Guests on the Sunday newsmaker shows, including California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and John McCain adviser Carly Fiorina, spotlighted energy and the economy and paid tribute to former White House press secretary Tony Snow.

Google launches HealthMap and PlosMedicine article -- When a mechanics web-based project?

Submitted by Mike Ciavarella on Mon, 07/14/2008 - 13:35

research

Google

These type of projects are interesting, when a mechanics-based one?

http://www.healthmap.org/en

An example of web-based projects

Materials: Colourful clay - Nature Materials:

Submitted by Mike Ciavarella on Wed, 07/09/2008 - 21:39

Materials: Colourful clay

Nature

Materials: Colourful clay

Nature 454, 140 (2008). doi:10.1038/454140c

Wikipedia on H-index ---- another excellent article, and also very interesting!

Submitted by Mike Ciavarella on Wed, 07/09/2008 - 10:12

h-index

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This article is about the index of scientific research impact. For the economic measure, see Herfindahl index.

ADVANCES IN CONTACT MECHANICS : A TRIBUTE TO JJ KALKER DELFT 22/24 OCTOBER

Submitted by Mike Ciavarella on Mon, 07/07/2008 - 07:45

http://www.contactmechanics.org/

Delft 22 - 24 October

Chairmen:

Tom Scarpas     Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Patrick Selvadurai     McGill University, Canada

A movement to improve Peer Review in Italy and the relative Forum

Submitted by Mike Ciavarella on Sun, 07/06/2008 - 20:07

Peer review

science policy

funding and papers review

Science's Editor in Chief and "Friends" Discuss Peer Review and Journal Impact.

Submitted by Mike Ciavarella on Sun, 07/06/2008 - 16:45

Science's Editor in Chief and "Friends" Discuss Peer Review and Journal
Impact. (July 4, 2008)

Bruce
Alberts¹, Brooks Hanson²
and Katrina L. Kelner³ collaborated to write this
week's Science editorial on peer review. And if for no other reason
than the weekly has one of the highest impact ratings, when Science
speaks science administrators listen.