Innovative tools
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Article of the future
Elsevier invests in platform innovation bringing together solutions like SciVerse ScienceDirect, SciVerse Scopus and web/third party content into one point of access: SciVerse. Now, through the Article of the Future project, Elsevier is redefining the article and associated article page on SciVerse ScienceDirect to allow for an optimal exchange ... Read more
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Elsevier acquires QUOSA
QUOSA is a Boston-based software company that specializes in developing content management and workflow productivity solutions for researchers and information managers. ... Read more
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Elsevier acquires Ariadne Genomics, provider of pathway analysis tools and semantic technologies for life science researchers
Whether biologists are developing new drugs or drought-resistant plants, they must search through vast amounts of information contained in journals, documents and databases to obtain a complete perspective. Ariadne Genomics, a company acquired by Elsevier, provides tools that present a comprehensive network of interconnected biological facts to scientists by retrieving ... Read more
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Developers and researchers competed for $35,000 in Elsevier's largest app contest yet
Elsevier is building an "ecosystem" of researchers and developers who can build apps that meet the challenges of science researchers. The Apps for Science competition was the latest initiative, drawing 380 registrants from seven countries. They competed for over four months from April to July to build apps on&... Read more
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PharmaPendium is reducing research time from weeks to hours
According to a leading dermatology company, PharmaPendium has eliminated the need for months of essential research each year. In the words of the company's scientific information manager: "We probably access PharmaPendium between 60 and 80 times a month to compare products that are currently in development and at the lifecycle ... Read more
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Elsevier 3D interactive anatomy tools use advanced gaming technology to bring the body to life
For medical and health professions students, learning anatomy is a challenge. There are hundreds of terms and structures to learn as well as functions of the body and how they relate. Add to that the lack of time, lack of staff to teach anatomy and the lack of donated human ... Read more
