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Access2Research

Access2Research is about making sure that anyone can read and learn from scientific research papers online for free, without having to pay lots of money or have special access. It's like having a big library where you can get any book you want - but instead of books, it's scientific research papers! The people who write these papers are scientists who study all sorts of things like animals, plants, space, medicine, and more. They do experiments and write down what they find out so that other people can learn from it too. But sometimes these papers are put behind a paywall, which means that you have to pay money to read them. Access2Research wants to make it so that everyone can learn from these papers, no matter who they are or where they come from. This helps make the world a smarter and better place!