Eighth Annual Knovel University Challenge winners announced - February 24, 2014
The results from the Eighth Annual Knovel University Challenge are in, and they represent the growing international presence of Knovel at academic institutions. The top 10 universities with the highest participation in the 2013 Challenge hailed from the US, Canada, Mexico, Turkey and China. There… Read More
McGraw-Hill Professional’s AccessScience wins PROSE Award for Best Multidisciplinary Platform/eProduct - February 24, 2014
AccessScience, McGraw-Hill Professional's innovative next-generation online general science reference, was honored as the Best Multidisciplinary Platform/eProduct at the 2013 Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence – the PROSE Awards – in another year of record entries to the competition. Established by the Association of American… Read More
UKB consortium in the Netherlands and the National Library of the Netherlands sign new agreement to move library services to OCLC WorldShare - February 17, 2014
OCLC, the non-profit computer library service and research organisation, has announced that the UKB consortium of Dutch university libraries and the National Library of the Netherlands have signed a new agreement to move library services to OCLC WorldShare. This move by UKB means that its… Read More
Google Science Fair and Scientific American launch third annual Scientific American Science in Action award - February 17, 2014
Internet search services provider Google and science magazine Scientific American have announced the launch of the third annual $50,000 Scientific American Science in Action award, powered by the Google Science Fair. The Scientific American Science in Action award honours a project that… Read More
APEC to recognise ‘intelligent transportation’ innovator - February 17, 2014
APEC has opened the nomination period for the APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research, and Education, also known as the ASPIRE Prize, sponsored by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and Elsevier, which in 2014 will honour a young scientist whose work has… Read More
Young scientists singled out for Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Best Paper Award 2013 - February 14, 2014
Springer journal Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (ABC) has chosen Sherrie Elzey and De-Hao Tsai as the recipients of its Best Paper Award 2013. The award, accompanied by 1,500 euros, was created by Springer to honour exceptional young scientists and to stimulate their research careers. The ABC… Read More
