AAAS recognises MIT OpenCourseWare with Science Prize for Online Resources in Education - August 2, 2010
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has announced that MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) has been named as a recipient of the Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE). MIT OpenCourseWare is Massachusetts Institute of Technology's innovative effort to share… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell and the British Psychological Society announce publishing partnership - August 2, 2010
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that it has expanded its publishing partnership with the British Psychological Society (BPS) to include the Society's journals in addition to their partnership on the BPS' prestigious book publishing programme. Under… Read More
Google cleared of privacy breach in the UK - August 2, 2010
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has cleared internet search services provider Google Inc. of collecting 'meaningful personal details' during the company's Street View wireless data breach, earlier this year. The ICO recently visited Google's premises to assess samples of the 'pay-load' data it inadvertently collected.… Read More
New interactive toolkit for healthcare professionals launched - August 2, 2010
The Medicines Management, Keele University, has developed a new online resource designed to assist healthcare professionals in the local development of shared care agreements. The Effective Shared Care Agreement Toolkit seeks to outline clinical and patient management responsibilities and suggest how they can be shared between… Read More
ECS and Oxford Instruments announce research-based collaboration - August 2, 2010
The School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) at the University of Southampton has signed a research-based collaboration agreement with Oxford Instruments. Oxford Instruments has 10 systems installed in the University's Southampton Nanofabrication Centre (SNC), operated by the ECS Nano Research Group.… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert offers free online access to all issues of Breastfeeding Medicine - August 2, 2010
Medical publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, has announced complimentary online access to all issues of its peer-reviewed medical publication, Breastfeeding Medicine, in recognition of the World Breastfeeding week. The offer can be availed of till August 31, 2010, at www.liebertpub.com/bfm. Celebrating… Read More
