• New videos show how researchers use Virtual Research Environments

    Press release New videos show how researchers use advanced technology New videos showing how JISC is helping researchers achieve faster, better and different research through virtual research environments have just been released. The videos feature projects from JISC’s virtual research environment (VRE) programme, which is trying to find ways to connect people and speed up…

  • Scientific Collaborations on the Internet

    (A fantastic book for e-Science buffs!) Modern science is increasingly collaborative, as signaled by rising numbers of coauthored papers, papers with international coauthors, and multi-investigator grants. Historically, scientific collaborations were carried out by scientists in the same physical location—the Manhattan Project of the 1940s, for example, involved thousands of scientists gathered on a remote plateau…

  • Oxford Internet Surveys

    (Another important ‘big picture’ Internet impact study from the Oxford Internet Institute). Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS) research is designed to offer detailed insights into the influence of the Internet on everyday life in Britain. Launched in 2003 by the Oxford Internet Institute, OxIS is an authoritative source of information about Internet access, use and attitudes.…

  • Nicolae & Elena Ceausescu

    I was in a bar in Budapest recently talking to a bloke (about the same age as me) about great moments on TV. He said his was seeing the Romanian leaders Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu being executed. It makes for grim viewing Nicolae & Elena CeausescuUploaded by DwightFrye. – News videos hot off the press.

  • TILE project blog and website launched

    TILE: Text-Image Linking Environment is pleased to announce the launch of its public blog and informational site: http://tileproject.org Our first blog posting includes a description of anticipated TILE functionality. http://mith.info/tile/2009/07/20/welcome/ Upcoming posts will include an invitation to participate in user testing, as well as announcements of software as it becomes available. Visit often, or subscribe…

  • Report: XXIII International Congress of History of Science and Technology in Budapest Hungary

    (image of statues from ‘Memento Park’; the Communist statue park). I recently attended the XXIII International Congress of History of Science and Technology in Budapest Hungary.  http://www.conferences.hu/ichs09/index.htm The conference was a large and truly international event with 1400 delegates from 60 countries. Set in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics; the university is one…