King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology honours best papers in applied technology from Springer journals - July 22, 2013
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), a scientific organisation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has provided awards for the best paper from five technical journals it publishes in collaboration with Springer. The articles chosen reflect not only excellent science,… Read More
Prof. Charles Brennan named new Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Food Science & Technology - July 19, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and the Institute of Food Science & Technology have announced the appointment of Professor Charles Brennan as the new Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Food Science & Technology (IJFST). Charles has been a dedicated Editorial Board member on the… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. unveils preview issue of new journal on engineered soft devices that interact with living systems - July 19, 2013
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers has introduced a preview issue of Soft Robotics (SoRo), a new peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the science and engineering of soft materials in mobile machines. The scope and contents of the journal capture the innovative research on robotic technology… Read More
IOP Publishing set to launch three new journals in 2014 - July 18, 2013
IOP Publishing, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Institute of Physics, will introduce three new journals in the field of materials science to its journal publishing programme. The journals are: Translational Materials Research, 2D Materials and Materials Research Express. The new journals will enable IOP… Read More
Scientific American announces science fiction competition, Quantum Shorts - July 17, 2013
Science magazine Scientific American has announced the Quantum Shorts 2013 competition, in partnership with Tor Books, a science fiction and fantasy publisher, and the Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore. The Quantum Shorts contest encourages readers to submit a short story that… Read More
Nature Communications’ and Scientific Reports’ submission and publication rates continue to grow rapidly - July 15, 2013
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has announced that Nature Communications and Scientific Reports are now the fastest growing journals published by NPG. Launched in 2010 and 2011 respectively, both journals reached the milestone of 2000 published papers in June 2013, and their submission and publication… Read More