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Posit Science Dishes Out ThinkFood Cookbook Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 7:00AMPosit Science, the leader in clinically proven brain fitness programs, announced today that they have taken another innovative step towards improving cognitive function and brain fitness in adults with the release of their first cookbook, ThinkFood. Â Sponsored and published by Posit Science, ThinkFood features 50 brain-healthy recipes created by well-known food bloggers from the U.S. and beyond.
Modality Partners with Elsevier to Deliver Four Netter's Anatomy Content Collections for Use in modalityBODY iPad™ App Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 2:01AMInteractive Reference and Learning Volumes Featuring Anatomy Illustrations by Dr. Frank Netter Available Now for In App Purchase
Ritchie County High Schooler Helps Research for Science Textbooks Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 6:06PMSarah Mullins was chosen this spring to be a JASON Argonaut.
Library users can tap into powerful databases Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 7:51PMThis is the last in a series of three articles from the Stillwater Public Library, which, along with the rest of the country, celebrated National Library Week April 11-17.
Free as a Bird? Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 9:59AMMU researchers find that man-made development affects bird flight patterns and populations.
Space shuttle astronaut Bill Lenoir killed in bicycle accident Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:52AMBill Lenoir, who returned safely from a five-day NASA space shuttle flight in 1982, died Aug. 26 following a bicycle accident near his home in Placitas, N.M. He was 71.
Tracking marine animal travel Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:16PM( Public Library of Science ) Scientists are gaining a deeper understanding of marine mammal travel patterns using a large-scale tracking network. A new PLoS collection, created in conjunction with the Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST) Program and the Census of Marine Life (CoML), will highlight the variety of ways scientists are using this large POST network to trace marine animal movement in ...
Tracking marine animal travel Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:08PMScientists are gaining a deeper understanding of marine mammal travel patterns using a large-scale tracking network. A new PLoS collection, created in conjunction with the Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST) Program and the Census of Marine Life (CoML), will highlight the variety of ways scientists are using this large POST network to trace marine animal movement in the Northeast Pacific Ocean ...
Free as a bird? Researchers find that man-made development affects bird flight patterns and populations Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 2:39PMIt may seem like birds have the freedom to fly wherever they like, but researchers at the University of Missouri have shown that what's on the ground has a great effect on where a bird flies. This information could be used by foresters and urban planners to improve bird habitats that would help maintain strong bird populations.
David Katz, M.D.: Nutritious Foods: Being Smarter Than the Average Bear Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:37PM'Oer the span of human history / indulgent eating was elusive /while demands on muscle of survival / were, if anything, abusive.
IceCube Neutrino Observatory Nears Completion Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:32PMCOLLEGE PARK, Md., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In December 2010, IceCube -- the world's first kilometer-scale neutrino observatory, which is located beneath the Antarctic ice -- will finally be completed after two decades of planning. In an article in the AIP's Review of Scientific Instruments, Francis Halzen, the principal investigator of the IceCube project, and his colleague Spencer ...
IceCube Neutrino Observatory Nears Completion Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:26PMIn December 2010, IceCube -- the world's first kilometer-scale neutrino observatory, located beneath the Antarctic ice -- will finally be completed after two decades of planning. In an article in the journal Review of Scientific Instruments, Francis Halzen, the principal investigator of the IceCube project, and his colleague Spencer Klein of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory provide a ...
LEDs Illuminate Eye for Ocular Disease Screening Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:26PMA new imaging system using six different wavelengths to illuminate the interior of the eyeball (ocular fundus) may pave the way for doctors to easily screen patients for common diseases of the eye, such as age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. The system is described in the journal Review of Scientific Instruments.
Is Believing In God Evolutionarily Advantageous? Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 3:14PMIn the history of the world, every culture in every location at every point in time has developed some supernatural belief system. And believing in God may have been evolutionarily advantageous to humans as it provided a framework for promoting social good.
Programs keep midstate students sharp during summer Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 7:23PMAt a Harrisburg church, 125 kids spent their summer concentrating on lessons disguised as anything but school. They made and ate healthy snacks. They exercised until their hearts pounded. They learned about resisting drugs and reacting to bullies.
To Add Jobs, Revive Revenue Sharing Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 7:35PMGeneral revenue sharing of the ’70s and ’80s let national taxes be spent locally. The program could provide a template for lowering today’s unemployment rate.
George Pólya Prize awarded to Emmanuel Candès and Terence Tao Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 3:16PM( Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics ) Professor Emmanuel Candès from Stanford University and Professor Terence Tao from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) were the 2010 recipients of the George Pólya Prize, which was awarded at the 2010 SIAM Annual Meeting held July 12-16 in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Jean Carper: Looking for Alzheimer's Answers in All the Wrong Places Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 7:37AMCountless neuroscientists have concluded that Alzheimer's and diseases like it are actually a slow-developing chronic diseases, like heart disease and cancer, partly dependent on lifestyle.
Half-a-Loaf Method Can Improve Magnetic Memories Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 4:27PMChinese scientists have shown that magnetic memory, logic and sensor cells can be made faster and more energy efficient by using an electric, not magnetic, field to flip the magnetization of the sensing layer only about halfway, rather than completely to the opposite direction -- as described in the Journal of Applied Physics.
Glorious Gadolinium Gives Flash Memory a Future Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 4:26PMFuture flash memory could be faster and store more data without changing its basic design by using a clever nanocrystal material proposed by scientists at Taiwan's Chang Gung University, who describe a new logical element made with the rare earth material gadolinium in the journal Applied Physics Letters.
Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet from a Grounded Electrode Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 4:26PMBecause they are portable and easy to operate at ambient temperatures, cold atmospheric pressure plasma jets (APPJs) should find innovative applications in biomedicine, materials science and fabrication industries. Research reported in the Journal of Applied Physics investigates an APPJ that extends from the ground electrode of a circuit.
Glorious gadolinium gives flash memory a future Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 3:46PM( American Institute of Physics ) ture flash memory could be faster and store more data without changing its basic design by using a clever nanocrystal material proposed by scientists at Taiwan's Chang Gung University, who describe a new logical element made with the rare earth material gadolinium in the journal Applied Physics Letters.
UW System hopes to boost undergrad enrollment, retention with $22.6M plan Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 12:13AMThe University of Wisconsin System will ask lawmakers for $22.6 million to boost undergraduate enrollment by 5,900 over two years through better retention and recruitment, according to a budget document released last week.
Research that won't leave you Google-eyed Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 5:40AMALLAN HOFFMAN There’s more to online research than Googling a term, checking out the inevitable Wikipedia link, and then thinking, "Research over: I’ve got my answer." Don’t get me wrong: I love Wikipedia. Though you need to scrutinize the material,...
American Chemical Society webinar focuses on the chemistry of beer and brewing Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 9:05AM( American Chemical Society ) News media and others interested in the chemical sciences are invited to join the next in a series of American Chemical Society webinars, focusing on the chemistry of beer and brewing.Scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 26, 2-3 p.m. EDT, the free ACS webinar will feature Charles Bamforth, Ph.D., professor of food science and technology at University of California, Davis ...
SLAC dedicates 'revolutionary' new X-ray laser Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 5:03PMby Palo Alto Online staff Officials at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Monday unveiled a new X-ray laser they said will "revolutionize" research in energy and environmental science, drug development and materials engineering.
New method for estimating cost of small hydropower projects Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 8:17AM( American Institute of Physics ) A scientist at the Indian Institute of Technology in Roorkee, India, has developed a method, described in the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, to assess the installation and operating costs of small hydroelectric power projects, which represent a potentially large but largely untapped source of energy for developing countries.
Powering Australia with waves Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 8:17AM( American Institute of Physics ) In a paper in the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Australian researchers provide new estimates of the wave-energy potential of Australia's near-shore regions. They also calculate how much of Australia's energy needs could be obtained from wave energy alone.
Major hurdle cleared for organic solar cells Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 8:17AM( American Institute of Physics ) The basis for solar energy is absorbing light and then effectively disassociating electrical charges. University of Cambridge researchers report in the journal Applied Physics Letters that conjugated polymers are excellent materials for such a system, thanks to their light absorption and conduction properties.
World record data density for ferroelectric recording Tuesday, August 17, 2010 @ 8:17AM( American Institute of Physics ) Scientists in Japan have recorded data at a density of 4 trillion bits per square inch, a world record for the experimental "ferroelectric" data storage method. As described the journal Applied Physics Letters, this density is about eight times the density of today's most advanced magnetic hard-disk drives.
Non-Profit phUSE Announces Life Science Single Day Event for Clinical Trial and Research Industry to Occur Sept. 28 ... Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 11:10AMSingle Day Event Supports Professionals in Healthcare and Life Sciences
Non-Profit phUSE Announces Life Science Single Day Event for Clinical Trial and Research Industry to Occur Sept. 28 ... Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 11:02AMBOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - 08/16/10) - PhUSE, a non-profit life science organization whose aim is to connect the views of individuals into one voice for the benefit of the clinical research industry, is excited to host the first US-based Single Day Event (SDE) to be held in Boston, MA on September 28th, 2010 at the New England Research and Development Center. This "Single Day Event" provides a ...
Journals not court is place for scientific debate Sunday, August 15, 2010 @ 5:56PMThe National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) faces a legal challenge by climate sceptics group the Climate Science Coalition which is taking the Crown Research Institute to court over the accuracy of its climate data.
A 'Getaway' for young adults Sunday, August 15, 2010 @ 7:00AMIf you're an avid sci-fi fan, you may have encountered Scott William Carter's stories in the journals Analog or Asimov. If mysteries are your passion, you may have seen the Salem writer's work in Ellery Queen. Yet his first published novel is being marketed to a very different audience: young adults, i.e. teens. It's geared to hook unmotivated readers from the first sentence: "If I'm going to ...
Unsettled climate of science Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 2:46AMUnsettled climate of science
What's Happening at the Library Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 8:04AMWhat's Happening at the Library
Wiley Online Library Replaces Wiley InterScience Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 12:12AMThe year 2010 may go down in history for the most new platform launches in the information industry. Under increasing pressures from new web technologies and user expectations of simplicity and easy access, content providers have taken on reengineering and rebuilding their services from the ground up. Last weekend (Aug. 7-8), John Wiley & sons, Inc. (http://www.wiley.com[[[SHIFTIN ...
World's tiniest mirror Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 9:47AM( American Institute of Physics ) Just as the path of photons of light can be directed by a mirror, atoms possessing a magnetic moment can be controlled using a magnetic mirror. Research reported in the Journal of Applied Physics investigates the feasibility of using magnetic domain walls to direct and ultimately trap individual atoms in a cloud of ultracold atoms.
Buried silver nanoparticles improve organic transistors Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 9:17AM( American Institute of Physics ) Out of sight is not out of mind for a group of Hong Kong researchers who have demonstrated that burying a layer of silver nanoparticles improves the performance of their organic electronic devices without requiring complex processing. Their findings are reported in the journal Applied Physics Letters.
Tech Writer Chooses TextAloud to Catch Errors before They Reach the Editor's Desk Tuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 2:01AMText to Speech program catches the errors most spell-checkers miss
Plasma beta-amyloid levels associated with cognitive decline Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 10:20PMHigh plasma levels of beta-amyloid -- protein fragments associated with Alzheimer's disease when they accumulate in the brain -- appear to be associated with faster cognitive decline even in those who do not develop dementia, according to a new report.
GOP race heating up as Parnell faces two primary rivals Sunday, August 8, 2010 @ 1:21AMSean Parnell is about to face voters for the first time since he took over as Alaska's governor after Sarah Palin resigned last year. He's run a low-key campaign that's big on highlighting polls showing he has a huge lead over his challengers in the Aug. 24 Republican primary election.
Beware stem cell 'cures,' doctors say Sunday, August 8, 2010 @ 12:37AMBogus cures are nearly as old as human disease, but they have found especially fertile ground in stem cell medicine – new, complex and perhaps dazzlingly promising in the long run.
Gem Crystal Singing Bowls program is Tuesday at Bay Village branch of Cuyahoga County Library Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 10:31AMBay Village Branch, 502 Cahoon Road, (440) 871-6392. • Gem Crystal Singing Bowls, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10. Kathleen Calby from Re-Sounding Joy will explore an ancient music tradition using gem crystal singing bowls. Registration required.
Korean Monks discuss Buddhism, culture Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 12:40AMIn their traditional grey monk suits with shaved heads and wearing iPods, they've walked Park Avenue, listened to the concerts in Lincoln Park and played football in Lyndhurst—a part of their introduction in the Western world.
Man versus Machine: Guess Who Won? Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 5:00PMGamers Acquit Themselves Nicely in Competition Against Computer Program to Solve Puzzle
House Hears New Open Access Fight Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 2:54PMNEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The House of Representatives has begun consideration of a bill that would make the results of federally-funded research supported by most government agencies available to the public within six months after publication in scholarly journals.
Top 10 Tips for Doing E-Research at College Wednesday, August 4, 2010 @ 1:06PMA research librarian at Harvard University offers advice on how to find information for that paper.
Molecules Delivering Drugs as they Walk Tuesday, August 3, 2010 @ 4:32PMA new paper in The Journal of Chemical Physics provides a theoretical model that compares the transport characteristics of straight- and branched-chain polymers in various channels -- work that could aid in the development of carrier molecules for delivering drugs at a controlled rate in the body.
New Inexpensive Solar Cell Design Tuesday, August 3, 2010 @ 4:32PMOne of the most promising technologies for making inexpensive but reasonably efficient photovoltaic cells just got much cheaper. Scientists in Canada have shown that inexpensive nickel can work just as well as gold for one of the critical electrical contacts that gather the electrical current produced by colloidal quantum dot solar cells.