The NY Times Magazine “A Year in Ideas 2009” includes a story on Googling Food Webs Every species — be it earthworm or great white shark — is entwined in a vast and complicated system of predator and prey called a food web. To determine which species in a food web are most important to the survival of the larger ecosystem, scientists design com... Read more 17 Dec 2009 - less than 1 minute read
A new working paper: “Accelerating the pace of discovery by changing the peer review algorithm”. The work presents a simple model of peer review and investigates whether the system can be ameliorated by changing the submission procedure. The full article is available on the arXiv: Accelerating the pace of discovery by changing the peer review ... Read more 06 Nov 2009 - less than 1 minute read
Summary of the media coverage received by “Googling Food Webs: can an eigenvector measure species’ importance?” by Stefano Allesina & Mercedes Pascual RADIO BBC World Service “Science in Action”, Sept 11, 2009. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0045f21/Science_In_Action_11_09_2009/ Radio24 (Italy) “Moebius”, Sept 12,... Read more 12 Oct 2009 - less than 1 minute read