Cengage Learning seeking $2 billion in bankruptcy exit loans - January 6, 2014
College textbook publisher Cengage Learning is seeking as much as $2 billion in loans to exit bankruptcy. Earlier in July 2013, the publisher had agreed with lenders to restructure $5.8 billion of debt. According to a December 27 court filing, the financing would consist of… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - January 6, 2014
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Alice Meadows (A Brighter Future for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences?); The Economist blog (The useful science?); Tim Sandle (Op-Ed: How reliable are scientific studies?); and Ken Dunn (Publishing isn't dying...it's just changing). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to… Read More
Nature Selects ‘Single-Cell Sequencing’ as the 2013 Method of the Year - January 3, 2014
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group has selected single-cell sequencing as its Method of the Year for 2013 (www.nature.com/nmeth/index.html). The publication, in explaining its choice, noted that "methods to sequence the DNA and RNA of single cells are poised to transform many areas… Read More
ProQuest Stat Ab and Queen Victoria’s Journals selected for Choice Magazine’s annual Outstanding Academic Titles list - January 3, 2014
ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States and Queen Victoria's Journals have been selected for Choice Magazine's annual, highly acclaimed Outstanding Academic Titles list. ProQuest's 'Stat Ab' has been heralded for rescuing and upgrading an 'essential' reference from extinction, while Queen Victoria's Journals was noted for… Read More
NIH to fund research workforce diversity program - January 3, 2014
The National Institutes of Health is releasing three new funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) to develop approaches to engage researchers, especially from backgrounds under-represented in biomedical sciences, and prepare them to thrive in NIH-funded research careers. The funding through the 'Enhancing the Diversity of the NIH-Funded Workforce'… Read More
Expanded SPIE Photonics West 2014 industry track offers more for technology commercialization entrepreneurs, startups, investors, executives - January 3, 2014
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced that panel discussions on what startups need for success, promising technology commercialisation prospects, and insights on funding biophotonics ventures are among new elements of an expanded industry track at SPIE Photonics West 2014. Already the largest… Read More
