• The science of Google Wave | Nature News

  The science of Google Wave, how an online application could change research communication. To read this story in full you will need to login or make a payment. Ironic, isn't it?

• ‘Bloggers’ vs ‘Audience’ is over? or, Will the word ‘blogger’ disappear? | A Blog Around The Clock

  Journalists take heed, new media empowers your audience to talk back. Bora Zivkovic focuses on the word 'blogger' and its connotations.

• Scientific discourse as an epic FAIL | I was lost but now I live here

  Yet another example of what's wrong with the current system of scientific publishing.

• Science publishing on the fast lane, plus optionally in journals | fundscience.org

  Remember Google Knol? PLoS Currents is using the platform for the rapid preprint submission of research results to the public. Daniel Mietchen points to a furture where information traditionally communicated only at scientific conferences will be searchable and accessible.

• Mendeley: An interview with Victor Henning | STweM

  Andrew Spong interviews Victor Henning of the popular academic research management tool Mendeley.

• Genomics: The next generation | Wellcome Trust

  There are a variety of platforms currently available for DNA sequencing. From Sanger to Illumina to 454, Mun-Keat Looi at the Wellcome Trust reviews the technologies.

• The evolution of scientific impact | I was lost but now I live here

  Shirley Wu takes a look back at the evolution and digression of impact factors and how the Public Library of Science (PLoS) is slowly changing how the significance of scientific merit is determined.

• OpenFF

  With the announcement of the sale of FriendFeed to Facebook, there's now a movement to create a free and open client and server for FriendFeed-like social networks.

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