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Open science: Cloud on the horizon

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After years in development, the European Open Science Cloud is starting to take shape

When the EU published a list of information it was making freely available for researchers last month, EU internal market commissioner Thierry Breton said Europe was “unlocking a large amount of public data for the benefit of all”.

This data ranges from meteorological observations of real clouds far above researchers’ heads to measurements of contamination in the soil beneath their feet. But finding and accessing data like this can be a problem. This is what the European Open Science Cloud hopes to solve.

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