Biologists Make Skin Cells Work Like Stem Cells - New York Times

Biologists Make Skin Cells Work Like Stem Cells - New York Times

CERN - Large Hadron Collider - Particle Physics - A Giant Takes On Physics' Biggest Questions - New York Times

CERN - Large Hadron Collider - Particle Physics - A Giant Takes On Physics' Biggest Questions - New York Times

ScienceDaily: Researcher's 3-D Digital Storage System Could Hold A Library On One Disc

ScienceDaily: Researcher's 3-D Digital Storage System Could Hold A Library On One Disc

We could hand the entire library to each student their first day of class.... :)

Googling for a diagnosis--use of Google as a diagnostic aid: internet based study -- Tang and Ng, 10.1136/bmj.39003.640567.AE -- BMJ

A new use for Google: diagnose your most complicated health issues. Type in your symptoms and get a diagnosis. Researchers Tang and Ng found that the right diagnosis came up in Google about 58% of the time.
The researches do point out that it still took medical expertise to identify the Google result with the correct diagnosis.

Googling for a diagnosis--use of Google as a diagnostic aid: internet based study -- Tang and Ng, 10.1136/bmj.39003.640567.AE -- BMJ

Back On Line

I have returned from leave and will be updating this blog once again. Thanks for reading!

Cathy

The Monarch Butterfly Migration Mystery - Donald G. McNeil Jr. - New York Times

The Monarch Butterfly Migration Mystery - Donald G. McNeil Jr. - New York Times

Cathy On Leave - Blog on Hiatus

Sorry readers, this blog is on temporary hiatus for the next few months. Check back around September for a revival.

Open Access Journals

Some open access news and new titles:

Geosphere from Geological Society of America is a new open-access e-jounal that will allow authors to include animation and other things that would not be possible in print.

PLoS has launched Clinical Trials.

Biomed Central has a new journal, Plant Methods and recently its journal Veterinary Research was added to PubMed Central.

Theory of Computing is "an open-access journal dedicated to free global dissemination of research in theoretical computer science."

The International Journal of Biological Sciences and The International Journal of Medical Sciences are both put out by IvySpring.

Clinical Medicine and Research is also now available at PubMed Central and indexed by Medline.

As always, look at the Directory of Open-Access Journals for more listings.