Unlocking Science
Decentering the Research Paper. A New Future for Science.
Science has outgrown the systems built to share it. We are building the standards and coordination needed for research to move, connect, and compound.
How Modularity Changes Systems
From albums to streaming. A structural look at why science must move beyond the paper, and how modularity, standards, and composability enable a new research ecosystem.
Science Is Changing. Its Infrastructure Hasn’t.
Research does not begin or end with a paper.
It lives in datasets, code, methods, notebooks, and workflows that evolve over time. Yet most of the value of that work is still compressed into static documents designed for a print-era world.
This creates a mismatch:
Research is increasingly computational and collaborative
Publishing systems still assume single-use, bundled outputs
Reuse, attribution, and verification remain harder than duplication
Decentering the research paper is not a rejection of rigor. It is the prerequisite for making science truly cumulative.
“The paper was designed to summarize science, not to power it.”
Building Together
This future isn’t hypothetical. It’s already taking shape, in the open, with partners like you.
Modular Science: Built Together
Learn about how composable science a modular way of working was prioritized. Read the full story
Video on Composable Science
Watch the video to discover how a diverse group came to the new paradigm for open science.
Community Stories
Building Biology’s Operating System, A Journey Toward Modular Science. Read the full story