computer science to math.

por Susana María Delgado Carranco Con este nombre quedó registrado en la Colección Genaro García –localizada en la Biblioteca Nettie Lee Benson de la Universidad de Texas en Austin– el expediente que el hijo de Juan María Wenceslao Sánchez de la Barquera y Morales, elaboró para solicitar los pagos pendientes a su padre por los gobiernos federal y del Estado de México.

ICONCLASS ist ein Klassifizierungssystem für Bildinhalte. Es wird in der Kunstgeschichte und der Sammlungsdokumentation genutzt, um die Ikonographie von Bildwerken in standardisierter Form zu beschreiben. Der Online-Dienst steht kostenlos zur Verfügung und ist – bezogen auf Ikonographie – der einzige seiner Art. Die TIB ist seit April 2025 Mitglied im ICONCLASS-Konsortium.

ICONCLASS is a classification system for image content. It is used in art history and collection documentation to describe the iconography of pictorial works in a standardised form. The online service is available free of charge and is – in terms of iconography – the only one of its kind. The TIB has been a member of the ICONCLASS consortium since April 2025. The aim of the consortium, which was founded in July 2024, is to ensure the long-term operation and further development of the free online service ICONCLASS through membership fees and input from the community.

Der Beitrag TIB membership in the ICONCLASS Consortium erschien zuerst auf TIB-Blog.

This is a guest post from Stephen Turner, who publishes the Paired Ends Substack about genomics, computational biology, and data science. He also happens to be one of the best bioinformatics engineering leaders I’ve ever worked with. Just sayin’. So I wanted him to share his thoughts on how he went from an academic to a leader in industry.