Currently, the conventional channel for reporting scientific results is the Web electronic publishing. Despite the advances in electronic publishing scientific articles are still published in paper print formats such as PDFs. The emergence of the Semantic Web and Linked Data environment provides new opportunities for communicating, sharing, and integrating scientific knowledge in digital format...

We discuss the "schism" between medicine and public health in light of advances in genomics and the expected evolution of health care toward personalized treatment and prevention. Undoubtedly, genomics could deepen the divide between the two worlds, but it also represents an important and perhaps unique opportunity for healing the schism, given the volume of new scientific discoveries and their...

Our research program over the past 10 years has focused on the use of basic science knowledge in commercial firms and the impact of that knowledge on firm performance. In our earlier research, we have found substantial consistent evidence that top academic science, specifically the star scientists who make most of the defining discoveries, provides intellectual human capital that defines the te...

Novel computational representations, such as simulation models of complex systems and video games for scientific discovery (Foldit, EteRNA etc.), are dramatically changing the way discoveries emerge in science and engineering. The cognitive roles played by such computational representations in discovery are not well understood. We present a theoretical analysis of the cognitive roles such repre...

The authors report on new discoveries from Sanxingdui in south-west China. multidisciplinary approach used at has enriched the theory and methodology of field archaeology sets a precedent for future scientific excavations.

Advances in genomics research have called forth new strategies for patenting DNA sequences. Gene patenting, which began inconspicuously in the early days of the biotechnology industry in the 1970s and 1980s, did not generate significant public controversy until the advent of high-throughput DNA sequencing in the 1990s. By this point, it was such a well-established practice that categorical chal...

Our research program over the past 10 years has focused on the use of basic science knowledge in commercial firms and the impact of that knowledge on firm performance. In our earlier research, we have found substantial consistent evidence that top academic science, specifically the star scientists who make most of the defining discoveries, provides intellectual human capital that defines the te...

An examination of the scientific literature shows a tendency to promote results rather than simply report them. The difference is often subtle and yet important for the perceived scientific value. This is particularly true for publication in journals with a high impact factor, where it is important to succinctly define novelty and immediate significance. The marketing of scientific results is o...