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Scientific Reference RSS FeedsThe Science of Making Great Beer - How do yeast, water, hops and grain combine to form a lager, pilsener or ale? The process requires careful supervision and tightly controlled conditions. Expert brewmasters explain how temperature, timing and ingredients all factor into making an excellent beer....Feed Source: www.npr.org Communities Take Action to Protect Great Lakes - The five Great Lakes — Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan and Superior — are said to hold one-fifth of the world's surface fresh water. The lakes are threatened by fluctuating water levels, invasive species and pollution — and nearby communities are looking for ways to help.... Scientists Mark 25 Years of HIV Research - In May 1983, the first scientific papers were published describing the possible connection between a retrovirus and the development of AIDS. The virus went on to become known as HIV. Experts discuss whether, 25 years later, scientists any closer to a cure for AIDS or to a vaccine to prevent HIV transmission.... Study: Sahara Gradually Dried Up Over 6,000 Years - What made the Sahara Desert go dry — and are there ancient waters still hidden below the sands? In a controversial study published in the journal Science researchers argue that the drying of the Sahara took place over thousands of years — not suddenly as was previously thought.... Mysterious Memristor: Electronics' Missing Link? - Introductory electronics classes focus on circuit diagrams involving combinations of resistors, capacitors and inductors. Now, researchers have discovered a fourth passive circuit element — one that fills in a gap in equations describing relationships between voltage, current and magnetic flux.... Common Weedkiller May Cause Hormonal Problems - Researchers report that atrazine, the second-most-applied weedkiller in the U.S., may be able to disrupt hormonal signaling in humans. The herbicide, which has been banned in Europe, is suspected of playing a role in sexual abnormalities in fish, frogs and other aquatic organisms.... Is It Better to Eat Locally or Eat Differently? - When it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, what you eat may be more important than where your food comes from. A new study finds that replacing red meat and dairy products with chicken, fish or vegetables could have the same impact as shifting to an entirely locally-grown diet.... TV Viewers Prepare for Digital Transition - In February 2009, all full-power broadcast television stations in the U.S. will stop analog transmissions and begin broadcasting only in digital. Viewers who have cable or satellite are fine, but those who have older TVs receiving over-the-air signals may need to buy converters.... Life Expectancy Declines for Poor Women in U.S. - Women living in America's poorest counties have seen their average life expectancy decline in recent years. New research shows that the gaps between the best-off and worst-off groups are widening — as much as 18 years between the two — in connection with smoking, high blood pressure and obesity.... Advances in Gene Therapy Treatment for Blindness - Researchers using a gene therapy technique to treat one form of congenital blindness have reported some success. Two teams of scientists have used modified viruses injected into the eye to partially restore vision to people who have Leber congenital amaurosis, an illness that results in the degradation of the retina.... U.S. Carbon Footprint Difficult to Reduce - According to a new survey, even the people in the U.S. with the lowest energy usage have a carbon footprint about twice as high as the average global citizen. What changes can an American make to have a significant effect on emissions?... Peering into the Human Brain with fMRI Techniques - What's really going on inside your head when you make a decision, make a mistake, or have a few drinks? Researchers are using fMRI techniques to monitor blood flow through the brain and are hoping to shed light on the mysterious inner workings of the human mind.... Salt Water Irrigation Yields Tasty Tomatoes - Researchers report that growing cherry tomatoes in diluted seawater can make them tastier and richer in antioxidants. The findings could encourage the use of slightly brackish water in tomato agriculture, extending precious supplies of fresh water.... Building a More Sociable Robot - Can't find anyone who wants to hang out this weekend? Help may be on the way. Inventors are working to develop robots that can interact with people on a deeper level: communicating, responding to emotion and operating under specific rules of social behavior.... T. Rex Protein Evidence Links Dinosaurs to Birds - Analysis of proteins found in a scrap of collagen from a 68-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex leg bone provides strong evidence for the idea that dinosaurs are the ancestors of modern-day birds. Paleontologist Mary Higby Schweitzer talks about the finding and what it means for our understanding of evolution.... PETA Offers Incentive for Test-Tube Meat Research - Animal rights group PETA is offering a $1 million prize for the development of commercially-viable "test-tube meat" — real meat grown through a lab process, not from a live animal. To win, the lab-grown meat must have a taste and texture indistinguishable from real chicken flesh.... Pine Forests Destroyed by Beetle Takeover - Canadian forests are being hit hard by an outbreak of the mountain pine beetle. Though the beetles are small — less than 1/3 of an inch long — they're hungry, and bore through the wood of a variety of pine tree species. Ecologists are worried that the death of so many trees will have a significant impact on the carbon balance in North America.... Bats Plagued by Mysterious 'White-Nose' Disease - Wildlife experts are trying to determine what's causing hibernating bats in the Northeast to die en masse. The condition has been dubbed "white-nose syndrome," after a white fungus seen on bats' noses. Researchers are racing to explain the deaths — and keep the disease from spreading.... Sachs Explains 'Economics for a Crowded Planet' - Economist Jeffrey Sachs says that the world's population, climate change, poverty and resource use are all closely intertwined. In his book Common Wealth, Sachs discusses the intersection of economics and the environment and argues that humanity must address global problems on a global scale.... Meltwater Can Quickly Crack Glaciers - Scientists in Greenland have found that lakes of water on a glacier's surface can quickly cut all the way through to the base of the ice. A study in the journal Science describes an 11 billion-gallon lake of meltwater draining completely within 24 hours — a flow rate exceeding that of Niagara Falls.... New Trial: Knovel - Knovel: is an online technical resource used by applied scientists and practicing engineers around the world to quickly locate relevant and reliable technical information. For more information on the trial please go to: Knovel Trial Information Trial Dates: April 15-June ... Blackboard Unveils Application to Bring Course Updates to Facebook - Wired Campus: Blackboard Unveils Application to Bring Course Updates to Facebook - Chronicle.com ... Google Books now integrated into Worldcat.org - In case this is old news, please excuse me. When searching Worldcat org, there is now a link included under "Get it", if it is available in Google Books. Try this search: Nursing ethics : holistic caring practice ... People's Daily Online - Note: We have recently upgraded our subscription to the newspaper: People's Daily. It is now available online with daily updates rather than monthly. Description (from website): With publication started in June 1946 and a current circulation of 3 million, People's ... Interesting visual search engine - I just came across an interesting search engine called: Search me. It searches the whole net, not just images, but delivers the results in a novel way. Try entering a variety of different topics in the search box then scroll ... Clinical Pharmacology database discontinued - Note: EBSCO's Clinical Pharmacology Databasehas been discontinued and drug-related database content will now be provided by Lexi-PALS. Lexi-PALS data will be available through the Health Source: Consumer Edition and Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition; there will be no separate URL for ... Redirect links for Grove Music and Grove Art Online - Note: Grove Art and Grove Music Online will continue to display in the Databases A-Z listing and in the Music and Fine Arts database list with a redirect link to their new names of: Oxford Art Online and Oxford Music ... GreenFILE from EBSCO now available - Description: GreenFILE offers well-researched but accessible information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles include content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be ... New Research Guide - I've made a Health Statistics Research Guide. I hope you find it useful .... SFX Menu and ILL Linking Changes - Hi everyone: I expect you will pleased to know that the ILL links will now always display on the SFX Menu, even when SFX indicates that online content is presumably available. Click on the More Options link to access these ... 2 new Research Guides - I've made 2 new research guides: Bioethics & Medical Ethics; and Complementary & Alternative Health (CAM). I hope you find them useful .... Grove Music and Grove Art -- New Name - Please note: Grove Music Online is now called Oxford Music Online Grove Art Online is now called Oxford Art Online ... Supplies for sale at the loan desk - Posted on behalf of John Harris FYI April 9th is our first day of selling stationary and multimedia supplies at the loan desk. Various items are available for sale from CDs and flash drives to pencils and pens. All items ... PubMed SFX Linking Problem - SFX Users around the world are reporting that the PubMed SFX Button/ICON has disappeared and been replaced with a Click here to read link that is not working too well. I checked, and, sure enough, UVic's SFX link on PubMed ... Data Collection (Print & CDROM items) Temporarily Relocated - Although most of the Libraries Data Collection is electronic, and, as such, is housed on the Libraries Data Acquisition Service (DAS) server, there is also a small set of older print items (User Guides and Code Books), and, a growing ... Copyright © 2008, Curse Buster Sound. All Rights Reserved. |