Nobel Laureate Peter Agre to serve as AAAS president-elect - January 2, 2008
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), publisher of the peer-reviewed science journal Science, recently announced that Nobel laureate Peter C. Agre has been chosen to serve as president-elect of AAAS beginning February 19, 2008. Agre, a chemist and Vice Chancellor for Science and… Read More
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ACS launches Bytesize Science – a new podcast for young listeners - January 1, 2008 The American Chemical Society (ACS) Office of Communications has launched Bytesize Science, an educational, entertaining podcast for young listeners. Bytesize Science translates cutting-edge scientific discoveries from ACS' 36 peer-reviewed journals into stories for young listeners. It includes content from Chemical & Engineering News, ACS' weekly news… Read More American Journal of Ophthalmology report on how cost of glaucoma medications may impact treatment - January 1, 2008 An article published in the January 2008 issue of the American Journal of Ophthalmology, researchers from The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center College of Medicine, analysed the economics of medically managing glaucoma. The management of glaucoma reportedly costs about $2.5 billion per year in… Read More Dr. Fred Phillips named Senior Editor of Elsevier journal - January 1, 2008 STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, recently named Dr. Fred Phillips as Senior Editor of Technological Forecasting & Social Change (TFSC). Published continuously since 1967, TFSC publishes peer-reviewed advances in technology assessment, forecasting, and policy. In his new position, Phillips will cooperate with TFSC founding editor Harold Linstone… Read More
