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Collaboration: Social networking seeks critical mass
There are myriad social and professional networking options for scientists. But, so far, none has proved infectious enough to go viral.
- Virginia Gewin
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Books & Arts |
Technology: Libraries of the future
A hands-on exhibition shows how online tools are shaping the way we use knowledge, says Aleks Krotoski.
- Aleks Krotoski
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Opinion |
Save your census
National censuses and surveys are threatened around the world by high costs and low response rates. The demographic data they yield are too valuable to lose, warn Stephen E. Fienberg and Kenneth Prewitt.
- Stephen E. Fienberg
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Prospects |
Search tool for career data launched
A new online facility allows users to delve into Naturejobs's career and salary survey data on their own terms, explains Gene Russo.
- Gene Russo
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Books & Arts |
Sustainability through computing
A book promoting the use of informatics to help us live greener lives could have been enhanced by following interactive design principles, suggests Nick Salafsky.
- Nick Salafsky
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News Feature |
Cybersecurity: How safe are your data?
Many scientists want to keep their data and resources free; cybersecurity specialists want them under lock and key. Jeffrey Perkel reports.
- Jeffrey Perkel
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Editorial |
Security first
Scientists must be more proactive in encouraging good cybersecurity practices.
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Networking: Four ways to reinvent the Internet
The Internet is struggling to keep up with the ever-increasing demands placed on it. Katharine Gammon looks at ways to fix it.
- Katharine Gammon
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News Feature |
Literature mining: Speed reading
Scientists are struggling to make sense of the expanding scientific literature. Corie Lok asks whether computational tools can do the hard work for them.
- Corie Lok
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News and Views Q&A |
Quantum computing
The race is on to build a computer that exploits quantum mechanics. Such a machine could solve problems in physics, mathematics and cryptography that were once thought intractable, revolutionizing information technology and illuminating the foundations of physics. But when?
- Emanuel Knill
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Editorial |
Security ethics
Manufacturers of computer systems should welcome researchers' efforts to find flaws.
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Correspondence |
Climate e-mails: man's mark is clear in thermometer record
- Hans von Storch
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Technology: A flavour of the future