Scientific American launches Bring Science Home initiative - May 4, 2011
Science magazine Scientific American has announced the launch of its Bring Science Home initiative. Bring Science Home is a free month-long online series designed to inspire a new generation of 'Scientific Americans.' Kids and parents can do the fun science activities together using readily available household… Read More
ACS announces new episode in its Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series - April 28, 2011
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has released a new episode in its 'Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions' podcast series. The podcast and accompanying website focus on a new way to make acrylic acid, a key industrial material that is usually produced from pricey and increasingly scarce petroleum.… Read More
Elsevier journal Biomaterials announces new initiatives for 2011 - April 28, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that its journal Biomaterials will introduce two new initiatives in 2011. The first concerns the change in subject sections included in the journal. This represents the rapidly moving subject area, which is increasingly interdisciplinary and splintering into new and… Read More
SAGE launches Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine - April 28, 2011
Academic Publisher SAGE recently launched the Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (JEBCAM), formerly known as Complementary Health Practice Review. Additionally, the web address for the journal has been changed to: http://cam.sagepub.com. Those who navigate to the current site will automatically… Read More
Gale introduces Gale World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean - April 28, 2011
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced Gale World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean, the first in a new family of Gale World Scholar regional studies-based electronic resources. A new product category for libraries, Gale World Scholar reportedly marks the first time any publisher… Read More
NIH launches new online resource on complementary and alternative medicine - April 27, 2011
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) of the National Institutes of Health has unveiled a new online resource, designed to give healthcare providers easy access to evidence-based information on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). This new resource seeks to… Read More
Cengage Learning MindApps partner program to support development of apps and services for the MindTap platform - April 27, 2011
Teaching, learning and research solutions provider Cengage Learning, US, has outlined details of MindApps, a new partner programme designed to support the development of apps and services for the MindTap platform. MindTap, Cengage Learning's new delivery platform for digital products and services, engages students through interactivity… Read More
OSA unveils new journal – Optical Materials Express - April 26, 2011
The Optical Society (OSA) has announced the launch and publication of the first issue of its latest journal, Optical Materials Express. With a focus on the intersection of optics and materials science, Optical Materials Express joins OSA's diverse portfolio of 15 peer-reviewed optics journals. David Hagan,… Read More
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals launches Aswan Heart Centre Science and Practice Series on QScience.com - April 25, 2011
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals (BQFJ) has announced the launch of Aswan Heart Centre Science and Practice Series on QScience.com, its digital publishing portal for research journals. Aswan Heart Centre Science and Practice Series is a new, peer-reviewed international cardiology journal that is dedicated to keeping cardiologists… Read More
McGraw-Hill Professional and ETS publish official guide to the GRE revised General Test - April 25, 2011
Scientific and medical information resources provider McGraw-Hill Professional, US, and ETS have published The Official Guide to the GRE revised General Test in advance of the August 2011 launch of the GRE revised General Test. The book seeks to familiarise students… Read More
