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Searching for Higgs Where Things Flow About

Higgs boson would be responsible for the mass property of a quark, and to try and recreate it we need to recreate the first fractions of a second after the Big Bang, also known as the quark epoch. The number … Continue reading

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Breaking the Loop of Open Access Model – Creating a Revenue

In a speech made by Stuart Shieber at the SOAP symposium in January, the question of open access not being quite a major force yet was raised, although the model has gone through significant transformations since it has last been … Continue reading

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End Of the Year Open Access Highlights – Personal Selection

“Begin at the beginning,” the King said, very gravely, “and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” However, Open Access initiatives which have distanced themselves “from the said beginning”, although the year is nearly coming to an … Continue reading

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CERN: Open Access To Provide the Missing Ingredient For the Primordial Soup?

Whenever she [Alice] looked hard at any shelf, to make out exactly what it had on it, that particular shelf was always quite, empty, though the others round it were crowded as full as they could hold. `Things flow about … Continue reading

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Open Access Initiative – Two Big Thumbs Up

In re-imagining of the society, the library, and the science of the future, there is a growing presence of huge institutions adding up to ideas. Recently, a library, 14-million-books strong, and a nuclear institute, 18-member-states strong, have shown support to … Continue reading

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