SAGE sponsors new ALA scholarship - December 31, 2008
Academic publisher SAGE has announced its support for a new American Library Association (ALA) scholarship, the Peter Lyman Memorial/SAGE Scholarship in New Media. The scholarship was created in memory of Peter Lyman, former university librarian and professor emeritus of the School of Information at the University… Read More
Thieme Publishing Group releases second edition of Spine Surgery: Tricks of the Trade - December 31, 2008
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has released the second edition of the book Spine Surgery: Tricks of the Trade. The new edition concisely covers the major procedures in spine surgery as well as the latest innovations in the field. Editors Dr Alexander R. Vaccaro and… Read More
NPG, French foundation hold meeting of Emergence & Convergence mini-symposia - December 31, 2008
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, and the La Fondation Ipsen recently conducted the sixth meeting of the Emergence & Convergence mini-symposia. The event comprised one-day meetings highlighting various dynamic sectors in biological and medical research. The meeting discussed a particularly… Read More
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New edition of psychiatric handbook comes under criticism for confidentiality mandate - December 30, 2008
The American Psychiatric Association is reportedly updating the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, known as the DSM. The manual, being revised under a cloak of confidentiality, has come under criticism for not allowing outside observers to review the scientific debate… Read More
AstraZeneca ties with the Nobel Prize Foundation comes under scrutiny - December 30, 2008
Swedish anti-corruption agents are reportedly investigating pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca's financial ties with the Nobel Prize Foundation. According to reports from Pharmalot and Discover Magazine, the drug maker financially sponsored two of the Nobel Foundation subsidiaries and maintains strong financial ties to decision makers who actually award the Nobel Prize. Prosecutors… Read More
