ProQuest’s OA journal adds visualisation tools to capture and illuminate fast accumulation of data - April 25, 2011
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has announced that its peer-reviewed, open access e-journal Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy (SSPP) is introducing new visualisation tools that make it easier for researchers to observe, compare, and manipulate the vast amounts of data being generated by the… Read More
US jury passes verdict against Google in Linux patent suit - April 25, 2011
A Texas jury has reportedly ruled against Internet search services provider, Google, Inc., US, in a suit that alleged some of its use of open source Linux code amounted to patent infringement. In the verdict, the jury decided that Google should pay… Read More
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals launches Aswan Heart Centre Science and Practice Series on QScience.com - April 25, 2011
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals (BQFJ) has announced the launch of Aswan Heart Centre Science and Practice Series on QScience.com, its digital publishing portal for research journals. Aswan Heart Centre Science and Practice Series is a new, peer-reviewed international cardiology journal that is dedicated to keeping cardiologists… Read More
‘Nature’ series moots reforms in awarding of science PhDs - April 25, 2011
A multipart series in the scientific journal Nature has reportedly stated that the system of awarding science PhDs needs to be either reformed or shut down. According to the article, the world is awash in PhDs. Most of them are being awarded… Read More
McGraw-Hill Professional and ETS publish official guide to the GRE revised General Test - April 25, 2011
Scientific and medical information resources provider McGraw-Hill Professional, US, and ETS have published The Official Guide to the GRE revised General Test in advance of the August 2011 launch of the GRE revised General Test. The book seeks to familiarise students… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 25, 2011
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Phil Davis (Retract This Paper! Trends in Retractions Don't Reveal Clear Causes for Retractions); Patricio Robles (E-books now selling faster than dead trees: report); Joe Wikert (Ads in eBooks Are a Good Thing. Deal with It); and Kent Anderson (Amazon… Read More
