RSC chief welcomes BBSRC investment in UK bioscience - May 25, 2012
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Chief Executive Dr Robert Parker has welcomed the announcement of £250 million allocation by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) as the first phase of a five year strategic investment programmes. The RSC chief said it was an… Read More
UCSF clears policy to make research papers freely accessible to public - May 25, 2012
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Academic Senate has voted to make electronic versions of current and future scientific articles freely available to the public. The move is projected to reverse decades of practice on the part of medical and scientific journal publishers to restrict… Read More
Thieme releases Thieme Bookshelf app - May 25, 2012
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has released Thieme Bookshelf, the free companion app to Thieme's English language E-Book Store (ebookstore.thieme.com). The E-Book Store allows customers to choose from among hundreds of e-books offering the latest medical content. The bookshelf enables customers to easily browse… Read More
Institute of Physics appoints Prof. Paul Hardaker as new Chief Executive - May 25, 2012
The Institute of Physics (IOP) has announced the appointment of Prof. Paul Hardaker as the new Chief Executive. Prof. Hardaker will take up his new post on September 3, 2012. Professor Hardaker has been Chief Executive of the Royal Meteorological Society since October 2006. Prior… Read More
Association for Computing Machinery elects Vinton G. Cerf as president - May 25, 2012
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has announced the election of Vinton G. Cerf as president for a two-year term, beginning July 1. Prior to his election as ACM president, Cerf was a member-at-large on the ACM Council. Cerf, who is Chief Internet Evangelist at… Read More
Future Medicine launches new journal – Breast Cancer Management - May 25, 2012
Future Medicine Ltd., part of Future Science Group, UK, has announced a further addition to its journal portfolio with the launch of a new bimonthly title, Breast Cancer Management. The journal seeks to provide a rapid-publication platform for debate and the presentation of new findings in… Read More
