Thursday, 29 September 2011

Monday, 26 September 2011

ArXiv Turns 20

Last month, arXiv turned 20 years old. ArXiv is an electronic preprint server widely used by physicists, though it has expanded to include articles in other fields such as mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics. 

http://arxiv.org/

(Source:https://blogs.libraries.iub.edu/libchem/2011/09/06/arxiv-turns-20/)

Wednesday, 21 September 2011

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Friday, 2 September 2011

Space junk at tipping point, says report

Scientists in the US have warned Nasa that the amount of so-called space junk orbiting Earth is at tipping point.
A report by the National Research Council says the debris could cause fatal leaks in spaceships or destroy valuable satellites. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14757926

The Metric Tide Revisited

As part of FRAP (The Future Research Assessment Programme), an expert panel has been invited to lead a review of the role of metrics in res...