Oct

20

Science & Society Picture Library (SSPL)

October 20, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Science & Society Picture Library. ‘Science & Society Picture Library represents the collections of the Science Museum, the National Railway Museum and the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television – as well as a variety of related collections. SSPL now has over 150 image collections from both within and outside the museums’ core collections. [...]

Oct

18

More Quantum Bits

October 18, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Atoms Under Control. ‘Complex computing operations could be greatly accelerated through massive parallel processing in a quantum computer. The smallest units of information are known as quantum bits, which could be realized using atoms or molecules, if one can manipulate their position, quantum state, and interactions with other particles. Controlling single atoms in an optical [...]

Oct

17

MetaSite

October 17, 2005 | Leave a Comment

Finding Drug Metabolic Sites. ‘A software program that could have a significant impact on drug discovery has been developed and tested by a European group. The program, MetaSite, predicts which part of a potential drug compound will be metabolized by one of the major human cytochrome P450 enzymes. It also predicts which cytochrome will catalyze [...]

Oct

14

World Universities’ Ranking on the Web

October 14, 2005 | Leave a Comment

World Universities’ ranking on the Web. ‘The “World Universities’ ranking on the Web” is an initiative of the Laboratorio de Internet, a working group devoted to the quantitative study of the internet and specially the process of scholar communication in the Web.’ ‘The current version of “World Universities’ ranking on the Web” is still in [...]

Oct

14

Impact Factor

October 14, 2005 | Leave a Comment

The Number That’s Devouring Science. ‘Indeed, impact factors have assumed so much power, especially in the past five years, that they are starting to control the scientific enterprise. In Europe, Asia, and, increasingly, the United States, Mr. Garfield’s tool can play a crucial role in hiring, tenure decisions, and the awarding of grants.’ Discussion at [...]

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