ScienceWatch.com from Thomson Reuters offer readers entry into a virtual community of scientists engaged in writing what is, in effect, the history of current, fast-breaking, and new emerging recent science, in addition to detailed analyses of important special topics. http://sciencewatch.com Science/Technology Thomson Reuters http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:29:58 -0400 Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 Thomson Reuters FeedForAll v1.0 (1.0.2.0) SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters) - Sci-Bytes feature, week of March 14, 2010 http://sciencewatch.com/dr/sci/10/mar14-10_1/ Thomson Reuters http://sciencewatch.com/dr/sci/10/mar14-10_1/ 14 March 2010 00:08:19 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters) - Sci-Bytes feature, week of March 14, 2010 http://sciencewatch.com/dr/sci/10/mar14-10_2/ Thomson Reuters http://sciencewatch.com/dr/sci/10/mar14-10_2/ 14 March 2010 00:08:19 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters) - Sci-Bytes feature, week of March 14, 2010 http://sciencewatch.com/dr/sci/10/mar14-10_3/ Thomson Reuters http://sciencewatch.com/dr/sci/10/mar14-10_3/ 14 March 2010 00:08:19 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters) - Sci-Bytes feature, week of March 7, 2010 http://sciencewatch.com/dr/sci/10/mar7-10_1/ Thomson Reuters http://sciencewatch.com/dr/sci/10/mar7-10_1/ 7 March 2010 00:08:19 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters) - Sci-Bytes feature, week of March 7, 2010 http://sciencewatch.com/dr/sci/10/mar7-10_2/ Thomson Reuters http://sciencewatch.com/dr/sci/10/mar7-10_2/ 7 March 2010 00:08:19 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters) - Sci-Bytes feature, week of March 7, 2010 http://sciencewatch.com/dr/sci/10/mar7-10_3/ Thomson Reuters http://sciencewatch.com/dr/sci/10/mar7-10_3/ 7 March 2010 00:08:19 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); Menu of all new features added to <i>ScienceWatch.com</i> from Thomson Reuters during the current month. http://webstage.isinet.com:8080/sciencewatch/about/inside/ http://sciencewatch.com/about/inside/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. In this interview, Dr. David J. Brenner, talks with ScienceWatch.com about his papers and their impact on modern medical practices. http://sciencewatch.com/inter/aut/2010/10-mar/10marBren http://sciencewatch.com/inter/aut/2010/10-mar/10marBren Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. In a recent analysis of <i>Essential Science Indicators</i>SM data from Thomson Reuters, the work of Dr. Marcelo Moreira Cavalcanti has entered the top 1% in the field of Mathematics. http://sciencewatch.com/inter/aut/2010/10-mar/10marCava http://sciencewatch.com/inter/aut/2010/10-mar/10marCava Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. This database, currently covering the period January 1999 through October 31, 2009, surveys only journal articles (original research reports and review articles) indexed by Thomson Reuters. http://sciencewatch.com/dr/cou/2010/10marCLI http://sciencewatch.com/dr/cou/2010/10marCLI Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. <i>ScienceWatch.com</i> talks with Editor-in-Chief Professor L.J. Kricka about the journal's history and citation achievements. http://sciencewatch.com/inter/jou/2010/10marLumi/ http://sciencewatch.com/inter/jou/2010/10marLumi/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Camille Parmesan of the University of Texas at Austin describes her research on climate change. http://sciencewatch.com/inter/aut/2010/10-mar/10marParm/ http://sciencewatch.com/inter/aut/2010/10-mar/10marParm/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. The annual <i>Science Watch</i> survey of the foregoing year's hottest research demonstrates that reprogrammed fibroblast cells, genomics, and graphene repeat their strong showing from last year, as do several of the featured authors, including Rudolf Jaenisch and Andre Geim. http://sciencewatch.com/ana/fea/10maraprFea/ http://sciencewatch.com/ana/fea/10maraprFea/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. With costs for genomic sequencing currently falling rapidly, the number of individuals who have been the subject of a complete DNA sequence is small but rising. http://sciencewatch.com/ana/hot/bio/10marapr-bio/ http://sciencewatch.com/ana/hot/bio/10marapr-bio/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. An international team of chemists recently reported progress in synthesizing and studying iridium complexes with N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands. http://sciencewatch.com/ana/hot/che/10marapr-che/ http://sciencewatch.com/ana/hot/che/10marapr-che/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Among recent medical reports attracting numerous citations are studies addressing some of society&#146;s most prevalent health problems: type 2 diabetes, obesity, and coronary heart disease. http://sciencewatch.com/ana/hot/med/10marapr-med/ http://sciencewatch.com/ana/hot/med/10marapr-med/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. A current Hot Paper in Physics describes the XENON10 experiment at Italy&#146;s Gran Sasso National Laboratory, an underground facility where scientists have been working to detect evidence of dark matter, an elusive material being sought in order to fill in crucial parts of the cosmological puzzle. http://sciencewatch.com/ana/hot/phy/10marapr-phy/ http://sciencewatch.com/ana/hot/phy/10marapr-phy/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Quantum computation, the use of quantum physics to perform operations today's average computers cannot do, is a hot up-and-coming area of interest for both practical and theoretical research. http://sciencewatch.com/ana/st/quantum/ http://sciencewatch.com/ana/st/quantum/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. According to our Special Topics analysis of face recognition research, the work of Dr. Patrick J. Flynn ranks at #4 by total cites and #3 by cites per paper, based on 29 papers cited a total of 681 times. http://sciencewatch.com/ana/st/face/10marFacRecFlyn/ http://sciencewatch.com/ana/st/face/10marFacRecFlyn/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. According to our Special Topics analysis of probiotics research over the past decade, the work of Professor Glenn Gibson ranks at #7 by total papers and #14 by total cites, based on 54 papers cited a total of 1,239 times. http://sciencewatch.com/ana/st/probiotics/10marProGibs/ http://sciencewatch.com/ana/st/probiotics/10marProGibs/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Our Special Topics analysis of COPD research over the past decade shows that Professor J&#248;rgen Vestbo's work ranks at #4 by cites, #11 by papers, and #20 by cites per paper, based on 64 papers cited a total of 3,488 times. http://sciencewatch.com/ana/st/copd/10febcopdVest/ http://sciencewatch.com/ana/st/copd/10febcopdVest/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. <i>Essential Science Indicators</i>SM from Thomson Reuters, <i>ScienceWatch.com</i> has produced a listing of the scientists, institutions, countries, and journals that have achieved the highest percentage increase in total citations from the fourth bimonthly period of 2009 to the fifth bimonthly period of 2009-that is, from August 2009 to October 2009. http://sciencewatch.com/dr/rs/10mar-rs/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/rs/10mar-rs/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. This map is based on research-front data for the fourth bimonthly period of 2009, September 30, 2003-August 31, 2009 (sliding 6-year period). http://sciencewatch.com/dr/rfm/mos/10marmosGLOBAL/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/rfm/mos/10marmosGLOBAL/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Renata Behra discusses her 2008 ENVIRON SCI TECHNOL paper, "Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles to Chlamydomonas reinhardtii," from the field of Environment/Ecology in this New Hot Paper commentary. http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpBehr/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpBehr/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Robert Brown talks about his 2009 <i>SCIENCE</i> paper, "Mutations in the FUS/TLS Gene on Chromosome 16 Cause Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis," from the field of Neuroscience & Behavior in this New Hot Paper commentary. http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpBrow/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpBrow/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Jeffrey Conn discusses his 2009 <i>NAT REV DRUG DISCOV</i> paper, "Allosteric modulators of GPCRs: a novel approach for the treatment of CNS disorders," from the field of Pharmacology &Toxicology in this New Hot Paper commentary. http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpConn/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpConn/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Samuel H. Gellman talks about his 2008 <i>ACCOUNT CHEM RES</i> paper, "Foldamers with Heterogeneous Backbones," from the field of Chemistry in this New Hot Paper commentary. http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpGell/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpGell/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Christopher P. Herzog, Mukund Rangamani, Simon F. Ross talk about their 2008 <i>J HIGH ENERGY PHYS</i> paper, "Heating up Galilean holography," from the field of Physics in this New Hot Paper commentary. http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpHerzET/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpHerzET/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. In this New Hot Paper commentary, Karyn Johnson talks about her 2008 <i>SCIENCE</i> paper, "Wolbachia and Virus Protection in Insects," from the field of Microbiology. http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpJohn/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpJohn/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Stefan Leucht talks about his 2009 <i>AMER J PSYCHIAT</i> paper, "A Meta-Analysis of Head-to-Head Comparisons of Second-Generation Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Schizophrenia," from the field of Psychiatry/Psychology in this New Hot Paper commentary. http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpLeuc/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpLeuc/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Xiong Wen (David) Lou & Lynden A. Archer discuss their 2008 <i>ADVAN MATER</i> paper, "Hollow Micro-/Nanostructures: Synthesis and Applications," from the field of Materials Science in this New Hot Paper commentary. Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Christian Marois & Bruce Macintosh talk about their 2008 <i>SCIENCE</i> paper, "Direct Imaging of Multiple Planets Orbiting the Star HR 8799," from the field of Space Science in this New Hot Paper commentary. http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpMaroET_LE/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpMaroET_LE/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Andras Nagy talks with <i>ScienceWatch.com</i> about his 2009 <i>NATURE</i> paper, "piggyBac transposition reprograms fibroblasts to induced pluripotent stem cells," from the field of Multidisciplinary. http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpNagy_LE/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpNagy_LE/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Andrew H. Paterson talks with <i>ScienceWatch.com</i> about his 2009 <i>NATURE</i> paper, "The Sorghum bicolor genome and the diversification of grasses," from the field of Plant & Animal Science http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpPate/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpPate/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Highly-cited scientist Susan Solomon discusses her 2009 <i>PROC NAT ACAD SCI USA</i> paper, "Irreversible climate change due to carbon dioxide emissions," from the field of Geosciences in this New Hot Paper commentary. http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpSolo/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpSolo/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Jian Wang & Jun Wang talk about their 2008 <i>NATURE</i> paper, "The diploid genome sequence of an Asian individual," from the field of Molecular Biology & Genetics in this New Hot Paper commentary. http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpWangET/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpWangET/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Qingzhu Yin talks about his 2008 <i>EARTH PLANET SCI LETT</i> paper, "Al-26-Mg-26 and Pb-207-Pb-206 systematics of Allende CAIs: Canonical solar initial Al-26/Al-27 ratio reinstated," from the field of Geosciences in this New Hot Paper commentary. http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpYin_LE/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/nhp/2010/10marnhp/10marnhpYin_LE/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. http://sciencewatch.com/dr/fmf/2010/10marfmf/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/fmf/2010/10marfmf/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. In connection with their Fast Moving Front in the field of Physics, Tao Han & Bin Zhang speak discuss their 2006 PHYS REV LETT paper, "Signatures for Majorana neutrinos at hadron colliders." http://sciencewatch.com/dr/fmf/2010/10marfmf/10marfmfHanET/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/fmf/2010/10marfmf/10marfmfHanET/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Chad A. Mirkin talks with <i>ScienceWatch.com</i> about his 2005 <i>NATURE</i> paper, "Chemically tailorable colloidal particles from infinite coordination polymers," from the field of Materials Science in this Fast Moving Fronts commentary. http://sciencewatch.com/dr/fmf/2010/10marfmf/10marfmfMirk/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/fmf/2010/10marfmf/10marfmfMirk/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Sunil V. Rao discusses his 2004 <i>JAMA</i> paper, Relationship of blood transfusion and clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes," from the field of Clinical Medicine in this Fast Moving Fronts commentary. http://sciencewatch.com/dr/fmf/2010/10marfmf/10marfmfRao/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/fmf/2010/10marfmf/10marfmfRao/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Ole Seehausen talks about his 2008 <i>NATURE</i> paper, "Speciation through sensory drive in cichlid fish," from the field of Environment/Ecology in this Fast Moving Fronts commentary. http://sciencewatch.com/dr/fmf/2010/10marfmf/10marfmfSeeh/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/fmf/2010/10marfmf/10marfmfSeeh/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Kenneth S&#246;derh&#228;ll talks about his 2004<i> IMMUNOL REV</i> paper, "The prophenoloxidase-activating system in invertebrates," from the field of Immunology in this Fast Moving Fronts commentary. http://sciencewatch.com/dr/fmf/2010/10marfmf/10marfmfSode/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/fmf/2010/10marfmf/10marfmfSode/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Ayalew Tefferi discusses his 2009 <i>LEUKEMIA</i> paper, "TET2 mutations and their clinical correlates in polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia and myelofibrosis," from the field of Molecular Biology & Genetics in this Fast Moving Fronts commentary. http://sciencewatch.com/dr/fmf/2010/10marfmf/10marfmfTeff/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/fmf/2010/10marfmf/10marfmfTeff/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. In this Fast Moving Fronts commentary, Paul Williams talks about his 2007 <i>MICROBIOLOGY-SGM</i> paper, "Quorum sensing, communication and cross-kingdom signalling in the bacterial world," from the field of Microbiology. http://sciencewatch.com/dr/fmf/2010/10marfmf/10marfmfWill/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/fmf/2010/10marfmf/10marfmfWill/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Younan Xia discusses his 2009 <i>ANGEW CHEM INT ED</i> paper, "Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Metal Nanocrystals: Simple Chemistry Meets Complex Physics?," from the field of Materials Science. The author has also included images(s) of his work in this field. http://sciencewatch.com/dr/fmf/2010/10marfmf/10marfmfXia/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/fmf/2010/10marfmf/10marfmfXia/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters); March 2010. Guido Zacchi discusses his 2006 <i>TRENDS BIOTECH</i> paper, "Bio-ethanol - the fuel of tomorrow from the residues of today," from the field of Microbiology in this Fast Moving Fronts commentary. http://sciencewatch.com/dr/fmf/2010/10marfmf/10marfmfZacc/ http://sciencewatch.com/dr/fmf/2010/10marfmf/10marfmfZacc/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400 SCIENCEWATCH.COM (Thomson Reuters) - 2010 interview/commentary menu for <i>ScienceWatch.com</i> from Thomson Reuters http://sciencewatch.com/inter/aut/2010/ http://sciencewatch.com/inter/aut/2010/ Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:08:19 -0400