ACS announces new episode in its Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series - April 28, 2011
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has released a new episode in its 'Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions' podcast series. The podcast and accompanying website focus on a new way to make acrylic acid, a key industrial material that is usually produced from pricey and increasingly scarce petroleum.… Read More
Elsevier journal Biomaterials announces new initiatives for 2011 - April 28, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that its journal Biomaterials will introduce two new initiatives in 2011. The first concerns the change in subject sections included in the journal. This represents the rapidly moving subject area, which is increasingly interdisciplinary and splintering into new and… Read More
New FECYT study calls on Spanish scientific journals to raise professional standards in order to compete - April 28, 2011
The Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) has released a study which shows a lack of standardisation in the peer review systems whereby independent experts assess the content of scientific publications published in Spain. This results in a low level of international competitiveness among these… Read More
Google announces WebM Community Cross-License initiative - April 28, 2011
Internet search services provider, Google, Inc., US, has announced the WebM Community Cross-License (CCL) initiative. The initiative will seek to bring together companies that are willing to share any patents relevant to the WebM video format, and in particular the VP8 video compression algorithm. Besides… Read More
SAGE launches Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine - April 28, 2011
Academic Publisher SAGE recently launched the Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (JEBCAM), formerly known as Complementary Health Practice Review. Additionally, the web address for the journal has been changed to: http://cam.sagepub.com. Those who navigate to the current site will automatically… Read More
Gale introduces Gale World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean - April 28, 2011
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced Gale World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean, the first in a new family of Gale World Scholar regional studies-based electronic resources. A new product category for libraries, Gale World Scholar reportedly marks the first time any publisher… Read More
