Dear Subscribers - September 8, 2008
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NIH funds nine centers to expand small-molecules screening and discovery - September 5, 2008
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced the funding of a network of nine centers across the US. These centers will use high tech screening methods to identify small molecules for use as probes to investigate the diverse functions of cells. The network - funded… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health to acquire UpToDate - September 5, 2008
Medical information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced plans to acquire UpToDate, a leading evidence-based electronic clinical information resource. This acquisition is projected to strengthen WK Health's portfolio in the growing point of care and electronic medical record markets by expanding its product… Read More
Australian universities among the top 50 most cited research institutions in the world - September 5, 2008
Universities in Australia are ranked amongst the world's top 50 most frequently cited research institutions over a period of five years from January 2003 to December 2007. This is according to data derived from the Essential Science Indicators (ESI) database of the Scientific business of Thomson Reuters. Australian universities ranked… Read More
Chinese scientist appeals for funding to make Chinese journals OA - September 5, 2008
Zhu Zuoyan, a recently retired deputy head of the National Science Foundation of China (NSFC), has reportedly appealed for funding to make several Chinese journals open access (OA). To boost the country's scientific journals, he urged to give priority to domestic science publications. According to Zuoyan, government-funded open access journals… Read More
IGI Global selects RSuite CMS to manage journals, books, and reference content - September 5, 2008
Publishing company IGI Global, US, has announced that it has selected RSuite as its content management system. IGI Global is an international publishing company specialising in research publications in computer science and information science, technology, and management. Using RSuite will enable IGI… Read More
