IEEE to create standards to measure SAR in users of wireless communications devices - July 21, 2011
Technical professional association IEEE, US, has announced three new standards projects that will address making spatial-peak Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) calculations for humans exposed to vehicle-mounted antennas and mobile phones. The IEEE Standards Association's Standards Board has approved the projects for the creation of the three… Read More
Impelsys announces enhancements to iPublishCentral platform - July 20, 2011
Electronic content delivery solutions provider Impelsys, US, has announced iPublishCentral 3.1, an enhanced version of its software platform that enables publishers to sell and distribute digital content on the Web. iPublishCentral is a full-service electronic publishing solution that allows publishers to publish, deliver, distribute and… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education unveils single sign-on institutional access service - July 19, 2011
McGraw-Hill Higher Education, a unit of McGraw-Hill Education, US, has announced the launch of McGraw-Hill Campus. The new institutional service seeks to provide faculty with single sign-on access to all of McGraw-Hill's course content, digital tools and other learning resources from any… Read More
Thieme launches customisable web-based tool for faculty to prepare dissection guides for students - July 19, 2011
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced the launch of Thieme Dissector. Thieme Dissector claims to be a first of its kind, completely customisable, web-based tool for faculty to prepare perfect dissection guides for their students. The Thieme Dissector is organised by body region… Read More
Google unveils Android 3.2 Honeycomb SDK platform for developers - July 18, 2011
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has reportedly released the Android 3.2 Honeycomb SDK - the mobile operating system that powered the Motorola Xoom and the MediaPad - to the public. The new version is said to deliver an optimum experience for 7-inch tablet computers.… Read More
PubMed Central revamped for better look and easier access to resources - July 18, 2011
PubMed Central (PMC), the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) digital archive for life sciences and biomedical literature, has reportedly undergone an "interface"-lift. The aim is to not only enhance its overall look and feel but also provide users with easier access to PMC resources and information.… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert set to launch new journal on the applications of digital games to human health - July 15, 2011
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, has announced the launch of a new peer-reviewed journal - Games for Health: Research, Development, and Clinical Applications (G4H). The journal is dedicated to the development, use, and applications of game technology for improving physical and mental health and well-being.… Read More
Elsevier launches a new journal in its Current Opinion series - July 14, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the publication of the first issue of Current Opinion in Virology, a new journal in its Current Opinion series, publishing six issues a year. Current Opinion in Virology was launched to provide a systematic, comprehensive and filtered approach to… Read More
LWW publishes AJMS Collections with grand rounds and case report focused reviews - July 14, 2011
Publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) has announced the publication of Collections of The American Journal of the Medical Sciences (AJMS). The publication – comprising new collections of grand rounds and case report focused reviews - is targeted at physicians seeking a source of clinical knowledge… Read More
Cambridge University Press set to launch new digital platform for academic publishers - July 14, 2011
Cambridge University Press (CUP), the publishing division of the University of Cambridge, is set to launch a new integrated eBook and digital content platform for other academic publishers, called University Publishing Online. Beginning October 2011, University Publishing Online will provide libraries with eBooks and related database… Read More
