Analytical measurements in aquatic environments / edited by Jacek Namiesnik, Piotr Szefer
Mass spectrometry and gas-phase chemistry of non-covalent complexes / Christoph A. Schalley, Andreas Springer
Polyphosphazenes for biomedical applications / edited... Read more>>
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) <http://www.ornl.gov> and partners have launched DataONE (http://dataone.org) <http://dataone.org> , a global data access and preservation network projected to make vast amounts of information related to... Read more>>
Mathematics in historical context / Jeff Suzuki
Linear systems theory / João P. Hespanha
Mythematics : solving the twelve labors of Hercules / Michael Huber
Variational principles for discrete surfaces / editors, Jun[f]ei... Read more>>
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arXiv project, which includes an e-print archive of scientific papers, is looking to covert the existing simple database to a more interactive one. It is being projected as a place where authors, articles, databases and readers talk to each other to help users identify a work’s main concepts, see research reports in context and easily find related work. The project is funded by a three-year $883,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, with federal stimulus money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).The arXiv currently contains close to 600,000 papers in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics, with some 5,000 new papers submitted each month.
Researchers submit their work as ‘preprints’ before formal publication.
New tools will link papers by concepts, not just by the citations they contain. This is expected to help users without advanced expertise including some outside the scientific community – understand the significance of new research. The system will also identify related databases and commentaries.
It has just come to my attention that Nature has “obtained” Scientific American. Immediately arises concerns of access and subscription costs. We currently access SA through EbscoHost. Content may be pulled from this vendor. From other institutions, I have heard as much as 145% increase for current subscription rates and a $5000 fee for archive access. NPG base rates on FTE. I must be realistic. If our rate is increased to these levels, electronic access to SA may jeapordized.
Here is the NPG announcement:
“2010 promises to be a landmark year for NPG, as we continue to build our consumer media division with Scientific American at its heart. Scientific American became part of NPG in 2009, after many years as a sister Holtzbrinck organization. My colleagues and I feel privileged to be able to offer our customers the two iconic brands of Nature and Scientific American. We are looking forward to introducing institutional site license access to Scientific American on nature.com later this year, offering the functionality, support, services and interlinking with the NPG portfolio that you have come to expect from us. As we move forward, our goal is to become the authoritative and comprehensive science media group, from consumer to researcher, from London to New York to Tokyo.”
Project Tuva, the new interactive video application developed for Microsoft Research, is featuring Richard Feynman’s 1964 Messenger Lecture Series presented at Cornell University.
If you refer to arXiv very often and need to download citations, you might want to consider Zotero, a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself.
For those who must stay up with ArXive, there is ArXiview, a new iPhone application billed as “a very easy way to surf the last few weeks of arXiv postings.” Developed by Paul Gingsparg then of the Los Alamos Nattional Laboratory and now of Cornell University, arXiv.org provides “Open Access to 534,588 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics.” [04-24-09].
ArXiview was designed by Dave Bacon, a theoretical physicist at the University of Washington, http://dabacon.org/arxiview/
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over 3 million bibliographic citations and abstracts of journal articles, scientific and technical reports, conference papers, books, patents, theses, laws, regulations and standards, and web documents, covering publications in 63 languages; all records include keywords and most have an abstract in English
Includes a unique collection of over 850 000 full-text documents: scientific and technical reports, conference proceedings, patents, theses, and preprints. This “grey” non-conventional literature (NCL) is not easily available from other sources
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<http://www.100hoursofastronomy.org/>, running April 2–5. The focus is a worldwide marathon of amateur astronomers watching the sky, culminating in a star party during the final 24 hours, which coincides with the 3rd annual International Sidewalk Astronomy night. If you have a telescope and know how to use it, get out there! And if you don’t, now’s your chance to find one! Astronomical observatories will be participating via Around the World in 80 Telescopes
which will be a live webcast starting on Mauna Kea (with Gemini, Subaru, UKIRT, Keck, CFHT, SMA, CSO all participating) and then heading west until it gets back around to Lick and Palomar 24 hours later.
Diamonds in the Sky is an original anthology of astronomy science fiction. If you’re looking for free science fiction stories featuring a range of astronomical facts and mind-blowing concepts, you’ve found the right place. This collection was pitched to the National Science Foundation (NSF) as a way of doing some public outreach and as a potential resource for astronomy teachers. Thanks to NSF funding and our contributors, editors, and web designer you can now read Diamonds in the Sky. Enjoy! — Mike Brotherton
A sampling:
In the Autumn of Empire (Jerry Oltion)
The Freshmen Hookup (Wil McCarthy)
Dog Star (Jeffrey A. Carver)
The Physics Research Guide has just been updated. I discovered some physics/astronomy-related resources at Wikibooks that might be helpful supplements to lecture and course textbooks. Be mindful that in the wiki world anyone can edit and contribute to these resources. Use with discernment. Here are a couple examples from the Physics Research Guide:
