31/10/2018 Martin Jones

Designing programs to interpret images is so complicated that for many tasks, humans still outperform machines. To keep up with the tide of images produced by science we need a lot of people, this is where citizen science comes into play. Ahead of his talk at this year’s SpotOn conference, Martin Jones tells about the need for involving non-specialist volunteers in science and his own citizen science project: Etch a Cell.

26/10/2018 Alexandros Houssein

We are excited to announce that our latest engineering journal, BMC Mechanical Engineering, is now open for submissions! This journal further expands the scope of the BMC series beyond biology and medicine and into engineering. Editor Alex Houssein talks more about this exciting new launch.

22/10/2018 Rachel Burley

Today, BMC publishes its ‘Research in progress’ report for 2018, highlighting our work over the past year and our ambitions for the coming years. Here we share the report along with an introduction from our Publishing Director, Rachel Burley.

19/10/2018 Davy Falkner

Be sure to get your entries in while there’s still time!

18/10/2018 Amye Kenall

A manuscript is much more than words on paper. Painstakingly drafted, fuelled by coffee over long nights, then (constructively) dismantled by colleagues, re-drafted several times, and finally, assembled into something you’re proud of. It is the culmination of months or years of hard work, and could potentially lead to recognition for you and your whole…