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Machines learn to unearth new materials

Materials genome initiatives sift big data.

Neil Savage | 5 July 2021

Five online tools that aim to save researchers time and trouble

From investigating a lab’s publication history to scanning manuscripts for statistical errors, these apps can help streamline some of the most time-consuming tasks.

Dalmeet Singh Chawla | 23 June 2021

AI tools measure rigour of COVID-19 preprints

Automated reviews are picking up gaps in papers prior to peer review.

Dalmeet Singh Chawla | 12 January 2021

Auto articles: an experiment in AI-generated content

AI-generated summaries of three articles selected from a data set of 175 Springer Nature publications.

Catherine Armitage & Markus Kaindl | 10 December 2020

Sliced, diced and digested: AI-generated science ready in minutes

AI can decide which papers are worth reading, and condenses them to make the literature more accessible.

Chris Woolston & Jeffrey M. Perkel | 10 December 2020

Four AI technologies that could transform the way we live and work

From facial recognition to drug discovery, these emerging technologies are the ones to watch.

Bill Condie & Leigh Dayton | 10 December 2020

Work hack: Why Mark Carrigan loves Ulysses

A sociologist describes his favourite place for scribbled notes, student assessment, and long-form writing.

Bec Crew | 7 July 2020

PanLingua: a free online tool that makes bioRxiv multilingual

How to read English preprints in any of the 104 languages recognized by Google Translate.

Jeffrey M. Perkel | 6 March 2020

Just say "no" to manels

There’s an app for that. 

Jeffrey Perkel | 7 February 2020
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