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Open PHACTS: Semantic Technologies And Drug Discovery

Claire Bower | BMJ Web Development Blog | April 26, 2013

Research and discovery in the life sciences is a pretty complicated business. The complexity of the modern scientific process seems to be a reflection of the intricacies of life and the processes associated with disease and its treatment. Furthermore, as technologies become more advanced, so too does the problem of managing the ever expanding quantity of data being generated. Read More »

Open Science Leaps Forward In 2014

Marcus D. Hanwell | Opensource.com | December 23, 2014

We have had quite a year of open science at Opensource.com in 2014! I couldn't hope to cover every article we published over the year, but I will highlight some of my favorites...

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OpenAIRE2020: A New Horizon for Open Science

Press Release | OpenAIRE | December 2, 2014

The wealth of the European Union's scientific research is to be made open to all. A year after the start of the EC's Horizon 2020 framework programme, OpenAIRE enters a new phase of funding with a continuation project: OpenAIRE2020, starting in January 2015. The initiative will implement the H2020 Open Access policies and mandates for publications and will be one of the key European infrastructures supporting the EC's Research Data Pilot.

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Opinion: Open-Access For The 3rd World

Cherry Mae Ignacio | The Scientist | March 21, 2013

Scientists should submit their work to open-access repositories to support research in parts of the world that don’t have access to the vast libraries of pay-wall-constrained literature. Read More »

PLOS & DNDi Launch A New Collection Celebrating A Decade Of Open Access And NTD R&D

Rhona MacDonald | PLOS.org | December 5, 2013

As part of a collaborative initiative, PLOS and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) are delighted to launch a special Collection—PLOS & DNDi: a decade of Open Access and Neglected Tropical Diseases R&D—to coincide with a joint event at the Institut Pasteur in Paris celebrating the 10 year anniversary of DNDi... Read More »

PLOS Announces Accelerating Science Award Program

David Knutson | PLOS Blogs | May 1, 2013

PLOS today is launching the Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP) that recognizes the use of scientific research, published through Open Access, which has led to innovations in any field that benefit society. Major sponsors include the Wellcome Trust and Google. Read More »

PLOS' ASAP Program Recognizes Pioneers Who Have Used Open Access Research To Benefit Society

Press Release | The Public Library of Science (PLOS) | May 2, 2013

PLOS, the Public Library of Science, today is launching the Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP) that recognizes the use of scientific research, published through Open Access, which has led to innovations in any field that benefit society. Major sponsors include the Wellcome Trust and Google. Read More »

Public Access To Scientific Research Advances

Press Release | Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) | January 16, 2014

Progress toward making taxpayer-funded scientific research freely accessible in a digital environment was reached today with Congressional passage of the FY 2014 Omnibus Appropriations Bill. Read More »

Push Button For Open Access

Stephan Curry | The Guardian | November 18, 2013

Two medical students are helping to turn the dream of making scientific research papers freely accessible into a reality, using the internet of course Read More »

Science Europe Denounces ‘Hybrid’ Open Access

Ross Mounce | Open Knowledge Foundation Blog | May 2, 2013

Recently Science Europe published a clear and concise position statement titled: Principles on the Transition to Open Access to Research Publications. This is an extremely timely & important document that clarifies what governments and research funders should expect during the transition to open access. Read More »

Science Wins As PLoS Goes Hard On Open Access

Olivia Solon | Wired | February 25, 2014

Academic journal PLoS (Public Library of Science) has changed its policy so that authors are now required to make the data underlying their scientific findings available publicly, without restriction, immediately upon publication of the article. Read More »

Scientists Are 'Less Inclined To Do The Tough Experiments' For Open Access Journals

Zulfikar Abbany | DW | May 2, 2013

As chief editor of the journal "Nature Medicine," Juan Carlos López knows his company has to change as the open-access model of publishing research papers takes hold. But he questions the quality. Read More »

Self-Preservation Chokes Open Science, Kills The Patient

Pam Baker | FierceBigData | September 9, 2013

Arguably the one area that stands to benefit the most from open and shared data is science. Yet researchers are reluctant to do it. Why? Because the reward model for scientific discovery is chaining them to dollars they can't pocket otherwise. [...] Read More »

Sequester Causes 'Brain Drain' Of U.S. Researchers

Ashley Gold | FierceHealthIT | September 25, 2013

One in five U.S. scientists have considered moving overseas to continue their research due to being hamstrung by the federal budget sequester, according to a new report called Unlimited Potential, Vanishing Opportunity, published by a coalition of 16 science organizations. Read More »

Shutdown Imperils Costly Lab Mice, Years Of Research

Jon Hamilton | NPR | October 10, 2013

The government shutdown is likely to mean an early death for thousands of mice used in research on diseases such as diabetes, cancer and Alzheimer's. Read More »