On the 13th December the latest open-access journal eLife was official launched. A press release yesterday stated eLife, the open-access journal for outstanding advances in life sciences and biomedicine reveals a fresh approach to presenting and using scientific content on its new website.

eLife aims to provide a journal portal that invites visitors to

Explore - Important new research and associated data
Read - Commentary by experts and colleagues

eLife is supported by Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Max Planck Society and Wellcome Trust.