Posted on 25. June, 2010.

Materials at High Temperatures  publishes peer reviewed contributions relating to high temperature applications in the power, chemical, engine, processing and furnace industries. The effects of high temperatures on corrosion, fatigue, creep, strength and wear in alloys, intermetallics, ceramics, refractories and composites are all considered in this issue.

Posted on 25. June, 2010.

Science Progress issue 2 2010 has a strong biomedical theme. Mesenchymal stem cells have the ability to modulate the immune system opening a wide range of therapeutic applications, mainly for autoimmune diseases and graft-versus-host disease. The idea of repairing damaged neuronal circuitry in the mammalian central nervous system has challenged neuroscientists for centuries: can developmental signals be used to regenerate projection neuron subtypes? With more powerful and selective agents, one of the main problems in organ transplantation is a result of its success, namely a shortage of organ donors. Finally different aspects of plant pathology are analysed. First plant poisons and their phytochemistry are discussed. Sage is a well know herb but its hallucinogenic properties are also of scientific interest.

Posted on 25. June, 2010.

Progress in Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism presents results from the fields of kinetics and mechanisms of chemical processes in the gas phase and solution of both simple and complex systems.

Posted on 25. June, 2010.

Chemical Speciation & Bioavailability covers all aspects of environmental science and pollution. In its next issue, CSB  looks at techiniques to determine trace metals in river bed sediments, the heavy metal content in slaker grits from a pulp mill, and the separation of mecury from  natural water sources. It also describes a fast method to measure metal concentration in soil samples. Finally, does selenium in wine from China pose a health risk?

Posted on 25. June, 2010.

Avian flu, Chinese chickens, and survival of ground nests in Croatia feature in the next issue of Avian Biology Research.

Posted on 25. June, 2010.

This journal is covered by the following secondary information sources: Chemical Abstracts, Current Contents, Current Abstracts of Chemistry/Index Chemicus, Current Chemical Reactions, Current Bibliography on Science and Technology, Science Citation Index, Bulletin Signalétique, Referativnyi Zhurnal and ChemInform.

Posted on 24. June, 2010.

According to a study published in Journal of Avian Biology, magpies favour some of their nestlings over others but in a strange and unique manner. Dr Sang-im Lee and her colleagues at Seoul National University and Ewha University, South Korea, examined the mortality of magpie nestlings and found 'rarer-sex disadvantage'. This means that sons die out more when more daughters are present in the nest, and daughters die more when more sons are in the nest.