The US National Institute of Health has become the first major US agency to require those who receive public money to make their results available to the public.
Scientists at the University of Calgary have developed a way of fertilizing the bacteria that exist in heavy oil reservoirs in order to improve recovery of hard-to-develop energy.
SciVee allows scientists to communicate their work as a multimedia presentation incorporated with the content of a peer-reviewed article. SciVee is operated in partnership with the Public Library of Science (PLoS), the National Science Foundation (NSF) an
DEFRA has confirmed that foot and mouth disease movement restrictions will be lifted outside the Risk Area on Wednesday 15 October in parallel with the lifting of the foot and mouth protection zone in Surrey.
A vaccine against Epstein Barr virus (EBV) is being used to stimulate the body's immune system to attack cancer cells. Initial tests show the vaccine has produced promising results.