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August 28, 2012

Display Advertising: An Hour a Day Now Available to Help Business Professionals Develop and Optimize Online Display Ad Campaigns

New book helps readers promote a business successfully with effective online display ad campaigns

August 27, 2012

Glowing Flowers for Ultra-Trace Analysis of TNT: Selective optical TNT detection down to the sub-zeptomole level

Highly sensitive and highly selective tests are important for the early detection of disease, the detection of environmental toxins, or for the detection of explosives at airports. Increased selectivity for the target analytes helps to avoid false-positive results. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, Indian scientists have now introduced a specific detection method for the explosive TNT that can be used to detect even a single molecule.

August 09, 2012

Gold Nanoparticles Follow “Genetic Code”: Different sequences of DNA influence morphology of growing gold nanocrystals

Gold is not just the material of choice for pretty jewelry; it is also used in technology, for example in nanoscopic particles for applications such as catalysis, biomedicine, and sensors. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a team of American and Chinese researchers has now demonstrated that the morphology of gold nanoparticles can be controlled when they are synthesized in the presence of DNA. Depending on the DNA sequence used, the shape and surface roughness can be varied.

August 07, 2012

Instructor Resources Now Available for HTML & CSS: Design and Build Websites

New academic resources correspond with best-selling book to assist instructors in teaching web design and development courses 

August 06, 2012

Wiley Announces Seven New Books on OS X Mountain Lion

Wiley’s Mountain Lion books get readers up to speed on Apple’s latest operating system 

August 01, 2012

Glowing Fingerprints: Researchers make latent fingerprints visible with help from electrochemiluminescence

Fingerprints are not just important in forensics and the identification of people; they can also be used for security clearance, access control, and the authentication of documents. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, Chinese researchers have now introduced a new fast method to make fingerprints visible at high resolution.

July 30, 2012

For Dummies® Announces AARP Tech to Connect Series

AARP books offer advice and solutions for using technology to connect

July 30, 2012

Wiley ZBrush Author Book Signing During SIGGRAPH 2012

Wiley ZBrush authors Eric Keller, Scott Spencer and Paul Gaboury will be presenting at a ZBrush User Group Meeting hosted by Pixologic Inc.

July 19, 2012

Canon EOS 5D Mark III For Dummies

Bestselling For Dummies digital photography author, Robert Correll, shows you (with the help of HIS children) how to take action shots of your kids!

July 19, 2012

Nikon D3200 For Dummies

Digital Photography expert and bestselling author Julie Adair King shows you how to take great portraits outside using your camera's falsh.

July 18, 2012

Pinterest For Dummies

For Dummies author Kelby Carr talks about Pinterest and why you should join! Get great tips on how to get started and the "must-dos!" Happy Pinning!

July 18, 2012

Pinterest Marketing For Dummies

For Dummies author Kelby Carr discusses why your business should be on Pinterest and how to market on the social network. Pin away!

July 16, 2012

Wiley Announces AutoCAD 2013 and AutoCAD LT 2013 Bible

Latest book in the popular Bible series gets readers up and running with AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT 2013

July 16, 2012

Nurses need to counteract negative stereotypes of the profession in top YouTube hits

The nursing profession needs to harness the power of the video-sharing website YouTube to promote a positive image of nurses, after research found that many of the top hits portray them in a derogatory way. That is the key finding of research published in the August issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing.

July 10, 2012

Become the Apple of Your Industry

John Edson, author of Design Like Apple proves that Apple’s approach to design is achievable.

July 09, 2012

Sybex Announces New Study Guide Covering CISSP Body of Knowledge 2012

Latest Sybex Study Guide, CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional Study Guide, 6th Edition, is fully updated for the industry-leading security certification: CISSP

July 03, 2012

DNA as Future Electronic Components: Conducting nanostructures based on metallized DNA

Our electronic devices are getting smaller and smaller while doing more and more. Using conventional materials, we will soon reach the practical limit. The electronics of tomorrow require alternatives, such as nanowires made of DNA that can serve as conductive paths and nanotransistors for miniature circuits. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, German scientists have now described a new method for the production of stable, conducting DNA nanowires.

June 26, 2012

Hybrid Cloud For Dummies

Hybrid Cloud For Dummies co-author, Judith Hurwitz talks about cloud services and hybrid cloud at IBM Pulse 2012.

June 20, 2012

Wiley Announces Sybex eTestPrep Products

Integrated test engine and Study Guide product enables users to learn as they practice

June 18, 2012

Sybex Announces Microsoft Private Cloud Computing

New book explains the foundation of cloud computing and how to build your own Microsoft private cloud