Wiley announced that starting from January 2013, they will publish the following journals on behalf of the American Geophysical Union (AGU): · Eos · Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems · Geophysical Research Letters · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems · Journal of Geophysical Research · Paleoceanography · Radio Science · …
In recognition of the 2012 Nobel Prize winners and in celebration of the continuous achievements of the global physics community AIP has decided to make their content free throughout October 2012. Patrons will have online access to all AIP journals and Conference Proceedings back to 1999 during this month. For more information click on the…
There is an interesting news article by R Prasad in Today`s “The Hindu” (Thursday, September 27, 2012) On the Net, a scam of a most scholarly kind
This is an excellent editorial by Peter Golitz in the current issue of ACIE, which is freely available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201206849/pdf
The Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation (JAI) is an open-access journal, publish papers describing astronomical instruments being proposed, developed, under construction and in use, e.g. on ground-based, airborne, balloon-borne, and space telescopes. JAI will also publish papers that describe algorithmic implementations and techniques, including calibration, that are fundamental elements of instrumentation. JAI will consist of high-quality,…
Philatelic Tribute to Indian Scientists by Seemin Rubab Innumerable postage stamps have been issued over the years depicting scientist and their contributions and also institutions of excellence they helped set up or that were named after them. All of which the country could be truly proud of. Exciting stories can be woven around many scientific…
Inquiries of Heaven is the official newspaper of the IAU General Assembly 2012 published by Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics with collaboration of China Features, Amateur Astronomer, Chinese National Astronomy. In order to access the newspaper please follow the link below, www.astronomy2012.org/ih
Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan His LIFE and WORK by D C V Mallik and S Chatterje, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru University Press (India) Pvt Ltd, 2012 The book speaks more than what the title suggest. This is not only the story of the foremost scientists of India who rose to the top by his merit…
Full text of the research papers published in August 2012 can be accessed from Indian Institute of Astrophysics Repository. Bramich, D. M., Arellano Ferro, A., Figuera Jaimes, R., Giridhar, S, 2012, Investigation of variable star candidates in the globular cluster NGC 5024 (M53), MNRAS, 424, 2722 Goyal, A., Gopal-Krishna., Wiita, P. J., Anupama, G. C.,…
