Culture-shifting new initiative to make 'open science' a reality
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 09:03
in Physics & Chemistry
Renowned microbiologist Louis Pasteur famously declared that "knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch that illuminates the world". It is perhaps ironic, then, that the fruits of scientific research often remain in the dark. While science should be an open and transparent process, particularly in the information age where sharing processes are simple and efficient, this is often not the case.