Physical Sciences & Engineering Blog

Park, Sangmoon; Lee, Yongjae; Vogt, Thomas
Non-superconducting Na0.3CoO2 center dot 2H(2)O
SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS 148 (7-8): 271-273 NOV 2008

King, George S., III; Avignone, Frank T., III; Cox, Christopher E.; Hossbach, Todd W.; Jennings, Wayne; Reeves, James H.
Fabrication and performance tests of a segmented p-type HPGe detector
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT 595 (3): 599-604 OCT 11 2008

Tan, Jinzhu; Chao, Y. J.; Yang, Min; Williams, C. T.; Van Zee, J. W.
Degradation Characteristics of Elastomeric Gasket Materials in a Simulated PEM Fuel Cell Environment
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND PERFORMANCE 17 (6): 785-792 DEC 2008

Jimenez, A.; Zhang, J.; Matthews, M. A.
Evaluation Of CO2-Based Cold Sterilization of a Model Hydrogel
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING 101 (6): 1344-1352 DEC 15 2008

This Spring University Libraries will be offering a special section of Library 100 - Information Literacy just for undergraduate students in the sciences, mathematics, and technology.

Library 100 covers how to find, evaluate, and use information effectively and efficiently (read: do it well and do it quickly).  The class meets twice a week for 50 minute sessions and is over by Spring Break.

For more information, click here.  Register for LIBR 100 through VIP.  There are only two sections being offered and section 002 is reserved just for students in SciTech majors.

Here are the most downloaded articles from Science Direct for July - September 2008.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
SnapShot: Hematopoiesis
Cell, Volume 132, Issue 4, Pages 712.e1-712.e2
Orkin, S.H.; Zon, L.I.

Mathematics
Tachyonic @c -ray wideband of an ultra-relativistic electron plasma: Spectral fitting with Fermi power-law densities
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Volume 387, Issue 14, Pages 3480-3494
Tomaschitz, R.

Physics and Astronomy
Raman spectroscopy investigation of partially filled skutterudite
Chemical Physics Letters, Volume 347, Issue 4-6, Pages 373-377
Li, L.X.; Liu, H.; Wang, J.Y.; Hu, X.B.; Zhao, S.R.; Jiang, H.D.; Huang, Q.J.; Wang, H.H.; Li, Z.F.

Chemistry
Polymer nanotechnology: Nanocomposites
Polymer, Volume 49, Issue 15, Pages 3187-3204
Paul, D.R.; Robeson, L.M.

Engineering
Progress in bioethanol processing
Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Volume 34, Issue 5, Pages 551-573
Balat, M.; Balat, H.; Oz, C.

Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Iron oxide nanoparticle impregnated mesoporous silicas as platforms for the growth of carbon nanotubes
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials
Barreca, D.; Blau, W.J.; Croke, G.M.; Deeney, F.A.; Dillon, F.C.; Holmes, J.D.; Kufazvinei, C.; Morris, M.A.; Spalding, T.R.; Tondello, E.

Energy
Biofuels sources, biofuel policy, biofuel economy and global biofuel projections
Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 49, Issue 8, Pages 2106-2116
Demirbas, A.

Computer Science
Composing pattern-based components and verifying correctness
Journal of Systems and Software, Volume 80, Issue 11, Pages 1755-1769
Dong, J.; Alencar, P.S.C.; Cowan, D.D.; Yang, S.

Articles added to Web of Science over the past two weeks:

Kunchur, Milind N.
Temporal resolution of hearing probed by bandwidth restriction
ACTA ACUSTICA UNITED WITH ACUSTICA 94 (4): 594-603 JUL-AUG 2008

Griggs, Jerrold R.; Jin, Xiaohua Teresa
Real number channel assignments for lattices
SIAM JOURNAL ON DISCRETE MATHEMATICS 22 (3): 996-1021 2008

Jesus, Yaritza M. Lopez-De; Vicente, Aurelie; Lafaye, Gwendoline; Marecot, Patrice; Williams, Christopher T.
Synthesis and characterization of dendrimer-derived supported iridium catalysts
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 112 (36): 13837-13845 SEP 11 2008

Mann, Joshua R.; Mckeown, Robert E.; Bacon, Janice; Vesselinov, Roumen; Bush, Freda
Do antenatal religious and spiritual factors impact the risk of postpartum depressive symptoms?
JOURNAL OF WOMENS HEALTH 17 (5): 745-755 JUN 2008

Aviles, Misael O.; Mangual, Jan O.; Ebner, Armin D.; Ritter, James A.
Isolated swine heart ventricle perfusion model for implant assisted-magnetic drug targeting
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS 361 (1-2): 202-208 SEP 1 2008

From the List Universe: “The history of computing is a fascinating one. Over the last 40 years or so computers have evolved from enormous and complex machines requiring specialized knowledge for operating, to small devices that most people can understand and operate in a few hours. This is a list of 10 software developments that have been the most revolutionary in the history of computing.”

Check it out at http://listverse.com/science/10-programs-that-changed-the-face-of-computing/