EASE releases guidelines for authors and translators of scientific articles - June 1, 2010
The European Association of Science Editors (EASE) recently published simple editorial guidelines for authors and translators of scientific articles. These guidelines are aimed to make international scientific communication more efficient. The guidelines are a result of long discussions on the EASE Forum and during the Association's… Read More
Google criticised for mapping UK’s entire WiFi networks for database - June 1, 2010
Fitted with radio aerials, the street view car of Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has reportedly mapped the UK's entire wireless network. The database thus collated, media reports indicate, is used for commercial purposes through Google's search engine. Every WiFi wireless router (a device… Read More
iPad sales hit two million - June 1, 2010
Apple Inc., a US-based multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers, has announced that sales of its latest product, iPad, has topped two million in less than 60 days since its launch on April 3. Apple began shipping iPad in… Read More
NTU and Fraunhofer to set up research center to boost Singapore’s Interactive Digital Media industry - June 1, 2010
Singapore's capabilities in Interactive Digital Media (IDM) research will be boosted with the setting up of the Fraunhofer IDM Centre@NTU by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Europe's largest institution for applied research, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer). The centre will focus on the promotion of applied research as well… Read More
Springer to publish official journal of Italian Society of Surgery - June 1, 2010
STM publisher Springer has announced that it will publish Updates in Surgery, the official journal of the Italian Society of Surgery (SIC), effective June 2010. The journal, previously a bilingual Italian-English publication, is now published four times a year in English only. The content will be… Read More
World Scientific Publishing to publish International Journal of Air-conditioning and Refrigeration - June 1, 2010
Academic and scholarly publisher World Scientific Publishing Company is set to publish the International Journal of Air-conditioning and Refrigeration (IJACR). Professor Nae Hyun Kim of the University of Incheon, Korea, will serve as the Editor-in-chief of the journal. He will be supported by an editorial board… Read More