Tag Archives: science

New policy: don’t share coverage of academic research unless the research is open access

posted on 3 February, 2013 also tagged ,

I’ve identified a little gap in my support of open access publishing that I hope to remedy with this new practice. When I encounter a news article about a new study or paper, the first thing I do is look for the underlying paper. (It’s a good idea anyway, given the standard complaints about science […]

Patenting away an open science opportunity

posted on 28 August, 2012 also tagged , , , ,

By almost any measure, Jack Andraka, the 15-year-old science prodigy from Maryland, should be a hero of the open science movement. After all, he has gotten a lot of well-deserved attention in the past few months for his work developing a new test for pancreatic cancer. By his own estimates, the test he developed is […]