Monday, April 2, 2007
Open Source Science
Open Source Science
Good science is time-consuming. Most of what we do in the lab is failed experiments. That information typically is not shared. If it could be shared, researchers wouldn't have to repeat failed experiments, and could save time. So one professor and his team decided to try something new. The students at Drexel University now post all of their lab experiments on a wiki, or website, for anyone to see.
The concept of sharing scientific research is so new, they coined a phrase for it: open notebook science.
Read the full report on open science from here @ Public Radio
Good science is time-consuming. Most of what we do in the lab is failed experiments. That information typically is not shared. If it could be shared, researchers wouldn't have to repeat failed experiments, and could save time. So one professor and his team decided to try something new. The students at Drexel University now post all of their lab experiments on a wiki, or website, for anyone to see.
The concept of sharing scientific research is so new, they coined a phrase for it: open notebook science.
Read the full report on open science from here @ Public Radio
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