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Wolfgang H. Binder; New Hot Paper Commentary

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

From the interview: The paper on "click"-chemistry in polymer and materials-science provides an overview on the use of a newly discovered reaction for application in polymer and material science. The reaction basically is an old one (i.e.: a Huisgen-type 1,3-dipolar cycloaddtion reaction)..." ScienceWatch.com update on July 17, 2008.

Zbyszek Otwinowski on Mathematical Crystallography

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:21:34 -0400

Zbyszek Otwinowski discusses mathematical crystallography, the primary method used to determine three-dimensional structures of large biological molecules, namely proteins and nucleic acids and the principal tool for studying single crystals, x-ray diffraction. View all podcasts.

Journal Rankings in Molecular Biology and Genetics, 1997-2007

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:54:36 -0400

Sci-Bytes feature, week of July 13, 2008

Science in Italy, 2003-07

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:51:01 -0400

Sci-Bytes feature, week of July 13, 2008

Law: Most Prolific U.S. Institutions, 2003-07

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:51:02 -0400

Sci-Bytes feature, week of July 13, 2008

Science in Medicine

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:51:04 -0400

Sci-Bytes feature, week of July 13, 2008

Russel Reiter on Melatonin and its Metabolites

Wed, 9 Jul 2008 07:47:39 -0400

Russel J. Reiter, Professor of Endocrinology at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, discusses the uniqueness of the antioxidant melatonin. Reiter has also commented on his Fast Breaking Paper about this subject from February 2008. View all podcasts.

David Lacey & Scott Simonet; Fast Moving Front

Spyder Schafer — Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:01:18 -0400

From the interview: David Lacey & Scott Simonet; "This paper was an invited review article that summarized, circa 2003, what was known in the field of osteoclast differentiation. There had been an explosion of insights in the field over the previous decade and this article succinctly summarized the current..." From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

Ewan Birney; Fast Moving Front

Spyder Schafer — Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:01:18 -0400

From the interview: "...in this paper, GeneWise, which predicts gene structure using similar protein sequences, and genomewise, which provides a gene structure final parse across cDNA- and EST-defined spliced structure. GeneWise is heavily used by the Ensembl annotation system..." From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 9, 2008.

Tiziana Borsello; Fast Moving Front

Spyder Schafer — Wed, 9 Jul 2008 07:51:10 -0400

From the interview: "We believe that this paper is of general interest in the field of neuroscience since it illustrates the death of neurons during stroke and a possible way to prevent death. This is a hot field. Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and long-term disability and despite..." From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 9, 2008.

Journals Ranked by Impact: Sociology

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 6 Jul 2008 15:54:36 -0400

Sci-Bytes feature, week of July 6, 2008

Plant Science: High-Impact U.S. Institutions, 2003-07

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 6 Jul 2008 15:54:36 -0400

Sci-Bytes feature, week of July 6, 2008

Hot Paper in Physics

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 6 Jul 2008 15:54:36 -0400

Sci-Bytes feature, week of July 6, 2008

Institution Rankings in Engineering 1997-2007

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 6 Jul 2008 15:54:36 -0400

Sci-Bytes feature, week of July 6, 2008

Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds; New Hot Paper Commentary

Spyder Schafer — Tue, 1 Jul 2008 00:01:18 -0400

From the interview: "...the paper tells an interesting story with many interesting ingredients in the mix: mammals, dinosaurs, and the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass-extinction event..." From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

Ji-Huan He; New Hot Paper Commentary

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

From the interview: "This paper is an elementary introduction to the concepts of the variational iteration method. First, the main concepts in the variational iteration method, such as..." From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

Phillipe Horvath; New Hot Paper Commentary

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

From the interview: "Our paper represents the first demonstration of the functionality of CRISPR/cas as a new microbial immune system. It is essentially the validation of a putative hypothesis..." From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

Wei Hua Wang; New Hot Paper Commentary

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

From the interview: "The study on the plasticity of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) is one of the hottest topics in the field of materials science because..." From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

Luca Amendola; New Hot Paper Commentary

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

From the interview: "Probably the reason is that this paper gives finally an exhaustive set of rules for judging whether theories that propose a form of "modified gravity" (i.e. gravity different from Einstein's Relativity theory) are..." From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

What's Hot in Physics

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

"High-Energy Astrophysics Bursts with Action." From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

Fast Moving Fronts

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

From the database of Essential Science IndicatorsSM, this list of Fast Moving Fronts has been generated by a comparison of the data sets for the current period of January 2002-February 29, 2008, and the previous period of January 2002-December 31, 2007 (sliding 6-year period). From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

New Hot Papers

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

In updating Essential Science IndicatorsSM from the first bimonthly period of 2008 to the second bimonthly period of 2008, a total of 1,734 hot papers were identified, of which 1,223 (70.5%) were new. From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

Rising Stars

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

The information found in this listing of Rising Star entities in each of Essential Science Indicators 22 fields, for the most recent bimonthly update, and for earlier updates as well. From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

Therapeutic Effects Of Curcumin; Research Front Map

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

This Research Front selected for mapping from the list of Fast Moving Fronts for July 2008 (data from the first bimonthly period of 2008). From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

Soy Protein Containing Isoflavones; Research Front Map

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

This Research Front selected for mapping from the list of Fast Moving Fronts for July 2008 (data from the first bimonthly period of 2008). From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

Dendritic Cells; Research Front Map

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

This Research Front selected for mapping from the list of Fast Moving Fronts for July 2008 (data from the first bimonthly period of 2008). From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

Dr. Keerti Shah; Human Papillomavirus Interview

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

From the interview: "...with cancer of the uterine cervix, HPV is responsible for nearly 100% of the cancers, and this is true for all parts of the world. That’s very surprising, very unusual..." From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

China's Science Surge Rolls On - Featured Analyses

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

A survey of research from the People’s Republic of China indicates that the nation has dramatically increased its production of scientific papers in recent years, nearly doubling its tally since 2003. In fact, China's 2007 output of papers surpassed all other nations except the United States. From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

Human Papillomavirus - Research Front Map

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

Kenneth Livak & Thomas Schmittgen; Papaer Interview

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

Regular PCR amplifies the RNA or DNA in a sample, and real-time PCR amplifies it and quantifies it. You’re actually measuring something as it occurs in real time. Following the PCR, you get a number, and that number tells you how much RNA or DNA is..." From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

Tom Millar; Astrochemistry Interview

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

From the interview: "The underlying theme that interests me is the use of chemistry of molecules as probes of the physical conditions in interstellar space. To me that’s more than a question of using molecules as proxies to get temperatures, densities, the strength of magnetic fields..."From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

Jesper Møller; Scientist Interview

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

From the interview: My main focus of research is in mathematical statistics and applied probability, particularly in relation to spatial data sets and computational problems as covered in the research areas known as spatial statistics, stochastic geometry, simulation-based..." From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

Chung-Yuan Mou; Mesoporous Materials Interview

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

From the interview: "To me, mesoporous silica materials are an ideal playground for materials synthesis with wide possibilities of structure and morphology control and many chemical..." From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

Human Papillomavirus; Special Topic

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

Anthony Westerling; Podcast Interview

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

Anthony Westerling discusses climate-ecosystem-wildfire interactions and climate change impact assessments. Westerling has a corresponding Fast Breaking Paper comment from Feb. 2008 regarding this research. From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

Canada; Country Profile

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

According to Essential Science Indicators, among the 147 top-performing countries in all fields, Canada ranked #6 for citations (4,279,170), #7 for papers (388,471), and #15 (11.02) for citations per paper. From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia; Institutional Interview

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

From the interview: "INGV was born in 1999 through a merger of former ING, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica, and four other national research institutes with expertise in different disciplines in the geosciences. The result has been the main permanent..." From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences; Journal Interview

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

From the interview: AAS, launched in 1984, is an international journal on the dynamics, physics, and chemistry of the atmosphere and ocean..." From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

David Dollar; Fast Moving Front

Spyder Schafer — Tue, 1 Jul 2008 00:01:18 -0400

From the interview: "We were stimulated to undertake this research because in the late 1990s it was common for pundits to claim that growing international trade and investment were leading to higher inequality in countries and to growing poverty. We were not aware of any evidence to support this..." From the ScienceWatch.com update on July 1, 2008.

Hot Papers in Economics and Business 2005-2007

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

Sci-Bytes feature, week of June 29, 2008

Science in Japan, 2003-07

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

Sci-Bytes feature, week of June 29, 2008

Pediatrics: High-Impact U.S. Institutions, 2003-07

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

Sci-Bytes feature, week of June 29, 2008

Hot Paper in Chemistry

Spyder Schafer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:18 -0400

Sci-Bytes feature, week of June 29, 2008