Physical Sciences & Engineering Blog

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

Did you know that in addition to the print copy available in the Science Reference Department, the ACS Directory of Graduate Research (DRG) is available online?  “DGRweb 2007 is the most comprehensive source of information on chemical research and researchers at universities in the U.S. and Canada.”  You can quickly search by institution or faculty to locate contact information, research interests, and publication lists.

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/

 The first two beams went around the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland yesterday.  What is an LHC and who is CERN?

 LHC Page

CERN Page

LHC from Wikipedia

“The God Particle” by Joel Achenbach from National Geographic (March 2008)

CERN Rap from Will Barras on Vimeo.

Here’s a list of the most downloaded articles from ScienceDirect in selected science topics for April - June 2008.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
The Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Generates Cells with Properties of Stem Cells
Cell, Volume 133, Issue 4, 1 May 2008, Pages 704-715
Mani, S.A.; Guo, W.; Liao, M.J.; Eaton, E.Ng.; Ayyanan, A.; Zhou, A.Y.; Brooks, M.; Reinhard, F.; Zhang, C.C.; Shipitsin, M.; Campbell, L.L.; Polyak, K.; Brisken, C.; Yang, J.; Weinberg, R.A.

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.

Computer Science
Solving vehicle routing problems by maximum neuron model
Advanced Engineering Informatics, Volume 16, Issue 2, 1 April 2002, Pages 99-105
Yoshiike, N.; Takefuji, Y.

Chemistry
Roles of mono- and di-functional organic salts as plasticizer and/or filler in styrene-based ionomers
Polymer, Volume 49, Issue 7, 1 April 2008, Pages 1871-1878
Luqman, M.; Song, J.M.; Kim, J.S.; Kwon, Y.J.; Jarng, S.S.; Shin, K.

Engineering
A theoretical approach for analysis of the interaction between grouted rockbolts and rock masses
Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, Volume 20, Issue 4, 1 July 2005, Pages 333-343
Fahimifar, A.; Soroush, H.

Physics and Astronomy
High-temperature oxidation resistance and surface electrical conductivity of stainless steels with filtered arc Cr-Al-N multilayer and/or superlattice coating
Surface and Coatings Technology, Volume 188-189, 1 November 2004, Pages 55-61
Gannon, P.E.; Tripp, C.T.; Knospe, A.K.; Ramana, C.V.; Deibert, M.; Smith, R.J.; Gorokhovsky, V.I.; Shutthanandan, V.; Gelles, D.

Chemical Engineering
Biodiesel from microalgae beats bioethanol
Trends in Biotechnology, Volume 26, Issue 3, 1 March 2008, Pages 126-131
Chisti, Y.

Mathematics
An Eulerian-Lagrangian approach for simulating explosions of energetic devices
Computers & Structures, Volume 85, Issue 11-14, 1 June 2007, Pages 660-674
Guilkey, J.E.; Harman, T.B.; Banerjee, B.

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