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Universal access to oxygenated blood? Please enter credit card details.

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Daniel Mietchen

In light of the ongoing debate around the Research Works Act, universal access and the role of publishers in research communication, some images – like the suckling pigs on December 21 or today’s Open Access File of the Day - may take on a special meaning: just imagine … Continue reading →

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Shelter for a parasite

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Daniel Mietchen

Today’s Open Access File of the Day depicts the snail Biomphalaria glabrata, important for its role as an intermediate host to the parasite Schistosoma mansoni that causes schistosomiasis.     Cropped and retouched from Fig. 1 of the article The NIH-NIAID Schistosomiasis Resource Center, … Continue reading →

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Biomass in the eyes of children

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Daniel Mietchen

Today’s Open Access File of the Day is a composite figure: Part A illustrates how children perceive the relative contributions of some eukaryotic taxa to the overall biomass on our planet, part B puts this into a scientific perspective. The size of … Continue reading →

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Chamaeleon on the watch

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Daniel Mietchen

Chamaeleons are famous for their camouflage skills. This exemplar of Bradypodion taeniabronchum, though, can’t hide its pride about being on today’s Open Access File of the Day as it sticks up its nose.   Cropped from Fig. 2 of the article Selection for Social Signalling … Continue reading →

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Supplementary materials to Wikimedia Commons: “See you soon!”

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Daniel Mietchen

This autumn, like last year, Wikimedia Germany issued a call for proposals for projects that foster the free sharing of information. Today, the winners of this Wissenswert (Ideas Worth Knowing) initiative have been announced, and I am glad to report that amongst … Continue reading →

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How would you illustrate the concept of a seedbank?

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Daniel Mietchen

Seedbanks, like most scientific collections, can never be imaged in total. But if you need an illustration of this concept, what would you focus on? The building, its location, a curator, some machinery, a small subset of the collection, or … Continue reading →

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Open Access File of the Day on Wikimedia Commons: Scincus scincus.ogv

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Daniel Mietchen

Today’s Open Access File of the Day on Wikimedia Commons is the first video in this series. There are very few multimedia files from genuinely Open Access sources on Wikimedia Commons, even though PLoS ONE alone has more than 1600 … Continue reading →

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