In most cases, the genome of only a single representative of a species has been sequenced. Increasingly, however, replicate genome sequences are appearing in the public domain (Fig. 1). For example, ...

An umbrella term for large-scale scientific projects that use grid computing and collaboration via the Internet with researchers and technicians worldwide. The term was coined in the U.K., which has ...

With new technologies, the ways in which science is done and communicated has experienced significant shifts, paving the way for the fourth industrial revolution. UNESCO is working towards the ...

It’s not often that Lord Sainsbury of Turville gets excited. But just mention the e-word and watch Britain’s science minister go. E-science, he says, will revolutionise the way scientists work ...