The UK government releases its recommendation that open access be “the main vehicle for the publication of research,” though it warns of the costs that could entail.
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The UK government releases its recommendation that open access be “the main vehicle for the publication of research,” though it warns of the costs that could entail.
The Senate approves an increase of about 0.3 percent for the 2013 NIH budget, but the Department of Energy doesn’t fare as well.
A United Kingdom ethics council approves altering human egg cells, which could allow doctors to correct mitochondrial disease in IVF patients.
A petition to require researchers funded by US federal science agencies to share their results now has enough signatures to prompt a response from the White House.
A biochemist who mapped the ways in which molecular pathways interact passed away at age 96.
A postdoc at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital is found guilty of falsifying his findings in a lung cancer study.
Meals left to mold develop colors, mycelia, and beads of digested juices, sparking the eye of an artist, and the slight concern of a mycologist.
Ten scientist-produced images take top honors in the first annual Bio-Art competition.
A petition asking for online, readable publication of all government-funded research is making its way to the White House.
Major pharmaceutical companies have agreed to a handful of recommendations aimed at increasing the transparency of clinical trials they fund.