SAGE expands Therapeutic Advances journals portfolio - May 13, 2011
Academic publisher SAGE has extended its suite of Therapeutic Advances journals with the launch of a further title - Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, published in association with the British Association for Psychopharmacology. Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology focuses on anticonvulsants, psychostimulants and drug treatment for psychological… Read More
JANET becomes first research and education network to run 100Gbit/s technology for operational traffic - May 12, 2011
UK research and education is expected to benefit from a network running at 100Gbit/s, the equivalent of uploading 125 doctoral theses in just one second. Internationally other national research and education networks have conducted trials of 100Gbit/s technology but JANET, the UK's education and research network,… Read More
McGraw-Hill Professional launches new online resource in Pediatrics - May 12, 2011
Scientific and medical information resources provider McGraw-Hill Professional, US, has announced the launch of AccessPediatrics, an innovative online resource for pediatrics residents, students, and educators. AccessPediatrics is the ninth vertical platform to the company's Access-branded platforms. This new educational resource integrates… Read More
Diagnostic Pathology offers authors option to publish virtual slides alongside their articles - May 11, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that its independent pathology journal, Diagnostic Pathology, is now offering authors the option to include virtual versions of their figures alongside their articles. Traditionally, pathology figures rely on tissue staining, and reproducing these images faithfully in journal articles… Read More
IEEE launches Ethernet Bandwidth Assessment Ad Hoc group - May 10, 2011
Technical professional association IEEE, US, has announced the formation of the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Bandwidth Assessment Ad Hoc group. This new IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Industry Connections programme is designed to assess the future bandwidth needs of Ethernet wireline applications across multiple industries, which will assist… Read More
Co-Action Publishing launches new journal to support community hospitals - May 10, 2011
Open access (OA) scholarly publisher Co-Action Publishing, Sweden, has announced the launch of a new journal - Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives. The journal is published by Co-Action Publishing on behalf of a team of physicians at Union Memorial Hospital Department of Medicine in… Read More
Elsevier launches online exam preparation tool for UK Medical school exams - May 9, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of Exam Consult, an online exam preparation and simulation tool. The first of several online question banks planned for 2011, the initial release offers preparation for the challenging medical finals exams. Exam Consult offers students the opportunity to… Read More
NTIS unveils biweekly information dissemination product - May 9, 2011
The US' National Technical Information Service (NTIS) has announced the availability of a biweekly information dissemination product - NTIS-Selected Research Service (NTIS-SRS). The service has been developed as a new means for the distribution of federally produced scientific and technical information. NTIS-SRS is said to… Read More
W3C set to develop peer-to-peer browser standards - May 9, 2011
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is reportedly set to develop standards to enable direct peer-to-peer communications between browsers, without the need to go through centralised servers. The W3C has launched a new Web Real-Time Communications Working Group to define client-side APIs to enable real-time… Read More
FASEB launches online tool to connect researchers and suppliers - May 6, 2011
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) recently announced the launch of an online tool aimed at bridging the gap between the more than 100,000 members of FASEB's 23 member societies and biomedical supply companies. FASEB has partnered with web publishing company MultiView,… Read More
