East-West migration: Will it be a problem?

East - West migration : will it be a problem ?

The protein folding problem: when will it be solved?

The protein folding problem can be viewed as three different problems: defining the thermodynamic folding code; devising a good computational structure prediction algorithm; and answering Levinthal's question regarding the kinetic mechanism of how proteins can fold so quickly. Once regarded as a grand challenge, protein folding has seen much progress in recent years. Folding codes are now being...

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Peer Refereeing . . . Will it be Missed ? Alfred

1. Publish essentially as is; the only changes necessary are very simple typographical matters which can be changed by the editor. 2. Publish after author’s minor revision; the referee suggests points which must be changed before the paper meets the standards for publication. 3. Publish only if the author makes major revisions. (Perhaps the paper is much too long or is badly written. The revise...

Tomorrow's library: will it all be infrastructure?

The form in which knowledge is described and encapsulated has a major impact on the design of libraries and the functions performed within the library. Libraries as we known them have been primarily built to store and disseminate knowledge in book format. New technology and the changing needs of knowledge workers, which form important parts of the logocentric, practicentric, and democentric ele...