CAS Registry registers 60 millionth substance - May 25, 2011
Chemical information provider Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) has announced that a patent application claiming compounds with potential therapeutic activity, submitted to China's State Intellectual Property Office, included the 60 millionth substance recorded in the CAS Registry. CAS is a division of US-based American Chemical Society (ACS).… Read More
Serials Solutions enhances Japanese search functionality in Summon web-scale discovery service - May 25, 2011
Serials Solutions, a US-based provider of tools and services for libraries and a business unit of ProQuest LLC, has announced that it has enhanced its Japanese search functionality in the Serials Solutions Summon web-scale discovery service. The service currently enables sophisticated search features in Dutch, French… Read More
Knovel launches Mining Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy subject area - May 25, 2011
Engineering resources provider Knovel, US, has announced the launch of Mining Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy as a new subject. Knovel's Mining Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy subject area supports engineers involved in mining engineering, extractive metallurgy as well as affiliated engineers working in design and construction and… Read More
Unbound Medicine extends Unbound Platform with multi-dimensional iPad solution - May 25, 2011
Unbound Medicine, a US-based provider of knowledge management solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced the extension of the Unbound Platform with multi-dimensional capabilities for Apple's iPad. This latest platform enhancement delivers in one application instant lookup of trusted content, powerful content personalisation, push communications alerts,… Read More
NPG and California State University partner to support development of interactive textbooks in college-level science - May 25, 2011
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, and the California State University (CSU) have announced a three-year partnership. Under the deal, NPG will support design and development of an innovative series of affordable, high quality interactive textbooks in college-level science. The 'born digital' textbooks will be… Read More
Springer set to launch new open access journal – Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences - May 25, 2011
STM publisher Springer is set to launch a new open access journal, Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences (HCIS). Scheduled for launch in June 2011, the journal will become part of the SpringerOpen portfolio. It will be fully sponsored by the Korea-based Future Technology Research Association International… Read More
