Springer announces goal-directed competition for original applications using Springer APIs - December 14, 2011
STM publisher Springer has announced the Springer API (Application Programming Interface) Challenge 2.0, its second competition for original, non-commercial applications using its freely available metadata and content APIs. The Springer API Challenge 1.0 asked participants to develop applications that offer users new ways to find,… Read More
IEEE unveils new, revised and reaffirmed standards and development projects - December 14, 2011
Technical professional association IEEE, US, has announced dozens of new, revised and reaffirmed standards and standards-development projects. Among the new standards that have been published is IEEE 11073-30200a - Standard for Health Informatics - Point-of-Care Medical Device Communication - Part 30200: Transport Profile - Cable… Read More
American Academy of Neurology launches new medical journal – Neurology Clinical Practice - December 14, 2011
The American Academy of Neurology has announced the launch of a new medical journal - Neurology Clinical Practice. The journal is projected to help doctors best treat the one in six people worldwide who have neurologic disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy or stroke. Neurology:… Read More
Knovel launches Computer Hardware Engineering subject area - December 13, 2011
Engineering resources provider Knovel, US, has announced Computer Hardware Engineering as a new subject area. The new offering is designed to help electronics, computer, aerospace and mechanical engineers meet the requirements for electromagnetic shielding and control, increase the stability of the systems they design and improve… Read More
American Psychological Association releases APA Books E-Collection 2012 - December 13, 2011
The American Psychological Association (APA) has announced the electronic release of APA scholarly and professional book titles from the current copyright year within the new APA Books E-Collection 2012. APA Books E-Collections enable institutions to purchase and access electronically sets of APA titles based on their… Read More
IBM unveils cloud drug discovery platform, SIPP - December 13, 2011
Technology firm IBM, US, recently launched a cloud analytics platform, called IBM Strategic IP Insight Platform (SIPP), to allow researchers to extract data from patents and scientific journals. The new application will reportedly allow researchers to speed up their searches of massive… Read More
More than 1.4 million biographies now searchable via EBSCO Discovery Service - December 9, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that Marquis Who's Who content will soon be available via EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) for mutual customers. The new agreement will add metadata from the Marquis Who's Who database into the Base Index of EDS and… Read More
NISO issues COUNTER-SUSHI Implementation Profile for public comment - December 9, 2011
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the availability of NISO SUSHI Protocol: COUNTER-SUSHI Implementation Profile (NISO RP-14-201X) for a public comment period ending on January 20, 2012. This Recommended Practice provides a practical implementation structure to be used in the creation of reports… Read More
ICE Publishing releases ahead-of-print articles from journal series - December 8, 2011
ICE Publishing, the publishing division of the Institution of Civil Engineers, has announced the immediate availability of ahead-of-print (AOP) articles - including 2012 Themed Issue articles of Bioinspired Materials - from its new flagship journal series, ICE Science. Offering free online access to all published… Read More
Accelrys unveils enhancements in Enterprise Lab Notebook - December 8, 2011
Scientific informatics software and services company Accelrys, Inc., US, has announced new workflow orchestration and analysis capabilities that seek to improve project, study, experiment and sample management for scientists. As key enhancements within Accelrys' Enterprise Lab Management software portfolio, the new Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) capabilities… Read More
