Mendeley database handles over 100 million calls per month - August 23, 2012
UK-based start-up Mendeley has announced that the number of queries to its database from external applications has surpassed 100 million per month. More than 240 applications received for research collaboration, measurement, visualisation, semantic markup and discovery - all of which have been developed in the past… Read More
Platts introduces ash differential to thermal coal pricing - August 23, 2012
Energy and metals information provider Platts, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., US, has introduced a valuation mechanism that will bring greater clarity and specificity to thermal coal pricing based on ash content. Ash is the non-combustible residue left after coal is burnt. Platts… Read More
Elsevier / Gold Standard revamp Drug Class Overviews to address changing needs of healthcare professionals - August 23, 2012
Drug information provider Elsevier / Gold Standard, US, has announced its new Drug Class Overviews, making Clinical Pharmacology more valuable at the point of care. Clinical Pharmacology Drug Class Overviews are now even more powerful for evaluating formulary decisions and therapeutic drug substitutions. Elsevier / Gold… Read More
NISO brings out Journal Article Tag Suite Standard for journal publishers - August 23, 2012
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO), US, has announced the publication of a new American National Standard, JATS: Journal Article Tag Suite, ANSI/NISO Z39.96-2012. JATS provides a common XML format in which publishers and archives can exchange journal content by preserving the intellectual content of journals… Read More
Amazon Web Services launches low cost, secure archive storage solution - August 22, 2012
Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), an Amazon.com company, has announced the launch of Amazon Glacier, projected as a secure, reliable and extremely low cost storage solution designed for data archiving and backup. Amazon Glacier is meant for data that is infrequently accessed, yet still important to… Read More
ICIS widens price reporting coverage to include European Spot Gas - August 22, 2012
ICIS, a provider of European spot gas benchmark pricing information, has announced that it is widening its price reporting coverage. It will now provide readers with an additional 33 price assessments and indices for seven continental hubs, including the Dutch TTF, both German hubs and the… Read More
