Tag Archives: 2012

For some, Blue Monday is green under UV light

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Daniel Mietchen

After featuring a model organism yesterday, today’s Open Access File of the Day depicts another one: mice. The photo – taken under illumination with ultraviolet light – shows two transgenic mice (on the left and right) expressing enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein, whereas … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Wikipedia Academy 2012 – Research and Free Knowledge

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Daniel Mietchen

Earlier this week, Wikimedia Germany announced the Call for Papers for the Wikipedia Academy 2012 on “Research and Free Knowledge” (or Open Knowledge, for that matter), scheduled for June 29 – July 1, that I help organize. The blog post was … Continue reading →

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Research Works Act entry on the English Wikipedia gets asylum on Commons

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Daniel Mietchen

Today, the English Wikipedia has joined a diverse group of websites in taking action against proposed U.S. legislation known as SOPA (WebCite archive) and PIPA (WebCite archive) that would severely curtail the freedom on the internet in a way that wouldn’t allow Wikipedia … Continue reading →

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Miniature open-access frogs taking over?

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Daniel Mietchen

Today’s Open Access File of the Day really is a file of the day, i.e. of January 12, 2012: published as part of the taxonomic description of a new species yesterday, it is currently featured on the main pages of the Thai, Bulgarian, English and German Wikipedias. Why? It depicts … Continue reading →

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Preparing for its 78th birthday, a species of fly begins to thrive on Wikimedia projects

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Daniel Mietchen

Apocephalus borealis is a species of small parasitoid fly that had long been known to science - in fact, the original paper from 1924 by Charles T Brues is in the Public Domain already – but had not been covered by any Wikimedia project before … Continue reading →

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Afloat in kelp forests

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Daniel Mietchen

The first month of the Open Access File of the Day series has passed, and I have opted to keep it going in beta mode beyond Public Domain Day 2012 and perhaps into February, for the 10th anniversary of the … Continue reading →

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Let’s celebrate Public Domain Day!

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Daniel Mietchen

Today is Public Domain Day, as on January 1 each year, works whose copyright has expired enter the Public Domain and can thus be used, reused and shared without any copyright restrictions. The details still differ a bit across jurisdictions, … Continue reading →

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