NIH, Lasker Foundation announce Clinical Research Scholar under new initiative - July 10, 2012
Dr. Nehal N. Mehta has been named the inaugural Lasker Clinical Research Scholar, through a joint initiative of the US’ National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation. Mehta, who was an instructor of cardiovascular medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine… Read More
Nature Publishing Group wins 3-year El Naschie libel trial - July 9, 2012
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group, UK, has announced that it has won a case brought against it by theoretical physicist Mohamed El Naschie. In 2008, Nature published an article by journalist Quirin Schiermeier, questioning the lack of peer review at the journal Chaos, Solitons and Fractals,… Read More
HathiTrust, Authors Guild file motions for summary judgment in digitisation suit - July 9, 2012
The parties in the Authors Guild vs HathiTrust case have reportedly filed motions for summary judgment. While the Authors Guild asserted that it should win because the library defendants had no viable defence for their mass-digitisation programme, the HathiTrust argued that it… Read More
OCLC Research to host ‘Wikipedia and Libraries: What’s the Connection?’ webinar on July 31 - July 9, 2012
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, will host the ‘Wikipedia and Libraries: What's the Connection?’ webinar on July 31 at 11 am PT / 2 pm ET. All are welcome to attend this free webinar with OCLC Research Wikipedian in Residence Max… Read More
Human Genomics publishes first open access articles with BioMed Central - July 9, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that the journal Human Genomics has published its first open access articles. A peer-reviewed journal for geneticists engaged in biomedical and life science research analysing human genome data, the greater visibility afforded by open access is projected to… Read More
Thieme publishes new skull base atlas - July 9, 2012
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, recently published the ‘Lateral Skull Base Surgery: The House Clinic Atlas,’ written by leading skull base surgeons from the House Clinic in Los Angeles, California. The atlas contains detailed descriptions of the techniques used in lateral skull base surgery.… Read More
