To publish is to make publicly known, and in reference to text and images, it can mean distributing paper copies to the public, or putting the content on a website.
The word publication means the act of publishing, and it also means any writing of which copies are published, and any website. Among publications are books, and periodicals, the latter including magazines, scholarly journals, and newspapers.
In Taxonomy the publicon of the description of a taxon has to comply with some rules.
Pledge to protect Sumatran forest Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:04:29 -0000 Indonesia pledges to stop the loss of forests and species in Sumatra, one of the world's most ecologically important islands. 'Unbreakable' encryption unveiled Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:50:46 -0000 A computer network protected by unbreakable quantum encryption is launched in Vienna. Fisheries waste 'costs billions' Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:41:54 -0000 The world's fishing fleets are losing billions of dollars each year through depleted stocks and poor management, a UN report says.
L.A. Times - Science
Three U.S.-based scientists share Nobel chemistry prize Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Roger Y. Tsien of UC San Diego, Martin Chalfie of Columbia University and researcher Osamu Shimomura developed a fluorescent protein from jellyfish that allows researchers to trace cell molecules.
A UC San Diego pharmacologist and two other U.S.-based scientists won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for their development of a green fluorescent protein from jellyfish that has provided researchers their first new window into the workings of the cell since the development of the microscope.
Scientists explore new source of stem cells Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Using the testicular cells of adult men, researchers have grown muscle, nerve and other kinds of tissue.
Scientists have converted cells from human testes into stem cells that grew into muscle, nerve cells and other kinds of tissue, according to a study published Wednesday in the online edition of Nature.
Dr. Ernest Beutler dies at 80; Scripps physician and researcher pioneered bone marrow transplants Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Dr. Ernest Beutler, a Scripps Research Institute physician and researcher who was one of the country's leading experts on diseases of the blood and iron metabolism, died Sunday of lymphoma at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla. He was 80.
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Microscope shows first hours of developing embryo Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:45:06 -0400 LONDON (Reuters) - A new high-powered microscope has allowed scientists to watch a zebrafish develop from a single cell into an embryo with a beating heart, the first time this has been possible in vertebrates, researchers said on Thursday.
Volcano in lab may help predict real eruptions Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:04:56 -0400 LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have recreated conditions found in an erupting volcano in the laboratory, offering a new way to understand and forecast future damaging eruptions.
Georgia villages "torched," satellite study shows Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:51:08 -0400 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of houses in ethnic Georgian villages in South Ossetia were torched in August, after Russian troops took control of the area, according to an analysis of satellite images released on Thursday.
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Satellites collect data on sea temperatures, reefs By BRIAN SKOLOFF Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:07:49 -0000 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Satellites are helping scientists expand a virtual network to watch for increases in ocean temperatures that can damage or kill the fragile ecosystems of coral reefs worldwide.... Tropical species also threatened by climate change By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:47:25 -0000 WASHINGTON (AP) -- If you can't stand global warming, get out of the tropics. While the most significant harm from climate change so far has been in the polar regions, tropical plants and animals may face an even greater threat, say scientists who studied conditions in Costa Rica.... Scientist warns cash woes 'devastating' to science By JON GAMBRELL Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:50:21 -0000 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Famed scientist Richard Leakey warned that the worldwide credit crisis will be "just devastating" to scientific research in coming years, as endowment interest income drops and companies cut donations....
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NOVA scienceNOW: Phoenix Mars Lander NOVA Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -0500 NASA's latest robot has already found frozen water and is looking for more signs that the Red Planet could support life. NOVA scienceNOW: Brain Trauma NOVA Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -0500 Even so-called "mild" head injuries turn out to be anything but. NOVA scienceNOW: Mammoth Mystery NOVA Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -0500 A pair of mammoth skeletons is found locked together by their tusks. What happened?
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Blogging Like The World Depended On It Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0000 Transforming social networking into social change.
It’s Getting Crowded in Here Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0000 Online communities of curious amateurs represent the future of business, says a new book.
The Cloud's Chrome Lining Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0000 What Google's browser suggests about the way the search giant views the Web
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The evolution of theories of evolution When a segment of a population splits off genetically and evolves into a new species, it typically happens because the group gets separated from the rest of its kind. But now, researchers say they have demonstrated that evolution from one species to another doesn’t always require geographical isolation between groups ...
Wanted: a Prius for the delivery industry A Staples delivery van. A utility company bucket truck. An electrically assisted cargo tricycle. These aren’t the kinds of vehicles that leap to mind when we hear the phrase “hybrid vehicle.”
But that’s changing. A huge chunk of greenhouse-gas and other harmful emissions spew out of the tailpipes of commercial vehicles. ...
Another: RFID smart card vulnerability exposed Just two months after a judge barred a group of MIT students from disclosing vulnerabilities discovered in Boston's CharlieCard fare collection system, another group, this time from the Netherlands, has published instructions for cracking the cryptographic cypher used to secure the world's most popular transit system smart card.
The Dutch team ...
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Gravity lens used to study distant galaxy Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:50:50 -0400 PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. and British scientists say they have completed the most detailed study yet of a galaxy in its first stages of development. Former head of MIT math department dies Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:38:10 -0400 WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Ken Hoffman, a former head of the math department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of a textbook on linear algebra, has died at 77. Useless DNA found to resist deletion Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:33:13 -0400 STANFORD, Calif., Oct. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they have discovered DNA that has no known function is much less likely than other DNA to be lost during evolution.
A.J. Morris Science Review - Reviews of published articles, books, and web sources for all fields of science.
Meta Description: [ Science reviews of current sources from published articles, books and web sources. ]
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts - Providing print and electronic research databases of citations and full text in the sciences. Site includes title list of databases, journals by subject, login scripts for webmasters, subscriber and guest demonstration access to CSA databases, and other product information.
Council of Science Editors (CSE) - The Council of Science Editors (CSE) aims to improve communication in the sciences by educating authors, editors, and publishers.
Meta Description: [ The Council of Science Editors (CSE) aims to improve communication in the sciences by educating authors, editors, and publishers; by providing means of cooperation among persons interested in publishing in the sciences; and by promoting effective communication practices in primary and secondary p... ]
E-print Network - An integrated network of electronic scientific and technical information. Included are pre-publication drafts of journal articles (preprints), scholarly papers, technical communications, or similar documents relaying research results among peer groups.
Meta Description: [ A unique Deep Web search through scientific and technical e-prints and preprints generated by researchers active in their respective fields, intended for use by other scientists, engineers, and academia. Provides a searchable gateway to thousands of science and technology Web sites and databases ... ]
European Secretariat for Scientific Publications - SEPS operates as a link between universities, publishing houses and authors with the aim of promoting translation of scientific works in the various European languages to achieve a wide distribution of scientific culture around Europe.
Meta Description: [ Il SEPS - Segretariato Europeo per le Pubblicazioni Scientifiche è un'associazione senza fini
di lucro, fondata in Italia nel 1989 per iniziativa di università e istituzioni culturali europee. Il SEPS è un'Organizzazione
Non Governativa con status consultivo presso il Consiglio d'Europa ... ]
Iasi Politechnic Magazine - Features book and soft reviews covering a variety of topics, such as mathematics, biochemistry, food science, polymers and mechanical engineering.
Inspec - Online database containing indexed abstracts for the published literature in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers and computing, and information technology. Also, offers CD-rom version.
ISI - Founded as the Institute for Scientific Information. Maintains a large collection of bibliographic and indexing data for scientific literature and measures the impact and influence of published research. Most content requires an institutional subscription.
myLITsearch - Multidisciplinary database of academic publications providing the ability to search for publications, identities and institutions.
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Open Archives Initiative - Develops and promotes interoperability standards that aim to facilitate the efficient dissemination of e-prints and other electronic content, primarily in the sciences.
Scholars' Forum - A New Model For Scholarly Communication - Caltech proposal for university-author-society run e-journal system for publishing science. With follow-up discussion. HTML/PDF.
SpringerLink - Information about scientific books and journals of the Springer publishing group, CD-ROM publications, software products, and catalogues, and online access (by subscription) to some contents.
The Scientific World - Features SciBase, a fee-based database of 30 million articles published since 1965 in more than 30,000 journals. Also news, conferences, recent publications, and reference.
Meta Description: [ TheScientificWorld is a leading-edge publisher of scholarly journals and e-Books for science and medicine. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL, the peer-reviewed online journal platform, is supported by an outstanding network of Editors. A pioneer of open access (Open Choice), the Journal presents arti... ]
Virtual Technical Reports Center - A list of institutions providing full text or searchable extended abstracts of their technical reports.
WSEAS E-Library - WSEAS conference papers from 1999 onwards. Index, abstracts free, payment required for full text (PDF).