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Unity Engine Coming to Tizen Operating System.
It looks like open-source Tizen operating system for smartphones is starting to gain traction in the industry. Unity Technologies, provider of the Unity multi-platform engine and development tools, announced upcoming support for the Tizen OS. [...] Read More »
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Universal EHR? No. Universal Data Access? Yes.
A recent blog posting calls for a “universal EMR” for the entire healthcare system. The author provides an example and correctly laments how lack of access to the complete data about a patient impedes optimal clinical care. [...] However, I do not agree that a “universal EMR” is the best way to solve this problem. Read More »
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Universal Healthcare Doesn't Mean Waiting Longer to See A Doctor
A new report from the Commonwealth Fund shows that people in other industrialized nations get doctors' appointments faster than Americans do. Read More »
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Universities Push Back Against Access Copyright Lawsuit
Students, educators, and librarians have come out strongly in opposition to the Access Copyright lawsuit launched earlier this month against York University. Read More »
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University Libraries, Distinguished Innovator In Residence Program Promote Open Access [Virginia Tech]
After next week, students performing research may find it easier to get it published at Virginia Tech. Read More »
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University Of California Researchers To Fund Citizen-Sensor Project For Revolutionizing Global Health
Enterprising researchers and students at the University of California, San Diego are looking for funding to complete a “citizen-sensor” project that, they hope, will revolutionize global health and environmental monitoring — especially in remote and undeveloped areas of the planet. Read More »
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University Of California To Open Its Research Vaults, For Free
The University of California has open-sourced all future research articles authored by faculty at all of its 10 campuses. The articles will be made available to the public at no charge. Read More »
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University Of California's Latest Plan: Privatize Knowledge, Take Out Lots Of Patents -- Profit!
At the end of last year, we wrote about an extraordinary attempt by the University of California (UC) to resuscitate the infamous "Eolas" patents that were thrown out earlier by a jury in East Texas. Clearly, the University of California likes patents, and the way that they can be used to extract money from people with very little effort... Read More »
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University Of Iowa Pushes For ‘Open Access’ To Research
A Maryland 16-year-old, inspired by the death of a family friend, recently developed a rapid and inexpensive screening method using Google, Wikipedia and YouTube for certain cancers. Read More »
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University Of Tennessee Signs Compact For Open-Access Publishing Equity (COPE)
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT) has proclaimed support for open-access publishing of journal articles by signing the Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity (COPE). UT is the eighteenth institution to join a roster of signatories that includes Harvard, Duke, Sloan-Kettering, and other preeminent research institutions. Read More »
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University System Of Maryland To Test Open-Source Pilot Program
A student-driven initiative plans to turn the page on skyrocketing textbook costs by promoting an affordable, online educational resource that’s picking up steam across the nation: open-source textbooks. Read More »
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Unleashing Innovation & Deepening Democracy Through Prizes
Prizes have a long history of driving important breakthroughs...It is with that powerful history in mind that today, in Washington, hundreds of leaders from the White House and Federal agencies joined their peers from some of the Nation's most recognizable companies and organizations to develop strategies to use prizes and competitions as a key method to spark innovation and deepen citizen engagement. Read More »
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Unleashing The Power Of Data And Technology To Rebalance The World
Developing countries have moved from being the site of development initiatives to the transmitter of development innovation. Read More »
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Unlock Local Research Potential With Open Access
The developing world is not well served by traditional research publishing, but can break new ground with open access, argues Leslie Chan. Read More »
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Unlocking Chemistry: It's Time To Make The Subject As Open As Bioscience
Now that millions of patented compounds are open information, chemistry has a chance to catch up, says Peter Murray-Rust Read More »
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