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NIFA"/><category term="roving"/><category term="salmon"/><category term="savannah"/><category term="science and film"/><category term="science education"/><category term="sensors"/><category term="sex"/><category term="social insects"/><category term="solar energy"/><category term="statistics"/><category term="subject guides"/><category term="surveillance technology"/><category term="tornados"/><category term="twitter"/><category term="vegetables"/><category term="volunteering"/><category term="weather prediction"/><category term="wildlife"/><category term="workshop"/><category term="xkcd"/><title type='text'>@SEL</title><subtitle type='html'>News and comment on science and on information sources and services for our library patron community, compiled by the librarians at UMass Amherst&#39;s &lt;b&gt;Science and Engineering Library.&lt;/b&gt;</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default?alt=atom'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default?alt=atom&amp;start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Naka Ishii</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11741338378656965281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>236</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15827473.post-7106707952902403214</id><published>2014-11-12T11:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2015-01-02T16:19:40.403-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Google Scholar"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Nature"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="research"/><title type='text'>Interview with Google Scholar co-creator, Anurag Acharya </title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
2. In my instruction sessions with students, I often do a quick poll of how many people
3. use Google Scholar to find articles - the percentage has gone up substantially in recent
4. years, and it makes me wonder about the money we spend on buying
5. access to bibliographic index databases. But that's a discussion for another day.<br />
6. <br />
7. These days, every faculty
8. member and grad student I have asked in individual consultation sessions
9. uses Google Scholar.<br />
10. <br />
11. I'd say most librarians have conflicted feelings about Google
12. Scholar, and this interview doesn't do anything to change that. We still don't know where Google Scholar is looking - or where it is <b><i>not </i></b>looking. But
13. it's interesting to hear from a person who is instrumental in developing
14. something which in ten years has transformed how scholarly research is
15. discovered.<br />
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17. </div>
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19. See also a linked article:<span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div>
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21. <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/how-to-tame-the-flood-of-literature-1.15806" target="_blank"><i>How to tame the flood of literature - Recommendation services claim to help researchers keep up with the most important papers without becoming overwhelmed.</i></a></span></div>
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23. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/feeds/7106707952902403214/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15827473&amp;postID=7106707952902403214' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/7106707952902403214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/7106707952902403214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/2014/11/interview-with-google-scholar-co.html' title='Interview with Google Scholar co-creator, Anurag Acharya '/><author><name>Naka Ishii</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11741338378656965281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15827473.post-36357980227259085</id><published>2014-10-30T10:09:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2014-10-30T10:15:17.411-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Spooky citations!</title><content type='html'>I often like to cover citations and citation management when I teach a class -- it&#39;s an interesting and important part of any scientific conversation and scientific publication, and I like to help folks understand why it&#39;s so important!&lt;br /&gt;
24. <br />
25. This morning, I came across a post on the APA Style Blog* on citing works from the spirit world. Just in time for Halloween!<br />
26. <br />
27. From the 2013 blog post:<br />
28. <br />
29. <blockquote class="tr_bq">
30. Noncorporeal beings have dictated a number of bestsellers, yet they
31. never seem to cash their own royalty checks. For bibliographic purposes,
32. the author is the person through whom the work entered the corporeal
33. realm.</blockquote>
34. <br />
35. So, such a citation would be:<br />
36. <br />
37. <blockquote class="tr_bq">
38. Medium Last Name, Medium First Name. (Year). <i>Title of publication.</i> Location: Publisher.</blockquote>
39. <br />
40. There are also entire subject headings on Spirit Writings (a search of which [search su:Spirt writings. in our catalog] <a href="http://umass.worldcat.org/search?q=su%3ASpirit+writings.&qt=hot_subject" target="_blank">will bring up all sorts of resources from UMass</a> and the Five Colleges!<br />
41. <br />
42. <br />
43. Happy <strike>haunting</strike> searching, little spooks! :-)<br />
44. <br />
45. <br />
46. *APA is the format I know best, so I am biased towards it!<br />
47. <br />
48. References:<br />
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51. Hume-Pratuch, J. (2013, October 31). APA Style Blog: How to Cite Works From the Spirit World. Retrieved October 30, 2014, from <a href="http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2013/10/how-to-cite-works-from-the-spirit-world.html">http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2013/10/how-to-cite-works-from-the-spirit-world.html</a></div>
52. <span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fzotero.org%3A2&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.type=webpage&rft.title=APA%20Style%20Blog%3A%20How%20to%20Cite%20Works%20From%20the%20Spirit%20World&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.apastyle.org%2Fapastyle%2F2013%2F10%2Fhow-to-cite-works-from-the-spirit-world.html&rft.aufirst=Jeff&rft.aulast=Hume-Pratuch&rft.au=Jeff%20Hume-Pratuch&rft.date=2013-10-31"></span></div>
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54. As the librarian working with the Biology Department at UMass Amherst, I am trying something new this semester. Every Wednesday from Noon-1:00pm, I will be in the Biology Computer Resource Center (Room 315 in Morrill III). I hope that students, faculty and staff will stop by with any library-related questions (like how to find an article, database search tips, using RefWorks), or just to say "Hi."</div>
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62. Gary Keogh, New England field office State Statistician, in a blog post from July 2014 on the USDA website, used data from the 2012 U.S. Census of Agriculture to illustrate the rise of community-supported agriculture (highest percentage of farms), and other aspects of Massachusetts' growing agriculture sector.<br />
63. <br />
64. <a href="http://blogs.usda.gov/2014/07/07/massachusetts-agriculture-defies-national-trends/" target="_blank">Massachusetts Agriculture Defies National Trends</a> <br />
65. <br />
66. The <a href="http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/" target="_blank">Census of Agriculture</a> is available to all.<br />
67. <br />
68. <br /></div>
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70. I like the science news site, <i>The Scientist</i>, which, despite it's title is focused on life sciences only.  This week, they have an issue devoted to sex, a hot topic, if you will excuse the pun.<br />
71. <br />
72. <br /></div>
73. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/feeds/4343245996697843715/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15827473&amp;postID=4343245996697843715' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/4343245996697843715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/4343245996697843715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-scientist-issue-on-sex.html' title='&lt;i&gt;The Scientist&lt;/i&gt; Issue on Sex'/><author><name>Naka Ishii</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11741338378656965281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15827473.post-1926344747142999806</id><published>2014-07-10T13:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2014-07-10T13:07:38.440-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bees"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="biodiversity"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="colony collapse disorder"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fresh Air (radio show)"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="honeybees"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Keeping the Bees"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Laurence Packard"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NPR"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pollinators"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="social insects"/><title type='text'>Author of Keeping the Bees, Laurence Packer - NPR interview </title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
74. I heard a<i> Fresh Air</i> <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/07/09/329994522/biologist-says-promoting-diversity-is-key-to-keeping-the-bees" target="_blank">interview</a> with Laurence Packer, entomologist from York University in Toronto, on our local public radio station, and thought it amusing and informative. He was talking about his book, <i>Keeping the Bees: Why All Bees Are at Risk and What We Can Do to Save Them</i> (<a href="http://www.npr.org/books/titles/329994431/keeping-the-bees-why-all-bees-are-at-risk-and-what-we-can-do-to-save-them?tab=excerpt#excerpt" target="_blank">excerpt here</a>). Although that subtitle is somewhat alarmist, he had a refreshingly low-key style. Although he talked about the threats to various crops, he also pointed out that there were many food plants that aren't pollinated by animals, and that we wouldn't immediately starve if all the bees died. He did note that there would be many long-term consequences of lower diversity among pollinators, and that feral honeybee colonies are much rarer than before, having been decimated by various parasites. Much of our focus on colony collapse disorder is focused on domesticated honeybees, but there are many other insects (and other animals) that pollinate.  The key to a healthy ecosystem is keeping high biodiversity.<br />
75. <br />
76. The interviewer, Dave Davies, asked about a number of our more unusual pollinators and the mites that afflict them, and Packer had some stomach-turning examples, which I will leave to your imagination!<br />
77. <br />
78. I have not yet purchased this book for the Libraries' collection, but I will!</div>
79. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/feeds/1926344747142999806/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15827473&amp;postID=1926344747142999806' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/1926344747142999806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/1926344747142999806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/2014/07/author-of-keeping-bees-laurence-packer.html' title='Author of Keeping the Bees, Laurence Packer - NPR interview '/><author><name>Naka Ishii</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11741338378656965281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15827473.post-4526139700889426958</id><published>2014-07-01T14:43:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2014-07-10T13:11:14.923-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="astronomy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Astrophysical Journal Letters"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="moon"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Nature"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Slate.com"/><title type='text'>Two hypotheses for our two-faced moon</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
80. <div style="text-align: center;">
81. <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFullMoon2010.jpg" title="By Gregory H. Revera (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons"><img alt="FullMoon2010" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/FullMoon2010.jpg/512px-FullMoon2010.jpg" width="512" /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />By Gregory H. Revera (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons</span></a></div>
82. <div style="text-align: center;">
83. <br /></div>
84. <div style="text-align: left;">
85. <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our moon has two very different faces: the near side and the far side are quite different from one another. Today, Slate's Phil Plate covers <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/07/01/the_moon_s_two_faces_why_are_they_so_different.html" target="_blank">two hypotheses on just <i>why</i> the two sides of our moon are so different</a>. Definitely check out Plate's quick synopsis of the two hypotheses, and if you are hungry for more, dive in to the two resources he covers!</span></span></div>
86. <blockquote class="tr_bq">
87. <span style="font-size: small;">Hypothesis one comes from Nature: </span><br />
88. <div class="gs_citr" id="gs_cit1" tabindex="0">
89. Jutzi, M., & Asphaug, E. (2011). Forming the lunar farside highlands by accretion of a companion moon. <i>Nature</i>, <i>476</i>(7358), 69-72. <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v476/n7358/abs/nature10289.html">http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v476/n7358/abs/nature10289.html</a></div>
90. </blockquote>
91. <blockquote class="tr_bq">
92. Hypothesis two you'll find via arxiv.org: <br />
93. <div class="gs_citr" id="gs_cit1" tabindex="0">
94. Roy, A., Wright, J. T., & Sigurðsson, S. (2014). Earthshine on a Young Moon: Explaining the Lunar Farside Highlands. <i>The Astrophysical Journal Letters</i>, <i>788</i>(2), L42. <a href="http://arxiv.org/pdf/1406.2020.pdf">http://arxiv.org/pdf/1406.2020.pdf</a></div>
95. </blockquote>
96. If you have any trouble accessing either of these two resources, feel free to <a href="http://libanswers.library.umass.edu/" target="_blank">ask a librarian</a>! We are happy to help you figure out how to get access to all sorts of resources.<br />
97. Happy searching!  </div>
98. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/feeds/4526139700889426958/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15827473&amp;postID=4526139700889426958' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/4526139700889426958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/4526139700889426958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/2014/07/two-hypotheses-for-our-two-faced-moon.html' title='Two hypotheses for our two-faced moon'/><author><name>Thea Atwood</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01101872984882046321</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVIqJUJbKOoMbGtd9gsMnKDJrDY0eV534sWDvD6iBDEO72zPIm1aWu7t_wNm4O1cgj6pZF4hRzJ3MbhHkWpBQm-wB0JdJ0MeUaLpqSARbwTmcxKnjdbg1nVy2cr1YXQ/s1600/*'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15827473.post-494538085551169678</id><published>2013-10-09T18:51:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2013-10-09T18:51:02.561-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="John Bohannon"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Michael Eisen"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NPR"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="open access"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="peer review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Peter Suber"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="predatory publishers"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Randall Monroe"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="scholarly publishing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Science magazine"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="science publishing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="xkcd"/><title type='text'>Science magazine section - &quot;Scientific Communication&quot; - October 4, 2013</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
99. Just in time for <a href="http://scholarworks.umass.edu/oa/" target="_blank">Open Access Week</a> later this month (October 21-25), <i>Science</i> has published a <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/site/special/scicomm/index.xhtml" target="_blank">section on <b>scientific publishing</b></a>, a topic regarding which they surely are <b>not </b>unbiased. <br />
100. <br />
101. I love the <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/site/special/scicomm/infographic.jpg" target="_blank">infographic</a>,  The Rise of Open Access, by Randall Monroe of <i>xkcd </i>fame which claims that new scientific papers are published at an accelerating rate, currently about one every 20 seconds, and that since 2011, half of new papers are open access. That part of the article comes from an <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/341/6148/830.full" target="_blank">article by Jocelyn Kaiser</a> in another issue of <i>Science </i>(<span style="font-size: x-small;"><cite>DOI:
102.                     <span class="slug-doi" title="10.1126/science.341.6148.830">10.1126/science.341.6148.830</span></cite></span>).<br />
103. <br />
104. There are other worthy pieces in this section, but the one that got my goat was a piece by John Bohannon, "Who's Afraid of Peer Review", an account of his sting operation, sending a scam article to a large number of open access journals to see which of them would catch its problems in their peer review systems. He made some valid points, but overall, I think the project was flawed by not including non-open access journals. The inferences drawn by him and others (see/hear <a href="http://www.npr.org/2013/10/04/229103215/open-access-journals-hit-by-journalists-sting" target="_blank">the report on NPR</a>) make it seem like the problems arise from open access rather than from poor peer review. Other bloggers  have written more articulate posts about the shortcomings (see <a href="https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/CRHeCAtQqGq" target="_blank">Peter Suber's</a> or <a href="http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=1439" target="_blank">Michael Eisen's</a>).  <br />
105. <br />
106. Science is hosting a <a href="http://news.sciencemag.org/scientific-community/2013/10/live-chat-exploring-wild-west-open-access" target="_blank">live chat session</a> on this issue with the article's author and several others including Eisen, on Thursday, Oct 10, 2013 at 3pm EDT.</div>
107. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/feeds/494538085551169678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15827473&amp;postID=494538085551169678' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/494538085551169678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/494538085551169678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/2013/10/science-magazine-section-scientific.html' title='&lt;i&gt;Science&lt;/i&gt; magazine section - &quot;Scientific Communication&quot; - October 4, 2013'/><author><name>Naka Ishii</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11741338378656965281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15827473.post-1735628846046579930</id><published>2013-05-03T12:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2013-05-03T13:30:00.587-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="biomimetics"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="compound eyes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="National Geographic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="surveillance technology"/><title type='text'>A camera that sees like an insect</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
108. Here's in interesting use for low-res optics designed to imitate compound eyes.  Biomimetics in action!<br />
109. <br />
110. <a href="http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/02/insect-eye-digital-camera-sees-what-you-just-did/#.UYPiwg99j9I.blogger">Insect-Eye Digital Camera Sees What You Just Did</a><br />
111. <br />
112. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
113. <a href="http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/files/2013/04/Fly-Eye-camera.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="125" src="http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/files/2013/04/Fly-Eye-camera.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
114. from National Geographic Magazine - Phenomena</div>
115. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/feeds/1735628846046579930/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15827473&amp;postID=1735628846046579930' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/1735628846046579930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/1735628846046579930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-camera-that-sees-like-insect.html' title='A camera that sees like an insect'/><author><name>Naka Ishii</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11741338378656965281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15827473.post-144685679393714412</id><published>2012-11-09T13:19:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2014-06-18T15:25:10.180-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="climate change"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Climate System Research Center"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Condron"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Geosciences"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="PNAS"/><title type='text'>From In the Loop: &quot;Climate modeler identifies trigger for Earth’s last big freeze&quot;</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
116. Alan Condron, a Research Assistant Professor in Geosciences at UMass Amherst, and his collaborator, Peter Winsor from University of Alaska Fairbanks, have published an article in  the current issue of <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</i>. Using a new model, they propose a theory about how the meltwaters from the Laurentide Ice sheet, 12,000 years ago, are likely to have triggered the <a href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/abrupt/data4.html" target="_blank">Younger Dryas</a>, an abrupt cooling of the northern hemisphere, which interrupted a warming trend, coming out of a period of glaciation.<br />
117. <blockquote class="tr_bq">
118. “This episode was the last time the Earth underwent a major cooling, so
119. understanding exactly what caused it is very important for understanding
120. how our modern-day climate might change in the future,” says Condron of
121. the Climate System Research Center.</blockquote>
122. <blockquote class="tr_bq">
123. ... “Our results are particularly relevant for how we model the melting of
124. the Greenland and Antarctic Ice sheets now and in the future. “It is
125. apparent from our results that climate scientists are artificially
126. introducing fresh water into their models over large parts of the ocean
127. that freshwater would never have reached. In addition, our work points
128. to the Arctic as a primary trigger for climate change. This is
129. especially relevant considering the rapid changes that have been
130. occurring in this region in the last 10 years.”</blockquote>
131.  See more details on <a href="http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/umass-amherst-climate-modeler-identifies-trigger-earth%E2%80%99s-last-big-freeze" target="_blank">this story in the campus <i>In the Loop</i></a> , Tuesday, November 6.<br />
132. <br />
133. The full text of the original research article, "<span class="cit-title">Meltwater routing and the Younger Dryas"<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="cit-sep"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"></span></span><span class="cit-doi"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/10/31/1207381109.short?rss=1" target="_blank"><span class="cit-sep" style="color: black;">doi:</span>10.1073/pnas.1207381109</a><i> </i></span></span></span><cite><a href="http://doi:10.1073/pnas.1207381109%20" target="_blank"><span class="cit-doi"></span></a></cite> is available to the UMass Amherst community through the DOI link.</div>
134. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/feeds/144685679393714412/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15827473&amp;postID=144685679393714412' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/144685679393714412'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/144685679393714412'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/2012/11/from-in-loop-climate-modeler-identifies.html' title='From &lt;i&gt;In the Loop:&lt;/i&gt; &quot;Climate modeler identifies trigger for Earth’s last big freeze&quot;'/><author><name>Naka Ishii</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11741338378656965281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15827473.post-1854647617479868765</id><published>2012-11-08T15:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-11-09T13:37:13.473-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="animal behavior"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="birds"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Current Biology"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Nature"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="parasitism"/><title type='text'>Prenatal learning in wrens - mind-boggling!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
135. The title of this news article in <i>Nature</i>, 8 November, "<a href="http://www.nature.com/news/wrens-teach-their-eggs-to-sing-1.11779" target="_blank">Wrens teach their eggs to sing</a>" is a little misleading - <a href="http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=DAC72D0793DE01AD" target="_blank">Superb Fairywren</a> (<i>Malurus cyaneus</i>) mothers are teaching their offspring to make a specific begging call that allows them to distinguish between their chicks and cuckoo hatchlings.  They start calling to the eggs about 10 days before they hatch, and the hatchlings must make this call in order to be fed.  Apparently, cuckoo eggs hatch earlier than those of the wrens, but they aren't capable of learning the call in time.  The cuckoo nestling will push unhatched wren eggs out of the nest. This 'secret password' mechanism allows the parents to waste less time feeding a chick that isn't their own; they will abandon the lone cuckoo chick to start on another brood.<br />
136. <br />
137. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: right;"><tbody>
138. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Malurus_cyaneus_PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Superb Fairywren photo from Wikimedia Commons by JJ Harrison" border="0" height="256" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Malurus_cyaneus_PM.jpg" title="Superb Fairywren photo from Wikimedia Commons by JJ Harrison" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
139. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) photo by JJ Harrison</span> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Malurus_cyaneus_PM.jpg</span></span></td></tr>
140. </tbody></table>
141. The finding was discovered by accident by researchers at Flinders University in Adelaide by Sonia Kleindorfer's team.<br />
142. <blockquote class="tr_bq">
143. They were recording inside the birds' domed nests in search of
144. anti-predator calls when they noticed that female fairy-wrens were
145. singing to their unhatched eggs.  When Kleindorfer and her team analysed recordings made over the full
146. nesting cycle, they found that the wren nestlings in a given nest all
147. had the same begging call, which was <span style="color: red;">unique to their nest</span>. [My emphasis] That call
148. contained a signature element present in the call the mothers had made
149. while incubating the eggs, and in the call she used to solicit food from
150. the father. When the researchers broadcast a foreign nestling call at
151. the nests, both the female and male adult birds refused to feed the
152. chicks.              
153.                  
154. </blockquote>
155. <div class="audio-player audio-player-left">
156. </div>
157. Cross-fostering the wren eggs, i.e.,  switching the eggs in the nest with the eggs of another wren pair before the parents started making the calls, showed that the specific call was learned, not genetic. The system isn't perfect, though. One cuckoo species,  is always identified by the wrens, but another succeeds in finding the right password call some of the time. "Kleindorfer says there is evidence that, in the latter species, the
158. cuckoo nestlings attempt to guess the password by trying out different
159. calls."<br />
160. <br />
161. I have always found it amazing that parents of parasitized species don't recognize the cuckoo chicks as intruders without a mechanism like this.  Other species, such as cowbirds have the habit of parasitizing other species's nests. <br />
162. <br />
163. The original research was published as a report in <i>Current Biology</i>, [in press, corrected proof, at this time] "Embryonic Learning of Vocal Passwords in Superb Fairy-Wrens Reveals Intruder Cuckoo Nestlings" http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.025<br />
164. <br />
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170. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/feeds/1854647617479868765/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15827473&amp;postID=1854647617479868765' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/1854647617479868765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/1854647617479868765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/2012/11/prenatal-learning-in-wrens-mind-boggling.html' title='Prenatal learning in wrens - mind-boggling!'/><author><name>Naka Ishii</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11741338378656965281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15827473.post-3316984839842144674</id><published>2012-10-26T17:04:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2012-10-26T17:22:48.509-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Charles Darwin"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="epigenetics"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genetics"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Jean-Baptiste Lamarck"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="lncRNA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The Scientist"/><title type='text'>&quot;Lamarck and the Missing Lnc&quot; - from The Scientist</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
171. Nice overview by Kevin B. Morris in the cover story of <i>The Scientist, </i><a href="http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/32637/title/Lamarck-and-the-Missing-Lnc/" target="_blank">Lamarck and the Missing Lnc</a>,<i> </i>of the work in epigenetics which is challenging the basic tenet of evolution that random mutation is the only source of change in genetics.<br />
172. <br />
173. As I understand it, serious challenges to an individual's survival may cause heritable changes in the ability of the DNA to express particular regions of the genetic code.  "Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are transcripts generally expressed from
174. regions of 'junk' DNA that are not thought to code for proteins" but now it seems they may be controlling the expression of the genes, controlling when and how much of a particular protein is produced by the cell.  Suppression of the expression caused by an environmental challenge may be heritable.<br />
175. (See images <a href="http://photos.the-scientist.com/legacyArticleImages/2012/10/10_12_Epigenetics01_1000px.jpg" target="_blank">1: The Epigenetic LNC</a>, <a href="http://photos.the-scientist.com/legacyArticleImages/2012/10/10_12_Epigenetics02_640px.jpg" target="_blank">2: A Mechanism for a Targeted Change</a>, and <a href="http://photos.the-scientist.com/legacyArticleImages/2012/10/10_12_Epigenetics03_640px.jpg" target="_blank">3: Directing Evolution</a>) <br />
176. <br />
177. Back in the dawn of genetics, Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de la Marck, often known simply as Lamarck, theorized that traits formed in an individual's life would then be passed on to it's offspring; for example, a giraffe could develop a long neck because it stretched it reaching for forage up high, and their offspring would inherit longer necks as a result. Lamarck's theory has been a prime example of a thoroughly de-bunked scientific theory for decades.<br />
178. <br />
179. These developments don't exactly support Lamarck's theory, but there is more than a whiff of Lamarckism about them.  And, there do seem to be holes in the strict Darwinism  now.  Exciting times!<br />
180. <br /></div>
181. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/feeds/3316984839842144674/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15827473&amp;postID=3316984839842144674' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/3316984839842144674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/3316984839842144674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/2012/10/lamarck-and-missing-lnc.html' title='&quot;Lamarck and the Missing Lnc&quot; - from &lt;i&gt;The Scientist&lt;/i&gt;'/><author><name>Naka Ishii</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11741338378656965281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15827473.post-2465479346668408645</id><published>2012-08-13T16:52:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2012-08-13T16:54:47.363-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="funder mandates"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="open access"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="peer review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="science publishing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The Scientist"/><title type='text'>&quot;Whither Science Publishing?&quot; in The Scientist</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
182. <i>The Scientist</i> has an <a href="http://the-scientist.com/2012/08/01/whither-science-publishing/" target="_blank">issue</a> focusing on science publishing, it's problems, strengths, and future.  This includes discussion of open access publishing, peer review, funder mandates, etc., and it polls a wide range of opinion.<br />
183. <br />
184. <img alt="08_12_Cover_web_200x247" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" height="247" src="http://the-scientist.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/08_12_Cover_web_200x247.jpg" width="200" /></div>
185. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/feeds/2465479346668408645/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15827473&amp;postID=2465479346668408645' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/2465479346668408645'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/2465479346668408645'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/2012/08/whither-science-publishing-in-scientist.html' title='&quot;Whither Science Publishing?&quot; in &lt;i&gt;The Scientist&lt;/i&gt;'/><author><name>Naka Ishii</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11741338378656965281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15827473.post-2580890288300097444</id><published>2012-06-06T17:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2012-06-06T17:49:51.890-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="data citation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="data life cycle"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="data management"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Digital Curation Center (UK)"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="research"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="research funding"/><title type='text'>Data Curation Centre - DCC UK does it right!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
186. Nice &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dcc.ac.uk/news/managing-research-data-video&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;video, Managing Research Data,&lt;/a&gt; explaining what the DCC does, and why it&#39;s important.&amp;nbsp; Looks like the Brits are way ahead of us in this arena.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/feeds/2580890288300097444/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15827473&amp;postID=2580890288300097444' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/2580890288300097444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/2580890288300097444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/2012/06/data-curation-centre-dcc-uk-does-it.html' title='Data Curation Centre - DCC UK does it right!'/><author><name>Naka Ishii</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11741338378656965281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15827473.post-833945639714569581</id><published>2012-06-01T16:55:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2012-11-09T13:53:10.704-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="data citation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="data life cycle"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="data management"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="librarians"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Linked Open Data"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NIH"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NSF Data Management Plans mandate"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Semantic Web"/><title type='text'>PLoS Biology highlights article on Data Management Literacy</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
187. <div href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text" rel="dc:type" style="text-align: left;">
188.  
189. <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001339" target="_blank">Dealing with Data: A Case Study on Information and Data Management Literacy</a>, an article in the Community section of the PLoS Biology website, discusses the changes in data management compelled by the deluge of data, and the recognition that it was not being managed rationally or well.</span></div>
190. <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;">
191. <div href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text" rel="dc:type">
192.  
193. <span style="font-size: small;">In an era of Linked Open Data and the Semantic Web <a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001339#pbio.1001339-Bizer1">[10]</a>,
194. research today comprises information in many forms: blogs, tweets,
195. database entries, and grant reports that could be made available as
196. Linked Data. The launch of new initiatives to accelerate publication and
197. use of new and emerging technologies to enable improved data
198. presentation <a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001339#pbio.1001339-Wellcome1">[11]</a> has spurred further conversations about enabling data-driven “publications” whereby the data itself is cited <a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001339#pbio.1001339-Goble1">[12]</a>.
199. Further, it has been suggested that publications should be evaluated
200. based on whether they have enriched content to provide interactivity,
201. available datasets, and machine-readable metadata <a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001339#pbio.1001339-Shotton1">[13]</a>.</span></div>
202. </blockquote>
203. <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;">
204. ...Scientists today need to rely on data management not just at the end of a
205. project, but during its whole life cycle. Thus, it's imperative that we
206. develop the tools to handle data effectively and efficiently as we
207. continue to consume and generate it. As a step towards facilitating
208. quality data management practices, NIH has recently announced support
209. for informationists to work on currently funded research grants <a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001339#pbio.1001339-NIH2">[16]</a>.</blockquote>
210. <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;">
211. ... Libraries are an under-recognized resource in the field of data and
212. information literacy. Librarians have increasingly become experts in
213. data management because of their combined knowledge of new data sharing
214. standards, information science, and the Semantic Web <a href="http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001339#pbio.1001339-Association1">[24]</a>.
215. For instance, the eagle-i curation team consists of Semantic Web
216. experts, ontologists, librarians, and domain curators. Information
217. literacy has always been a topic of interest to research librarians, and
218. it is natural that their role is expanding to include topics
219. surrounding data curation and access.  </blockquote>
220. <br />
221. <br />
222. <br />
223. <br />
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225. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/feeds/833945639714569581/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15827473&amp;postID=833945639714569581' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/833945639714569581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/833945639714569581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/2012/06/plos-biology-highlights-article-on-data.html' title='PLoS Biology highlights article on Data Management Literacy'/><author><name>Naka Ishii</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11741338378656965281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15827473.post-6702763053583709472</id><published>2012-05-29T16:43:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2012-05-29T16:43:46.765-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="astronomy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="biology"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chemistry"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Discipline-Based Education Research"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="engineering"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Geosciences"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="National Academies"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="physics"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="science education"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="undergraduate education"/><title type='text'>Nat&#39;l Academies Pre-print Report on Discipline-Based Education Research</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
226. This 270 page "synthesis study" collects the literature and assesses research on approaches to undergraduate science education.  I haven't read the report, just skimmed the 19-page Executive Summary. <br />
227. <br />
228. Most reports by the National Academies can be read online for free, including <a href="http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13362&utm_medium=etmail&utm_source=The%20National%20Academies%20Press&utm_campaign=NAP+mail+new+5.29.12+B&utm_content=&utm_term=" target="_blank">this one.</a>  From the Exec. Summ.:<br />
229. <blockquote class="tr_bq">
230. DBER scholars have devoted considerable attention to effective instructional strategies and to students’ conceptual understanding, problem solving, and use of representations. Key findings from DBER are consistent with cognitive science research and studies in K-12 education.<br />
231. <br />To gain expertise in science and engineering, students must learn the knowledge, techniques, and standards of each field. However, across the disciplines, the committee found that students have incorrect understandings about fundamental concepts, particularly those that involve very large or very small temporal and spatial scales. Moreover, as novices in a domain, students are challenged by important aspects of the domain that can seem easy or obvious to experts, such as problem solving and understanding domain-specific representations like graphs,<br />models, and simulations. These challenges pose serious impediments to learning.<br />
232. <br />DBER clearly shows that research-based instructional strategies are more effective than traditional lecture in improving conceptual knowledge and attitudes about learning. Effective instruction involves a range of approaches, including making lectures more interactive, having students work in groups, and incorporating authentic problems and activities.<br /><br />
233. To enhance DBER’s contributions to the understanding of undergraduate science and engineering education, the committee recommended:<br />
234. <ul style="text-align: left;">
235. <li>Research that explores similarities and differences among different student<br />populations.</li>
236. <li>Longitudinal studies—including studies of the K-12/undergraduate transition— to better understand the acquisition of important concepts and factors influencing retention.</li>
237. <li>More studies that measure outcomes other than test scores and course performance, and better instruments to measure these outcomes.</li>
238. <li> Interdisciplinary studies of cross-cutting concepts and cognitive processes.</li>
239. </ul>
240. </blockquote>
241. &lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/feeds/6702763053583709472/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15827473&amp;postID=6702763053583709472' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/6702763053583709472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/6702763053583709472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/2012/05/natl-academies-pre-print-report-on.html' title='Nat&#39;l Academies Pre-print Report on Discipline-Based Education Research'/><author><name>Naka Ishii</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11741338378656965281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15827473.post-7769712986628151972</id><published>2012-05-01T17:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2012-05-01T17:09:19.325-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ethylene"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fruit"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="MIT"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nanotechnology"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="post-harvest physiology"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sensors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The Scientist"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vegetables"/><title type='text'>Inexpensive ethylene sensor reported</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
242. <div style="text-align: left;">
243. Megan Scudellari reported in <i>The Scientist</i> on April 30 in "<a href="http://the-scientist.com/2012/04/30/sensor-measures-produce-ripeness/" target="_blank">Sensor Measures Produce Ripeness</a>," on a 25 cent ethylene sensor developed by chemists at MIT that could help grocers and shippers gauge the ripeness of fruits and vegetables.<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"> </span></b></span></div>
244. <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;">
245. <span style="font-size: small;">The sensor, described April 19 in the journal <i><a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201201042/abstract">Angewandte Chemie</a></i> <i>[International Edition]</i>,
246. is made of an array of tens of thousands of carbon nanotubes modified
247. with copper atoms, which bind ethylene and allow scientists to measure
248. the amount of gas present. The researchers successfully tested their
249. sensors on bananas, avocados, apples, pears, and oranges, accurately
250. determining their ripeness.</span><br />
251. <span style="font-size: small;"></span></blockquote>
252. <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: left;">
253. <span style="font-size: small;">The inexpensive devices could someday be attached to cardboard boxes
254. of produce and scanned with a handheld device to reveal the contents’
255. ripeness, said [MIT's Timothy] Swager. Then, grocers would know when to put items on
256. sale before they get too ripe.</span></blockquote>
257. If you are a member of the University of Massachusetts Amherst community, you can read the <i>Angewandte Chemie</i> article using the library's subscription.<br />
258. <ul style="text-align: left;">
259. <li>On campus, use <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201201042/pdf" target="_blank">this link</a>.  </li>
260. <li>Off campus, use <a href="http://sfxhosted.exlibrisgroup.com/umass?ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&ctx_id=10_1&ctx_tim=2012-05-01T15%3A47%3A13CDT&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsfxit.com%3Acitation&rft.genre=article&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1002%2Fanie.201201042&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Aarticle&sfx.title_search=contains&url_ctx_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&url_ver=Z39.88-2004" target="_blank">this link</a> - you will need to authenticate yourself using an OIT username and password, and navigate to the full text of the article.</li>
261. </ul>
262. <br />
263. As a past student of post-harvest physiology, I suspect this device could be a real boon to the industry and the consumer, and result in much less wasted produce.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/feeds/7769712986628151972/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15827473&amp;postID=7769712986628151972' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/7769712986628151972'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/7769712986628151972'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/2012/05/inexpensive-ethylene-sensor-reported.html' title='Inexpensive ethylene sensor reported'/><author><name>Naka Ishii</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11741338378656965281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15827473.post-2456141650306133210</id><published>2012-04-06T16:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2012-04-06T16:03:29.609-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bears"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Morning Edition (NPR)"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NPR"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="western Massachusetts"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wildlife"/><title type='text'>...and, NPR story on Bears in Northampton, MA</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
264. Local story goes <a href="http://local%20story%20goes%20national./" target="_blank">national</a>.<br />
265. <br />
266. Apparently, some people in Northampton don't realize that feeding wild bears is a bad idea.<br />
267. <blockquote class="tr_bq">
268. Wildlife officials are pushing for a city law to make feeding bears
269. illegal, so they'd have little reason to leave their natural habitat.
270. The problem is, mother bears have already taught their cubs that
271. chomping on discarded pizza crusts is a lot easier than picking berries
272. in the woods. For the next generation of bears, this may actually be
273. their natural habitat.</blockquote>
274. Another &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/annual_northampton_bear_invasi.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;angle &lt;/a&gt;from Masslive.com, with a link to the abc40 news segment.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/feeds/2456141650306133210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15827473&amp;postID=2456141650306133210' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/2456141650306133210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/2456141650306133210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/2012/04/and-npr-story-on-bears-in-northampton.html' title='...and, NPR story on Bears in Northampton, MA'/><author><name>Naka Ishii</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11741338378656965281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15827473.post-9216895168669565024</id><published>2012-04-06T14:35:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2012-04-06T14:39:10.337-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="CASA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="dry adhesives"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="engineering"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="geckos"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="geckskin"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="tornados"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="UMass faculty"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="UMass research"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="weather prediction"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="WFCR"/><title type='text'>Two UMA Science stories (Center for CASA and Geckskin) on WFCR</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
275. This morning, on the local public radio station, WFCR, in their <a href="http://www.nepr.net/news/morning-edition-extra-april-6th-2012" target="_blank">Morning Edition Extra segment</a>, the first two stories spotlighted useful scientific research at UMass Amherst.<br />
276. <br />
277. The first was a piece on the work at a new Engineering Research Center, CASA, or, <a href="http://www.research.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop;jsessionid=1tcxTHvBGX9yl5vkQchTJc3JL53Tbhykn97JmKlVp7zs1tGvT8Gq%211211851823%21-5744249?_nfpb=true&_windowLabel=researchAssets_1_1&_urlType=action&researchAssets_1_1_action=selectAssetDetail&researchAssets_1_1_id=%2FresearchGov%2FResearchAsset%2FPublicAffairs%2FCollaborativeAdaptiveSensingoftheAtmosphereEngineeringResearchCenter.html" target="_blank">Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere</a>. David McLaughlin, associate dean of the School of Engineering, described the next generation of weather doppler to help speed up severe weather warnings. Currently, there is an average of 12 minutes between warning being issued and tornado striking, and 80% are false alarms. Solution is to use a higher number of lower and smaller radar installations, networked, like cell phone networks. Finer resolution should result. <br />
278. <br />
279. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
280. <a href="http://www.umass.edu/loop/images/upload/149588/Tokay%20gecko.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.umass.edu/loop/images/upload/149588/Tokay%20gecko.JPG" /></a></div>
281. This segment was followed by another on a UMass Amherst interdisciplinary team working on developing dry adhesives. As discussed in an interview with biologist  Duncan Irschick and polymer scientist Al Crosby, they have looked to the gecko for inspiration.&amp;nbsp; Their work has produced an adhesive which will allow heavy loads to hang from smooth walls, and removing the load from the wall easily and quietly.&amp;nbsp; Geckskin&#39;s commercial applications could be myriad; military uses are also likely.&amp;nbsp; More info &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.umass.edu/loop/talkingpoints/articles/149588.php&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/feeds/9216895168669565024/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15827473&amp;postID=9216895168669565024' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/9216895168669565024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/9216895168669565024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/2012/04/two-uma-science-stories-center-for-casa.html' title='Two UMA Science stories (Center for CASA and Geckskin) on WFCR'/><author><name>Naka Ishii</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11741338378656965281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15827473.post-3202211262322074159</id><published>2012-02-07T14:33:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2012-04-06T16:07:23.873-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Elsevier"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="open access"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="scholarly publishing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The Cost of Knowledge petition"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The Scientist"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Tim Gowers"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Tyler Neylon"/><title type='text'>Petition to boycott Elsevier journals up to [nearly] 4500 signatures</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
282. Elsevier, a scientific publisher, has recently raised the ire of scientists and mathematicians (and librarians) concerned about the rise in journal prices, business practices, and lobbying stances taken by academic publishers.<br />
283. <br />
284. Well-known mathematician, Tim Gowers, in a piece on his <a href="http://gowers.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><i>Gowers’s Weblog</i></a>, was the proximate cause of the latest campaign in reaction to these issues.  He took a stand on Elsevier's practices and positions, namely, the high cost of their journals, the bundling many journals in packages for academic libraries, their 'ruthless' reactions when libraries object to this practice, and their support for the Research Works Act (which would discourage the open access publishing movement) and SOPA and PIPA.  That a prominent mathematician would publicly proclaim his refusal to publish in, or engage in reviewing or editing Elsevier journals caught the attention of the scientific community. It inspired Tyler Neylon to put up an online petition, <a href="http://thecostofknowledge.com/" target="_blank">The Cost of Knowledge</a>, where scientists could register their commitment to boycott Elsevier in those specific ways.<br />
285. <br />
286. In the time it has taken me to write these words, the number of signatories went from 4479 to 4492.  I will check one more time before I finish this post.<br />
287. <br />
288. Elsevier, naturally, doesn't  agree with Mr. Gower.  A <a href="http://the-scientist.com/2012/02/07/occupy-elsevier/" target="_blank">piece in <i>The Scientist</i></a> outlines their position - it didn't make a lot of sense to me, so I will leave it to my readers to judge for themselves.  I hasten to add that Elsevier is merely one of the scholarly publishers with these issues, albeit one with the highest priced journals.  It's a complex market/situation/issue.  I wouldn't recommend the Wikipedia article on this topic (Serials Crisis) as it currently stands. If you would like to know more about it, please contact <a href="mailto:nishii@library.umass.edu" target="_blank">me</a>.<br />
289. <br />
290. Librarians have been shouting about these issues for a long time - we are on the front line in the struggle to provide access to the academic literature. One could say that we have done such a good job that the problem was obscured to most people - they could get the stuff they needed, so why would they complain? One of the points that Elsevier does not address in <i>The Scientist</i> piece is that the rate of inflation for academic journals  overall has been about 8% per year - much higher than nearly everything else in the economy, including the rise in tuition and fees to students, or academic salaries.  (I've been looking for reasonable sources for this contention but I can't lay my hands on it right now - will provide later.) It has occurred to me that  perhaps commercial publishers are milking the situation as hard as they can now because they see the writing on the wall, so to speak - their cash cow is nearly spent.<br />
291. <br />
292. Tim Gowers's blog is thoughtful - he had no intention of starting a movement, and he is moving on to looking for alternatives to Elsvier.  I particularly liked reading his post "<a href="http://gowers.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/whats-wrong-with-electronic-journals/#more-3940" target="_blank">What's wrong with electronic journals</a>."<br />
293. <br />
294. The petition just went over 4500.<br />
295. <div style="color: #cc0000;">
296. Note: 9 Feb they are approaching 5000 signers.<br />
297. 6 April, approaching 9000</div>
298. &lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/feeds/3202211262322074159/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15827473&amp;postID=3202211262322074159' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/3202211262322074159'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/3202211262322074159'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/2012/02/petition-to-boycott-elsevier-journals.html' title='Petition to boycott Elsevier journals up to [nearly] 4500 signatures'/><author><name>Naka Ishii</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11741338378656965281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15827473.post-4329441654671278137</id><published>2012-01-03T13:45:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-03T13:49:19.661-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="future of the library"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="liaison librarians"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="library"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="MIT"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="open access"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="videos"/><title type='text'>Reinventing the Research Library: The MIT Libraries in the 21st Century</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
299. I was looking at the videos MIT Libraries have posted, and this one caught my eye. It's on the long side (8+ min) but nicely done.  Of particular note to me, starting at about 5:46, they discuss MIT's commitment to open access - as far as is possible, <i>all </i>articles published by MIT faculty are also housed in their archives, and available to anyone with internet access. The Institute Archive is part of the Libraries.<br />
300. <br />
301. Video: &lt;a href=&quot;http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/mitlibraries/videos/10837-reinventing-the-research-library-the-mit-libraries-in-the-21st-century&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Reinventing the Research Library&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/feeds/4329441654671278137/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15827473&amp;postID=4329441654671278137' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/4329441654671278137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/4329441654671278137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/2012/01/reinventing-research-library-mit.html' title='Reinventing the Research Library: The MIT Libraries in the 21st Century'/><author><name>Naka Ishii</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11741338378656965281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15827473.post-5117306784026970447</id><published>2011-12-29T11:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-29T11:57:35.430-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bioelectronics"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bioenergy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="biofilms"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Geobacter"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lovley"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Microbiology"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="remediation"/><title type='text'>Derek Lovley Perspective article in Energy &amp; Environmental Science</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
302. UMass Amherst researcher Derek Lovley recently had a Perspective article, "<a href="http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2011/ee/c1ee02229f#.TvyRbeTvrV4.blogger">Live wires: direct extracellular electron exchange for bioenergy and the bioremediation of energy-related contamination</a>," published in <i>Energy and Environmental Science</i>. He studies the genus <i>Geobacter</i>, microorganisms with the ability to directly transfer electrons outside the cell. This article is an overview of their potential roles in both the sustainable production of energy and the remediation of environmental pollution, as well as raising the idea of applications in "the emerging field of bioelectronics." From the article's <i>Broader context</i> sidebar: <br />
303. <blockquote class="tr_bq">
304. Novel biological processes are a potential source of solutions for the need for new, sustainable energy strategies and the necessity of dealing with the legacy of environmental contamination associated with more traditional energy sources. The genomes of the microbial world encode a vast metabolic potential, which for the most part is poorly understood, but may provide some help for energy needs. This perspective gives a quick primer on the basic principles of direct extracellular electron transfer, a relatively recently discovered form of microbial respiration, and summarizes how continuing developments in the study of this one form of microbial respiration has led to a number of new concepts for bioenergy and the restoration of environments contaminated as the result of energy-related activities.</blockquote>
305. &lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/feeds/5117306784026970447/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15827473&amp;postID=5117306784026970447' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/5117306784026970447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/5117306784026970447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/2011/12/derek-lovley-perspective-article-in.html' title='Derek Lovley Perspective article in Energy &amp; Environmental Science'/><author><name>Naka Ishii</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11741338378656965281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15827473.post-4041496865688999373</id><published>2011-12-09T14:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-29T11:54:39.687-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Environmental Conservation dept"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fisheries"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lutcavage"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="marine science"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="UMass faculty"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="UMass research"/><title type='text'>UMass, state plan world class ocean research lab in Gloucester</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
306. <br />
307. <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/12/08/umass_state_plan_world_class_ocean_research_lab_in_gloucester/" target="_blank">Article</a> in the online Boston Globe - and UMass also has a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CPKF5v7NW4">video</a> on YouTube about reopening this research station.<br />
308. <br />
309. <br />
310. UMass Researcher Herb Hultin used to work at this station; the library sent many articles there before he passed away in 2007.<br />
311. <br />
312. Congratulations to&amp;nbsp; Professor Molly Lutcavage&amp;nbsp; on her success!&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/feeds/4041496865688999373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15827473&amp;postID=4041496865688999373' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/4041496865688999373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/4041496865688999373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/2011/12/umass-state-plan-world-class-ocean.html' title='UMass, state plan world class ocean research lab in Gloucester'/><author><name>Naka Ishii</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11741338378656965281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15827473.post-133455131947836514</id><published>2011-11-29T14:13:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-29T14:18:01.625-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="earth"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NASA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="videos"/><title type='text'>Video of earth from 350 miles up</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
313. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
314. <br /></div>
315. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/32001208?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="400"></iframe><br />
316. <a href="http://vimeo.com/32001208">Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/michaelkoenig">Michael König</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
317. I particularly love the lightning flashes and the views of the aurorae.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/feeds/133455131947836514/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15827473&amp;postID=133455131947836514' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/133455131947836514'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15827473/posts/default/133455131947836514'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://scilibupdate.blogspot.com/2011/11/video-of-earth-from-350-miles-up.html' title='Video of earth from 350 miles up'/><author><name>Naka Ishii</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11741338378656965281</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15827473.post-8943633118799704224</id><published>2011-09-23T21:39:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-23T21:47:51.548-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="animal behavior"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="birds"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Jeff Podos"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="science and film"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="UMass faculty"/><title type='text'>Science on Screen @ Amherst Cinema - Jeff Podos on bird song, and Hitchcock&#39;s The Birds</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
318. Amherst Cinema's newest film series, <a href="http://amherstcinema.org/films-and-events/science-screen-series">Science on Screen</a>, will feature a speaker on a science subject and a related film.  First up is UMass biology professor, Jeff Podos, and <i>The Birds</i> by Alfred Hitchcock.  See website for full details.</div>
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