Nigerian research community anxious over govt.’s planned scientific budget cut - March 9, 2011
Members of Nigeria's scientific community have reportedly expressed concern over the Nigerian government's announcement at the end of last year that it would be slashing scientific funding in its next budget. Just the previous year, ministers had promised that 2011-2020 would be the decade of science for Africa. A budget… Read More
Thomson Reuters opts for HighRoads’ solution to automate pharmacy benefit management business - March 9, 2011
HighRoads, an industry leader in employer healthcare regulation compliance, has announced that Thomson Reuters will use HighRoads' solution to procure and manage pharmacy benefits for its clients. Thomson Reuters already offers its clients HighRoads' HR Compliance service, which automates the Summary Plan… Read More
Credo Reference content now searchable via EBSCO Discovery Service - March 9, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, and online reference library Credo Reference have extended their partnership allowing the reference content from Credo Reference to be discoverable within EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). Metadata from Credo General Reference, Credo Topic Pages and… Read More
Cengage Learning and PLTW partnership provides essential knowledge for STEM students and instructors - March 9, 2011
Learning solutions provider Delmar, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced the release of four new engineering titles through a partnership with Project Lead The Way (PLTW), a non-profit provider of innovative and rigorous science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education programmes. The four new titles… Read More
Prof. Rina Dechter named Co-Editor-in-Chief of Artificial Intelligence - March 9, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that Professor Rina Dechter of the University of California, Irvine, has accepted to join Professor Tony Cohn of the University of Leeds as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Artificial Intelligence. She succeeds Dr. Raymond Perrault of SRI International in that position.… Read More
Mendeley’s API Binary Battle calls on developers to build an app to make science more open - March 9, 2011
Mendeley, one of the world's largest crowd-sourced research databases, has announced the Mendeley API Binary Battle, challenging talented developers to build an application on top of Mendeley's open database of over 70 million research papers, usage statistics, reader demographics, social tags, and related research recommendations. The… Read More
