New York hospital opts for Krames patient education system - October 29, 2007
US-based patient education publisher Krames, part of MediMedia, has announced that its electronic patient education system, Krames On-Demand, has been selected by Montefiore Medical Center in New York City to enhance system-wide patient education. Montefiore is a 1,122-bed medical centre serving the 1.4 million residents of… Read More
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Symyx Technologies launches content web service - October 29, 2007
Symyx Technologies, Inc., a US-based provider of technologies for R&D, has announced that researchers using Symyx Available Chemicals Directory (previously MDL Available Chemicals Directory or MDL ACD), now have the option of accessing up-to-date ACD data via the internet using XML-based web service. The Symyx Available… Read More
Number of US-based published science articles plateauing, says study - October 26, 2007
The National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Division of Science Resource Statistics has reportedly produced a quantitative study of the trends and patterns of US journal articles from the past 15 years. The move follows the observation that the need for increased collaboration and research costs have resulted… Read More
National Geographic forms Global Media Group, Tim Kelly named President - October 26, 2007
Not-for-profit scientific and educational organisation National Geographic Society has announced the formation of a new Global Media group composed of its magazine, book publishing, television, film, music, radio, digital media and maps units. The new combined structure is projected to enhance and broaden coordination among the… Read More
ETH Zurich researchers examine role of ethics in manuscript assessment - October 26, 2007
Three researchers at ETH Zurich's Professorship for Social Psychology and Research on Higher Education (D-GESS) have reportedly addressed review procedures for publishing scientific papers. Dr. Lutz Bornmann, Dr. Irina Nast and Prof. Hans-Dieter Daniel are set to publish an article titled 'Do editors and referees look… Read More
