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Design and technology for #betterscience

ScienceUX works with scientists, designers, educators, and organizations to make scientific work easier to understand, use, and share.

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We provide tools, courses, research, and expertise to help people communicate and work with science better.

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Different research deserves different ways of being presented. Start with the layout that best fits your story and presentation style.

The #BetterPosters home page: “Better posters for better scientific communication” above a traditional poster and a #betterposter side by side.

#BetterPosters

Evidence-based scientific poster templates helping researchers communicate clearly through thoughtful design.

  • Communication
  • Technology
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The CRediT Role Icons site: a honeycomb of contributor-role icons grouped into Strategy & Leadership, Research & Data, Infrastructure, and Dissemination, beside the Conceptualization role's definition.

CRediT Role Icons

The CRediT Role Icon Project explores how better UX can increase CRediT adoption and awareness among journals and authors.

  • Technology
  • Communication
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Tufte’s Razor, an interactive guide to the data-ink ratio: “How much data is there in your chart?” above a default-styled bar chart and a guess-first question about its shaded background.

Tufte's Razor

An interactive guide to Edward Tufte's data-ink ratio. Guess first, then strip a cluttered chart back one change at a time and watch how much of its ink starts showing data.

  • Technology
  • Communication
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  • EASL
  • ICCA
  • ANPT

I can confidently say that it took substantially less time to make a good-looking new-format poster

Biomedical Odyssey, Johns Hopkins about #BetterPosters

Science gets better when more people get involved

Join 80+ scientists, designers, developers, and curious people building, sharing, and learning together. Our Discord is a supportive space to contribute to open projects and explore better ways to communicate science.

The ScienceUX Discord server: a channel sidebar beside a welcome post listing the projects members can join.

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