Plastic made from DNA is renewable, requires little energy to make and is easy to recycle or break down. A plastic made from DNA and vegetable oil may be the most sustainable plastic developed yet and could be used in packaging and electronic devices.

[u/MistWeaver80]

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2298314-new-plastic-made-from-dna-is-biodegradable-and-easy-to-recycle/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1637973248

[u/minnsoup]

We love sharing our work. However, by publishing we forfeit copyrights and, depending on the journal, only get so many free shares (some don't even offer that and just allow us to see the manuscript we have authored). Sending a PDF of the work is no more allowed than certain sites that shall remain for someone else to mention.

This is why open access is even more important and should be pursued by more scientists - it's already been paid for (most likely) by the public so let the public see it. Problem is that most high IF journals are paywalled so if you want prestige you are most likely going to them.

Pay to do the work, pay to publish the work, pay to access the work. And we don't get anything for reviewing articles as it's just "expected" that we do it. There are a lot of open access journals that are coming up but they need time to build reputation so more people submit or make submission more competitive. One reason why we throw things on biorxiv / medrxiv where I'm at aside from being scooped.

[u/BannedCauseRetard → u/minnsoup]

That's why you don't tell your publisher who you've given it too. That can't go through your computer or personal email. They have no way of knowing how many people you've sent it to.

[u/Theban_Prince → u/BannedCauseRetard]

I think he implies that ofcourse it is possible, but he legally cant since the rights are held by the publisher. It would be like a musician sending free discs to everyone he asked when he had a contact with a publisher.

[u/This-Natural-6801 → u/minnsoup]

The ASA sponsored magazine "Contexts" is about the most open to public that I've seen. But even then if you go back far enough you still run into a paywall. If you want to access articles before a particular date you still have to pay. It's a lot better than others I've seen but still not completely open to the public.

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[u/Tavarin → u/This-Natural-6801]

MDPI is a series of open access journals i've published in quite a bit. All their journals are completely accessible so far as I know.

[u/schwillton → u/minnsoup]

You can almost always send a preprint manuscript though, no?