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Three Chinese science journals will be published by Springer as open access journals and will be part of the SpringerOpen portfolio and Springer’s Chinese Library of Science. The journals are Chinese Science Bulletin, Science China Life Sciences, and Photonic Sensors. A list of other SpringerOpen journals is here.
University at Albany computer scientist Tomek Strzalkowski was a member of the team that developed the Watson computing system for last week's Jeopardy! challenge. Check out this video where Prof. Strzalkowski talks about Watson, interactive question answering capability, and artificial intelligence.
I recently submitted a review of CISnet to Choice magazine. CISnet is MIT Press' online book collection. Although I post my reviews on my Website after they are published, I shouldn't pre-publish the review here. I would like to comment that CISnet contains nearlty 350 titles, including many of MIT Press' highly regarded computer science books, and it is worth getting a trial and taking a look at it.
Math-Net.Ru contains a collection of mathematics journals in the original Russian language. There are also a few physics, computer science, and engineering journals. Most of the journals are published by the Russian Academy of Sciences or a Russian institute or university. There is a three year embargo for many of the journals, however, a few have shorter embargoes and some provide completely free access.
In honor of the International Year of Chemistry, the American Chemical Society (ACS) launches the International Year of Chemistry Virtual Journal. This virtual journal will highlight research featured in ACS' 39 peer-reviewed journals as well as its weekly newsmagazine, Chemical & Engineering News. The journal's purpose is to "showcase ways in which chemistry improves everyday life for people around the world. It illustrates how chemists and other scientists work to protect the environment; develop lifesaving new medicines; create cleaner, greener and more sustainable sources of energy; design new materials for cars, buildings, electronics, medical implants and a host of other products."