Archive for December, 2005

ACS offers RSS

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005

The American Chemical Society now offers RSS feeds for its entire roster of journals. 

Article on movement of journals away from print to online

Thursday, December 8th, 2005

This article talks about the problems posed by the movement of print
publications to online, particularly how many publishers are not fully
equpped for this transition and how libraries and publishers can work
together for mutual sustainability. 

Another mention of Meller group

Thursday, December 1st, 2005

The November issue of Photonics Spectra has an article on new DNA
sequencing technologies.  Amit Meller’s group and their work with
nanopores is mentioned.  Unfortunately, only an abstract is
available online, but you can apply for a free subscription to the
print magazine at the website. 

Paper by Meller group

Thursday, December 1st, 2005

Rowland’s Amit Meller and colleagues have a new paper in Nano Letters
on DNA nanomechanical switches.  (Source: Amit Meller)

Wiki of MIT and Harvard biologists

Thursday, December 1st, 2005

MIT and Harvard scientists have collaborated with labs from other
universities on a wiki named OpenWetWare.   It has a listing
of lab pages and a tools section, as well as a FAQ and etiquette
guidelines.  It’s described as a place for scientists to organize
information.  (Source: Nature)

On blogs and wikis in science

Thursday, December 1st, 2005

This Nature article explores some of the blogging and wiki efforts in
science and asks why more scientists haven’t adopted these new vehicles
of communication.  (Source: the Sci-tech Library Question)