American Herbal Products Association and ASTM International sign MOU on cannabis standards - June 12, 2017
Global standards organisation ASTM International and the American Herbal Products Association have announced a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on standards for the cannabis industry. The news comes in advance of the first meeting of ASTM International's new cannabis committee, June… Read More
Victoria University partners with Publons to ensure better review and research outcomes - June 12, 2017
Victoria University Of Wellington (Victoria University) has announced a partnership with Publons to ensure better review and research outcomes for students and staff across their entire research community. Over the coming months both parties will work together to help train their early career researchers through… Read More
RCNi appoints Phil Smithers and Mohammed Haque as new Directors - June 12, 2017
RCNi, a health information and learning provider for the nursing profession, has appointed two new Directors to its Executive Team. Reporting to Rachel Armitage, Managing Director, Phil Smithers joins as Sales and Marketing Director, and Mohammed Haque joins as Finance Director. Phil has held a… Read More
Cochrane announces latest Associate Centre – Cochrane Iran - June 12, 2017
Cochrane, a global independent network of researchers, professionals, patients, carers and people interested in health, have announced its newest Associate Centre, Cochrane Iran. The Cochrane Iran Associate Centre is located in the city of Tehran, within the National Institute for Medical Research Development (NIMAD) of… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - June 12, 2017
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Alice Meadows (Do You Know About Yewno?); Adam Marcus and Ivan Oransky (New science data-sharing rules are two scoops of disappointment); Angela Cochran (Are Open Access Journals Immune from Piracy?); Sima Barmania (“The research does not change anything; it’s the… Read More
Elsevier updates major reference work on biomaterials - June 9, 2017
Elsevier, the information analytics company specialising in science and health, has announced the second edition of Comprehensive Biomaterials II, edited by Paul Ducheyne, Kevin Healy, Dietmar E. Hutmacher, David W. Grainger and C. James Kirkpatrick. One of five new biomaterials titles, this major reference work reviews… Read More