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Showing posts with label New Discoveries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Discoveries. Show all posts
Monday, July 18, 2016
Daily News and Headlines in Science
Friday, April 22, 2016
This Week in Science
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Evolutionary Genetics
Magnetism
Geology
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Paleontology
Innate Immunity
Microtubules
Physiology
Geological Sciences
Ultrafast Optics
Organic Chemistry
Quantum Optics
Cell Quiescence
Immunology
Transcription factors define tissue T cells
Kristen L. Mueller
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Human Genomics
Sustainability
Pain
Innate Immunity
Structural Biology
Unveiling the Zika virus
Valda Vinson
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Monday, April 4, 2016
Latest news and updates from BioMed Central
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Pneumonia
has opened for submissions at BioMed Central following an agreement in
December to transfer the title from Griffith University ePress,
Australia.
Pneumonia
is an international, peer reviewed open access journal that publishes
original research articles, case studies, reviews, commentaries,
correspondence and highlights, news and activities on all aspects
related to pneumonia. It is the only journal that is focused exclusively
on the subject. There are no processing charges for manuscripts
published in pneumonia and published articles are freely available online.
Congratulations to Associate Professor Bruce Walker who has
been awarded Membership in the General Division of the Order of
Australia (AM) in the Australia Day honors. Associate Professor Walker
said he was very proud of the award and that it was a tribute to the
chiropractic profession at large and in particular to those evidence
based chiropractors who have fearlessly pursued science and guided the
profession in the right direction. He said the award was the result of a
team effort and belongs to all the very motivated and talented teams of
people who supported him throughout his career.
BioMed Central in the news
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Research published in BMC Public Health
looked at people who drank in excess, defined as 6 pints of beer per
week for women and 9 pints for men. The researchers found that despite
drinking the same amounts of alcohol, people in deprived communities
have higher levels of alcohol-related ill health than people in
wealthier communities. People who are heavier drinkers and live in low-income communities were nearly 11 times more likely to combine drinking with smoking, excess weight, poor diet and little exercise than people living in non-deprived areas. These combinations not only add to the dangers from alcohol consumption but effectively multiply the risks of ill health. This was popular with the mainstream and medical press, and was covered in the UK and US by outlets including The Times; Daily Mail; Medical Daily and STAT. It was also covered by The Australian and SBS in Australia; and The Statesman and The Times of India in India. |
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February marked the start of a new blog series looking at the wide array of scientific careers out there. Dana Berry aims to provide a source of information for those interested in science, and the career options. |
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Bacteria found in faecal matter can predict your risk for diabetes, according to research published in Genome Medicine.
Identifying variations in the types and activities of microorganisms
that live in the human gut could help early diagnosis of type 2
diabetes. The researchers looked at identical twins aged 30 to 48 years
and showed that changes in the gut microbiota are already present at
sub-clinical and pre-onset stages of type 2 diabetes. This press release gained international coverage in relevant health outlets as well as the mainstream press. It was reported by Medical News Today and Medical XPress in the UK; US News & World Report and STAT in US; SBS in Australia; Interbusca and infosalus.com in Spain; as well as by MedSci in China. |
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February 4 marked World Cancer Day and this year the theme was 'We Can. I Can.' encouraging individuals to engage in specific actions to fight the disease. In light of this, BMC Medicine highlighted some of their recent publications looking at the latest advances in cancer research, helping us to move closer to the success of fighting cancer. |
Open Access Landscape Update
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As of March 2016 we have identified 85 APC funds provided by funding bodies, and 125 institutional APC funds
that are funded in whole or in part by the institution, with a further
172 institutions that solely distribute OA block funds from research
funders or from a consortium fund. Professor Adam Tickell, Provost and Vice Principal at the University of Birmingham has released an independent report for the UK government on open access policy at a national level. Tickell promotes a gold open access approach across the UK, as reflected in RCUK funding as well as policies across agencies and institutions. This is the same model which has been used by BioMed Central since 2005. The report gives recommendations for the UUK OA Coordination Group (for which Tickell is Chair) and has received a positive response from the Minister of State for Universities and Science, Jo Johnson, and from our parent company, Springer Nature. |
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Elizabeth Moylan, Senior Editor (Research Integrity) at
BioMed Central has been appointed to the Committee on Publication Ethics
(COPE) Council. The COPE Council are responsible for the operational
activities of COPE and are Constitutional Members of COPE under company
law. Elizabeth originally joined BioMed Central in 2004, as an in-house Editor handling peer review on the BMC series of journals in the early days of the open access movement. In subsequent roles she has been involved in journal development activity across a number of BMC series titles including overseeing the launch of various journals. In her present role she has oversight of editorial policies and peer review processes and is particularly interested in new models of peer review. |
BioMed Central on the Road
San Diego, USA, 04.02.2016
Kyoto, Japan, 04.03.2016
Leipzig, Germany, 04.06.2016
Baltimore, USA, 04.14.2016
New Orleans, USA, 04.16.2016
Supplements
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Proceedings
Transplantation Research
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BMC Bioinformatics
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Monthly Catalysis Alert
Lewis Base Catalysis in Organic Synthesis, 3 Volume Set
This
two-volume set represents the first comprehensive coverage of the
rapidly expanding field of Lewis base catalysis that has attracted
enormous attention in recent years.
Lewis base catalysis is a conceptually novel paradigm that encompasse...Read more
22 March 2016
Opening Lines of Famous Papers
Can you guess important scientific articles by their first line?Read more
20 March 2016
Taking Direction from Disulfide
Copper-catalyzed cascade functionalization of thiophenolsRead more
19 March 2016
Organobismuth Catalyst for the Synthesis of Nitrogen Heterocycles
Air-stable and reusable triphenyl bismuth bisperfluorooctanesulfonate for Lewis acid catalysisRead more
18 March 2016
Dual Photoredox/Halide Catalysis
Trifluoromethylthiolation of styrenes using visible lightRead more
16 March 2016
Carbon Building Blocks in One Step
Double catalyst for the direct conversion of syngas to lower olefinsRead more
16 March 2016
Scalable Production of Colloidal Metal Nanocrystals
Synthesis of palladium icosahedra in plug reactorsRead more
14 March 2016
85th Birthday: Ronald Breslow
Biomimetic chemistry pioneer celebrates 85th birthdayRead more
12 March 2016
Most Accessed Articles: February 2016
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals for February 2016Read more
04 March 2016
Winner of the "Start 2016 with ChemistryViews" Campaign
Professor Shane Telfer, Massey University, New Zealand, is the winner of an iPadRead more
04 March 2016
Investment in Fixed-Bed Catalysts
Evonik expands expertise and capacities for chemical catalystsRead more
01 March 2016
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2016
Germany's most prestigious research prize presented in BerlinRead more
01 March 2016
Guess the Chemist (51)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?Read more
01 March 2016
Complex Molecules in One Step
Palladium-catalyzed synthesis of functionalized benzimidazothiazolesRead more
29 February 2016
Innovation Award for Robert Schlögl
German researcher honored for work on renewable energyRead more
25 February 2016
Multicomponent and Multicatalytic Reactions
Multicomponent and multicatalytic reactions are among the newest trends in the context of catalysisRead more
24 February 2016
Continuous-Flow N-Heterocyclic Carbenes
Straightforward continuous-flow setup for the generation of free NHCs, powerful tools especially in organometallic chemistryRead more
23 February 2016
Benchmarking Gold Catalysts
Effectiveness of different gold(I) catalysts in the synthesis of cyclic acetalsRead more
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