Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc (NYSE: JWa), (NYSE: JWb), has announced that the inaugural issue of its new journal, Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, is now live online.

One of the biggest foundations in the Unites States is contributing millions of dollars to promote peace efforts in Asia with some of that money going to build greater cooperation and ease tensions with North Korea.

The Russian Institute of Medical and Biological Problems (IMBP), in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA), have selected six individuals to simulate space flight to the planet Mars. Scientists arranged to copy all conditions that can be imitated on Earth, such as finite food and water resources, an artificial atmosphere, and even time delays in communications to mimic the radio lag between Mars and Earth.

Brian Brown is a kinesiology major in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at ASU. “I came to ASU,” he says, “because I knew that I would have many opportunities to try different hobbies and find the right major.”

Global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc (NYSE: JWa), (NYSE: JWb), announced today that three outstanding researchers have been selected as the recipients of the fifth annual “Young Chemist Award", which Wiley organizes in conjunction with the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS). The Chinese Chemical Society is one of the founding partners of Chemistry -- An Asian Journal, published by Wiley.

Bryan Rolfe, whose interest in math and science was sparked at a young age, is now pursuing concurrent degrees through the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering and the College of Liberal Arts and Science in chemical engineering and math. He credits his father as one of the greatest reasons he has a science-oriented mind.

The Changing Ageing Partnership (CAP) has completed the largest ever review of research into children’s perceptions of ageing. For the first time, researchers from Queen’s University, on behalf of CAP, have brought together the findings of thousands of pieces of research projects conducted worldwide.

United Bristol Healthcare Trust has been awarded £3.8 million for ground-breaking research into treatments for cardiovascular disease.

A genetic study of diabetes by scientists from Imperial College has been named as one of the hottest research papers of 2007.

The relationship between a thin liquid film or drop of liquid and the shape of the surface that it wets is explained with a new simplified mathematical formula published this week in Physical Review Letters.

A new £10 million research institute dedicated to studying the fundamental science behind shock waves, high velocity collisions and extremes of pressure and heat is announced today by Imperial College London.

Researchers at the University of Essex are looking for participants to take part in a research study which aims to investigate the experiences of Irish lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people living in London.