The Norman Update makes scienceOS more intuitive to use: you can now upload up to 4,000 PDFs directly to your your scienceOS library, create citation networks from your reference manager, and generate ‘deep research’ reports.
The new scienceOS library makes growing your literature collection and chatting with thousands of PDFs more intuitive: upload your full-text papers directly to your library or add PDFs from your previous uploads. Further, you can now select up to 10 sources in your library and turn them into a citation network; this helps you identify foundational and new research papers that may be missing in your reference manager. Additionally, the ‘Deep research’ mode instructs scienceOS to generate a a comprehensive research report based on hundreds of sources.
Add PDFs to your library
Quickly upload up to 4,000 PDFs to your library or import your previously uploaded full-text papers.
(Uploading PDFs to your library is for free.)
Conduct “Deep research”
Use the “Deep research” mode to generate detailed research reports based on hundreds of sources.
(“Deep research” mode requires access to our best model.)
Why Norman Update?
This update of scienceOS is dedicated to Donald Arthur Norman, who has made significant contributions to the fields of cognitive science and human-computer interaction. For his concept of making technology intuitive and effortless to use, Norman is considered a pioneer in user-centered design.
New terms of use.
We released a new version of our terms of use with less complex language, a clearer description of what scienceOS is, and more details about your rights. We also provide the new terms of use in English and in German.
Improvements and bug fixes.
We reworked the user interface of scienceOS, made the AI agent more powerful, added an introductory article, and fixed annoying bugs.
Improvements
- Provided the AI agent with more sources for each answer in the AI science chat
- Made the library chat and PDF chat more powerful
- Implemented searching for DOIs in the chat
- Added more sources to citation networks
- Made adding sources to collections available during import
- Increased the character count for the names of collections
- Implemented drag & drop for PDFs in library
- Added a settings page to the app
- Replaced the payment solution and activated Apple Pay
- Removed the confusing app homepage
- Published a beginner’s guide and a how does it work article
- Created a profile on Bluesky
Bug fixes
- Fixed a bug where the app froze during the login
- Fixed a bug where the AI would list the tools it used in the answer
- Fixed multiple bugs related to citation networks
- Fixed a bug where the AI Actions selector hid behind the PDF preview