Inspec reaches its 10 millionth record
This summer, the IET will celebrate a proud moment in its prestigious history: Inspec reaching its 10 millionth record..
The 10 millionth record is a key milestone since Inspec's inception in 1969. The historic record to go on the Database is an article from the journal Nanotechnology printed by Institute of Physics Publishing. Nina Couzin, publisher of Nanotechnology, said, “Inspec is a phenomenal resource for science and engineering academics and professionals worldwide and it is a great honour to have helped Inspec reach this symbolic landmark. It is wonderful that such a forward-thinking article, in a field of research that will play an important part in our future, is helping commemorate a service that has so successfully documented the past 40 years of advances in science and technology. Surely this is a sign that Inspec has a very bright future.”
The research paper which details how tiny magnetic beads will lead to speeding up cancer screening is an important finding that will change the future of Nanoscale science and technology. "The key finding of our paper in the journal Nanotechnology is that we measure the nanomechanics of up to hundreds of cells simultaneously, enabling high throughput cell screening," commented Jim Gimzewski, one of the authors of the paper. "Our goal is to make these methods available within standard optical microscopes so that they can be used by pathologists, microbiologists and medical staff who use this technique on a daily basis for medical diagnosis."
Inspec continues to grow at over 600, 000 records a year, supporting scientific and technical research in the corporate, academic, industrial and government sectors. The Inspec Database is set to achieve its next millionth record in just over a year compared to the first eight years it took to reach its first millionth record. “Over the last four decades, the Inspec scientific editorial team has consistently added an invaluable layer of indexing and classification to the leading physics and engineering literature from around the world. Inspec are extremely proud to reach this historic landmark and the article appearing in Nanotechnology is a wonderful reflection of scope and quality of the original research abstracted in the Inspec Database,” says Simon Thomson, General Manager, Inspec.
To view a short film celebrating Inspec’s 10 millionth record with an interview with one of the researchers, Jim Gimzewski, please visit www.theiet.org/10mrecord
Professor Jim Gimzewski will be speaking about ‘The Age of Nanotechnology’ at The 2008 Microsystems & Nanotechnology Lecture on Tuesday, 8 July 2008 taking place at The IET, Savoy Place, London, UK. The lecture is organised by the Microsystems and Nanotechnology Systems Network – a joint IET and IoN Venture. For more information visit www.theiet.org/age-nano