Tag: Open access
Climate justice: International Open Access Week 2022
#OAWeek…is now open! Open access to knowledge is essential for tackling the climate emergency. ‘Openness can create pathways to more equitable knowledge sharing and serve as a means to address the inequities that shape the impacts of climate change and our response to them’, says SPARC, the organisers of International Open Access Week 2022. Opening on the 24th of October […]
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Using metabolomics and artificial intelligence to explore the universe of the dark metabolome
Professor David Wishart, University of Alberta, is a member of Canada’s national metabolomics laboratory and leads the Human Metabolome Project. His work aims to identify and catalogue metabolites in human tissues, biofluids and the surrounding environment. He has developed a software package called BioTransformer, which is a chemical prediction tool to explore the mysterious dark metabolome. The program combines artificial […]
License to share: How the Creative Commons licensing system encourages the remixing and reuse of published materials
In a world where news, data and images are increasingly shared freely online, whether correctly or not, Creative Commons (CC) has stepped up to make allowing others to reuse and remix your research easy. By creating, maintaining and promoting all of the available CC licences, the organisation hopes to help an international community of scientists, educators and activists realise the […]