Wonderful Scientific Inventions and Discoveries:

There are various scientific inventions and discoveries. Scientists have discovered a better way to fight with dengue fever and malaria. They have done it by genetically modifying mosquitoes. These mosquitoes are naturally opposed to malaria and long-living. They help inside the elimination of malaria.

In the field of Synthetic Biology, with the invention of the Escherichia Coli Cell diseases can be cured in a new way. This cell upon interaction with certain pathogens entirely kills itself and the pathogens.

Scientists have found a new way to look for bombs with the help of plants. Dr. Jane Medford is doing an investigation on plants which will turn white while coming in contact with explosives and environmental pollutants.

The scientists have also found a new way of regeneration of the lost parts of the body. They have been using ECM (Extracellular Matrix) along with of physical therapy. ECM has the potential to revive the body’s natural therapeutic ability.

Synthetic Telepathy is another amazing discovery. A scientific device has been created by the military which can read electrical movements inside a human brain. It helps in sensing of all thoughts and forwards them to other soldiers in the form of voice mail and text messages.

Recent Advancements in Drug Design

Drug Design is a resourceful procedure of discovering innovative prescriptions based on the association of the biological objective.

The combination of thermodynamic data, structural information and cheminformatics tools play a vital role in the process of drug designing.

High throughput Screening (HTS) is another progress in the dug designing field. A huge number of compounds for the biological activities with the discovered targets can be produced by combinatorial chemistry.

All the scholarly information with respect to this field is normally shared with the research community by means of research paper.

CCHTS is a highly recommended journal in the respective field. A lot of research papers and review articles have been published by CCHTS, earning the journl an impact factor of 2.0 as per journal citation report 2012. CCHTS has 16 volumes to its credit, and is highly recommended. 

Global Warming: A Threat to Earth As We Know It!

Global warming is a serious issue that is affecting all forms of life on earth. Unfortunately, and due to our own doing, the average global temperature is on the rise, leading to a phenomenon widely known as the global warming.

Though this global concern is not new, it is only beginning to reveal its most disastrous outcomes in the forms of catastrophes like floods, intense storms, melting of polar ice caps and glaciers, and tropical storms etc.

Since the 1950s, the climb in average temperature of the earth’s environment is affecting the natural balance. Global warming is harmfully affecting life on earth, and things will continue to worsen if we do not control the factors leading to global warming.

The extensive burning of fossil fuel began with the industrial revolution, which is in fact is a major source of greenhouse gas releases, especially carbon dioxide. Industrial development, coal mining, gas field leakages and car emissions all contribute to the occurrence of global warming. 

 Agriculture is another major cause of global warming. About 14% of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are released by agriculture and farming. Livestock farming, on the other hand, emits huge amounts of methane, a major contributor to world’s greenhouse gases. Conditions are made worse by deforestation and using the cleared land for farming, thus contributing to a vicious cycle.

Global warming is a serious issue which needs immediate attention of the scientific community, governments, corporate sector and consumers of industrial and agricultural products. It is time we united as a global community to counter this grave concern. 

Bentham Science: eBooks

Bentham comes complete with an extensive range of eBooks in all spheres of science, technology, 

medicine and business studies. Today, e-publishing is a popular alternative to costly traditional publishing. It has made reading more affordable and enjoyable for readers, who now have a much wider choice of selections and the comfort of sitting at home and downloading eBooks.

Authors of eBooks likewise enjoy lower processing costs and a much wider readership by making their research work available online in digital formats. 

Bentham eBooks can be enjoyed in both online and printed versions. You will find a variety of monographs, textbooks, electronic lectures, proceedings etc on their website. As an author, you will be entitled to have free access to your published content and there is no fee on the processing of your eBook. Librarians and institutions can avail package discounts and IP-based access to Bentham eBooks.

Bentham Science Publishers adheres to a clear set of rigorous editorial policies in publishing eBooks; for instance plagiarism prevention, copyright, author guidelines, informed consent etc. For more details, kindly click:

http://benthamscience.com/ebooks/policy.htm

http://benthamscience.com/ebooks/eBkAuthGuide.htm

Open Access and the Allegations of Predatory Publishing

The open access model of publishing is the latest and quite useful addition to the publishing industry.

Despite resistance from certain quarters, it continues to develop and receive acceptance from 

the academia and the industry. In view of this, the reaction of the traditional publisher to this model of publishing is apprehensive and they consider it to be a threat to their existence.

Unrestricted and free utilization of research publications, especially to the third world, will in 

general serve the very objective of scientific research and scientific publication. If the quality of publications can in fact be maintained, the Open Access will truly live up to its promise.

Bentham Science Publishers is an established name in the industry. Their publications include numerous respectable titles, such as Current Medicinal Chemistry, Current Pharmaceutical Design, Current Gene Therapy, Current Drug Metabolism and many more. Bentham Scienec Publishers have two main categories of publishing: subscription based journals that include many high impact titles; and Open Access which publishes popular titles such as The Open Dentistry Journal and The Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal. Nearly all their journals, both subscriptions based and Open Access, are indexed in internationally recognized indexing agencies like Scopus, Medline, EMBASE and PubMed etc.

The authors who have contributed in Bentham journals are quite satisfied with their publication process and peer review procedure. You can check the author testimonials at:

 http://benthamscience.com/comments/Comments.htm

Unfortunately, Bentham Open has also been the target of Bentham controversy for some time. These allegations in fact are not grounded in reality. Bentham Open is actually charging quite an affordable fee for open access as compared to other known publishers and, in case of authors from the developing world; the publisher makes it totally free for the contributor. For more information, you can check:

 http://benthamscience.com/open/index.htm

http://benthamscience.com/open/todentj/EBM.htm

http://benthamscience.com/policy.htm

http://benthamscience.com/reviewguideline.htm

Open Access Publishing has also generated some controversies but this is to be expected in a new publication model. There are always some teething problems in the initial stage of anything and fine tuning is always required. Compared to over five hundred years of traditional publishing models, Open Access is still a new born baby and has to be nurtured in good faith. There is a concerted effort going on out there by unknown quarters to try and discredit this form of publishing but if that happens, it would be to the detriment of the scientists and researchers. Blind acceptance of whatever is published against Open Access must be resisted with an open mind.