Elsevier, a leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical (STM) information and the National e-Journals Initiative 2 (NESLi2) have agreed to a four-year license for ScienceDirect, which contains over a quarter of the world's STM information. Read More....

The Secret Google Quality Raters’ Handbook

Last month the Google Quality Rater’s handbook was leaked online. This is what Google deems important when judging the quality and relevance of a web page.In spite of what many say, Google does not entirely rely on automatic computer-based algorithms in its search engine rankings. Read More....

Will "botox" be the aspirin of the 21st century?

A prize-winning paper suggests that botulinum toxin might have dozens of new medical uses in treating problems such as restless legs, asthma and even obesity. The journal Medical Hypotheses, an Elsevier publication, has announced the winner of the 2007 David Horrobin Prize for medical theory. Read More...

Ottawa opposed to the transaction

The Harper government seems to belong to the arguments of experts who have argued in recent weeks that the possible sale of MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates to foreign interests spell the end of the Canadian aerospace industry and could ultimately be detrimental to Canada. Read More....