An interview on Open Access to research journals with Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, and Jack Andraka, the 16-year-old inventor of a breakthrough cancer diagnostic.

California Assembly Bill 609 will ensure that the public can access the published results of taxpayer-funded research for free.

The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR) would require federal agencies with budgets of 100 million or more to provide public access to federally funded research within six months of publication.

The Royal Society of Chemistry offers UCSB authors vouchers for publication fees.