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Scientific Reference RSS FeedsTuna: A Favorite Fish Faces Dangerous Depletion - One of the biggest, fastest and warmest fish in the sea is also one of the most sought after, and one of the most threatened. Can bluefin tuna stocks around the world be saved? Experts explain the history of the tuna, and discuss tracking methods that might help preserve the fish....Feed Source: www.npr.org Google Launches 'Chrome' Web Browser - Internet search giant Google unveiled Chrome, a new piece of Web browser software on Tuesday. Danny Sullivan, editor-in-chief of SearchEngineLand.com, explains what Google's open-source browser can do, and why a search engine leader wants to get into the Web software market.... Can New Orleans Weather Another Storm? - The levees of New Orleans held fast against Hurricane Gustav but several more storms — including Hanna, Ike and Josephine — are now forming. Hurricane expert Ivor van Heerden discusses the levee reconstruction project and how New Orleans will fare during what is expected to be an active hurricane season.... Voting Technology Evolves In Electronic World - Officials in many states are concerned about the reliability of electronic voting and are now moving toward systems that can provide a voter-verified paper trail. Larry Norden, author of The Machinery of Democracy, discusses the latest advances in voting technology.... Questionnaire Distills Candidates' Health Policies - A health research advocacy group recently sent a questionnaire to both campaigns asking for policy details on issues such as health care coverage, stem cell research, the Medicare prescription drug benefit, and funding for NIH, FDA and CDC. Mary Woolley, president of Research!America, talks about the candidates' responses.... GeoEye-1 Will Be A High-Res Eye In The Sky - The GeoEye-1 satellite will be capable of making out details on Earth just 16 inches across. It will be the highest resolution satellite run by a private company; it's images will be marketed to a range of governments and private customers.... Did You Have a Scientific Summer Vacation? - Callers share their scientific triumphs from the summer months. Did you find a fossil? Outfit your house with solar power? Grow a prize-winning pumpkin? Tell us about it.... Why Is It So Hard To Swat A Fly? - Bioengineering researcher Michael Dickinson used superslow-motion video cameras to study how flies are so effective at avoiding swatters. He found that flies perform an elegant ballet with their legs — responding to threats in less than 1/10 of a second.... Massive Particle Accelerator Is Ready To Go - The massive Large Hadron Collider at CERN is just a few weeks away from startup. The particle accelerator has passed several key performance tests, and is on track to send the first beam of particles through the ring of the accelerator on Sept. 10.... Parents Protest Increase In Required Vaccinations - State and local governments across the country are requiring a growing list of vaccinations for children entering school. Public health advocates say that the vaccines are well-tested and serve a vital role in preventing disease outbreaks, but some parents still have concerns.... Tracking Developments In Diabetes Research - Scientists report that they have been able to selectively kill the defective autoimmune cells that were destroying insulin-producing islets in samples of human blood. Denise Faustman, director of immunobiology at Massachusetts General Hospital East, describes the latest diabetes research.... Hollywood and Technology - We look at how Hollywood became a driving force in the invention of new technologies — from Technicolor to the rise of digital special effects — and how new ideas and technologies, such as the Internet, are still shaping the movie industry today.... Chemistry News Roundup - We bring you a roundup of research being presented at this week's American Chemical Society meeting in Philadelphia.... Reading The Undecided Voter - New research published this week in the journal Science looks at "automatic mental associations" and finds that they can be good predictors of which way an undecided voter will sway.... The Science of Getting A 'Yes' - Is persuasion an art or a science? We talk to Robert Cialdini, a social psychologist, who thinks a little psychology can improve your shot at getting what you want.... Nano Heating - Developers have created flexible sheets of 'nanoantennas' that could aid in getting energy from solar energy or from other heat sources. The sheets could harvest up to 80 percent of the infrared light that falls upon them and the researchers say the material could cost just pennies a yard.... The Possibility Of An Invisibility Cloak - Researchers report they've created an artificial material that bends some wavelengths of light differently. If they're able to expand the work to a wider range of wavelengths, the material could provide an unprecedented level of control over the way light moves, perhaps even making a "cloak of invisibility" possible.... Are We Headed Toward Extinction? - Scientists studying many different parts of the planet's ecosystems are warning that Earth may be on the verge of a sixth major mass extinction event.... What Made Chili Peppers So Spicy? - New research indicates chili pepper plants may have developed their signature heat as a way to fight off fungal infections caused by insects.... Ethanol Power for the People - Biofuel advocate David Blume talks about common misconceptions about the use of ethanol for fuel, and about his vision for decentralized, community supported ethanol production in the United States.... Zoological Record now available on the ISI platform - Note: Zoological Record will be migrated to the ISI platform (Web of Knowledge). It is available now to use and search. The OVID/SP platform will no longer be available after December 31, 2008. Coverage: 1978- Platform: ISI Simultaneous Users: Unlimited ... Evolution to Revolution to Chaos? Reference in Transition - Evolution to Revolution to Chaos? Reference in Transition definitely worth the read, I think .... UBC Medical Education - For those who are interested - The September issue of BC Medical Journal (BCMJ) focuses on UBC Medical Education: http://www.bcmj.org/ .... Classical Scores Library now active - Classical Scores Library: Classical Scores Library will contain 400,000 pages of classical scores from both in-copyright and public domain editions. The major composers output is represented, as well as many lesser known composers and works. Content in the database includes ... SFX Menu offers ILL form for Distance Students - John Durno and Carol Gordon have been working to develop an ILL form for use by registered Distance Students. This form is now available as an option on the SFX Menu under the More Options section of the SFX menu, ... New Trial: Access World News - Trial access to NewsBank's Access World News is now available. Trial Expires: 12-SEP-2008 Description: The most comprehensive collection of full-text newspapers globally, Access World News provides extensive coverage at any level—local, state, regional, national and international. This fully searchable Web-based ... Theses - update from Tech Services - FYI -- A note from Cheryl in Tech Services about theses: "I am currently adding about 150-200 theses titles to the catalog this week (and maybe into next week)? (These are already in DSpace but hadn't been catalogued)" ... non traditional library services - This is so cool I had to share - there are a number of US public libraries which maintain collections and lend out - get this - cake pans! More info here: http://www.popgoesthelibrary.com/2008/07/fun-friday-reed-memorial-library-cake.html ... Medpedia - Announced yesterday - "The Medpedia Project is an extraordinary global effort to collect, organize and make understandable, the world’s best information about health, medicine and the body and make it freely available on the website Medpedia.com. Physicians, health organizations, medical ... Binding - A message from the staff in binding: The commercial binder closes for a couple of weeks every summer; add to that our two week turn-around, and books that were sent for binding earlier this week will not be available until ... Book Review guides - Hi Everyone, I've updated the Book Review guide and added a few more; Multidisciplinary - the original one Social Sciences Sciences Humanities As you will notice I've collapsed some of the other faculties in the latter 3 headings. Let me ... New CRKN content: Periodicals Archive Online - Periodicals Archive Online is the new name for PCI Full Text - an archive of hundreds of digitised journals published in the arts, humanities and social sciences, providing access to the full text of a growing number of digitized periodicals ... Library Science guide - Hi Everybody - I've started a Subsplus guide for "Library Sciences" - but as I don't want to own this, I encourage everybody to add their favourites. We can build a useful resource as a team! All I added were ... New CRKN - DCI Content: Adam Matthew Digital Products - As part of the recent CRKN - DCI Agreement we now have access to additional collections from Adam Matthew Digital. Our exisiting Adam Matthew Digital content includes: Eighteenth Century Journals I and II Empire Online Literary Manuscripts Medieval Travel Writing ... Canadian Historical Review - We have recently joined an offer from COPPUL which will give us access to the current issues alon with the complete archive (1920-) of the: Canadian Historical Review plus a current subscription. Description: The Canadian Historical Review was launched in ... Copyright © 2008, Marketershandbook.com. All Rights Reserved. |