Amazing Scientific Inventions and Discoveries

There are various amazing scientific inventions and discoveries. In the field of synthetic biology, Scientists have found a new way to treat diseases. An Escherichia coli cell has been discovered by the scientists, which upon interaction with certain pathogens naturally explodes, killing both itself and the pathogens.

Scientists have found a better way to fight with dengue fever as well as malaria. They have done so by hereditarily modifying mosquitoes which live longer and are naturally opposed to malaria. They help in stopping the spread of malaria and in eliminating it.

Scientists have been trying their level best to modify plants so that they can hunt for bombs. Dr. Jane Medford is doing a research on plants which will turn white while exposed to explosives as well as environmental pollutants.

Synthetic Telepathy is another amazing discovery. The military has been developing a scientific device which can read electrical movements inside a human`s brain. It makes sense of all the ideas and forwards them to fellow soldiers in the form of text messages or voice mail.

Scientists have discovered an amazing way to help people in regenerating the lost parts of the body. They have accomplished it by using ECM (Extracellular Matrix) with the combination of physical therapy. ECM has the power to reawaken the body`s natural therapeutic capabilities.

New Trends in Drug Design

The conventional drug discovery mechanism has been entirely changed by the development of the drug designing field. The target based drug design is more useful, long-lasting and practical.

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

The leading development in this field consists of High Throughput Screening (HTS). It can be used to screen a large number of compounds for the biological activities with the discovered targets which are produced by combinatorial chemistry.

While discussing important fields of Combinatorial Chemistry, it should be kept in view that all the scholarly information in this field is disseminated throughout the research community by means of research paper.

Combinatorial Chemistry and High Throughput Screening (CCHTS) is a highly recommended journal in the respective field. Research Papers and review articles have been published by CCHTS. Already 16 volumes of CCHTS have been published and the journal has an impact factor of 2.0 as per journal citation report 2012.

The Grave Problem of Global Warming

Though the issue of global warming is nothing new to us, we are still not able to curtail it or its harmful effects.

Global warming is negatively affecting life on earth, and things will continue to get worse if we do not control the factors resulting in global warming.

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. We need to learn to curtail our consumption rates and ensure the preservation of the earth’s resources. Above all, we need to respect our planet and the life on it, its natural reserves and its conservation. 

eBooks and ePublishing

Electronic publishing has steadily grown as a profitable and popular substitute for expensive traditional publishing. It has made reading more convenient and pleasant for readers, who now have a significantly wider range of choices  plus the comfort of sitting at home and downloading eBooks. Similarly, authors can  reach millions of people by making research work available online in digital formats. 

Various eBooks are offered by major publishers. 

Bentham comes complete with an extensive range of eBooks in all spheres of science, technology, medicine and business studies. The publisher adheres to a clear set of stringent editorial policies in publishing eBooks, for instance plagiarism prevention, copyright, author guidelines, informed consent, ethical approval of studies etc. For more details, you may click:

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Bentham eBooks can be enjoyed in both online and printed versions. You will find a variety of monographs, textbooks, electronic lectures, monographs 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.

The Unsettled Case of Open Access Publishing

The open access model of publishing is the "unrestricted, free availability of scholarly research, online for all". Despite resistance from certain quarters (traditional publishers who fear that this model will completely destroy the traditional subscription model, thereby rendering them obsolete), it continues to develop and receive acceptance from the industry and academia both. Unrestricted and free availability of research publications, especially to the developing world, will as a matter of fact serve the very purpose of scientific research and scientific publication. If quality of publication can be maintained, this truly is revolutionary in publishing. 

Bentham Science Publishers is a well known international STM ( Scientific and Technical Manual) publisher. They have several high impact factor journals to their credit, which are quite popular in their respective fields such as Current Medicinal Chemistry, Current Pharmaceutical Design, Current Organic Chemistry, Current Alzheimer Research etc. The authors who have contributed in Bentham journals are quite satisfied with their publication processes and peer review procedure. For authors’ comments, please visit: http://benthamscience.com/comments/Comments.html
Their sub brands include Bentham eBooks and Bentham Open. 
The research published by them is of high quality and thoroughly peer reviewed. They practice the single-blind peer review procedure; the review and editorial policies are transparent and clearly disclosed on their official website; and the members on board of their journals are highly qualified and well-known, plenty of worthy publications to their credit. To learn more, visit: 

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Most of their journals, both subscriptions based and Open Access, are indexed in internationally recognized indexing agencies like Scopus, Medline, EMBASE and PubMed etc.Bentham Open is actually quite affordable and convenient for authors as compared to other known publishers and, in case of authors from the developing world, the publisher makes it totally free for the contributor. Just as in their subscription journals, a single blind review process is rigorously followed here as well.

Open Access Publishing has also generated some controversies but this is to be expected in any new publication model. You can always find 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 in its infancy and actually has to be nurtured in good faith. 

There is a concerted effort dished out by certain elements in the industry whose activities can prove to be harmful to this form of publishing but if that happens, it would be detrimental to the scientists and researchers as well as to learning. 
Blind acceptance of whatever is published against Open Access must be resisted with an open mind.