Big data and heritage collections
When analysing the decay of heritage objects, and how that process can best be prevented, looking at data on those objects is crucial. Using a big data… Read more »
20 Mar 2019
Open research pioneers, open perspectives
Open research pioneers, open perspectives
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What does the data tell us about trends in workplace homicides?
In the 1990’s and early 2000’s, 65% of workplace homicides occurred during robberies. Now, new research published in Injury Epidemiology, finds that this… Read more »
Can maternal exposure to carbon black nanoparticles affect male fertility?
Carbon black nanoparticles are manufactured for use in rubber products, as a color pigment in plastics, paint and ink and used to model exposure to air… Read more »
Recruitment of pregnant women in randomized trials: What could hold us back?
For many years, members of the Dutch Consortium for Healthcare Evaluation and Research in Obstetrics and Gynecology (NVOG Consortium) have been working on the… Read more »
Unveiling the invisible – mathematical methods for restoring and interpreting illuminated manuscripts
When an old painting shows signs of decay, most people’s instinct would be to restore it, so as to bring it closer to how it originally looked like. However,… Read more »
The song and dance of mating in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
New research uses high-speed videography and sound recordings to investigate the hidden world of mating in the yellow fever mosquito, revealing the importance… Read more »
Kidney Cancer Awareness Month: Highlighting our open access kidney cancer research
To mark Kidney Cancer Awareness month and to help raise awareness of kidney cancer, our Editors across a number of open access oncology journals have developed… Read more »
Kidney Cancer Awareness Quiz 2019
Join us as we raise kidney cancer awareness by brushing up on what you know and learning about the different options for treatment and prevention. You can also… Read more »
BMC Molecular and Cell Biology: one journal, one community, any organism
BMC Cell Biology has been recently relaunched as BMC Molecular and Cell Biology, with a revamped journal and scope. Here, Managing Editor Maria Hodges and… Read more »
