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| 26 Sep 2012 |
MAGAZINE STORIES1. Ferreira, Becky. “Nanobots on Mars,” The article discusses research into nanobots, or microrobots, for the exploration of Mars and other planets. An overview of projects related to robots and space exploration is presented, including electronic communications array research conducted by physicist John Barker, TETwalker robots developed by NASA’s Autonomous Nanotechnological Swarm (ANTS) program, and the Networked TerraXplorer Mars base developed by engineer Constantinos Mavroidis. |
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LIBRARY Readers ALERT: A Semi-monthly Service for Students MAGAZINE STORIES1. “Still in second gear; Chinese carmakers,” Some of China’s leading carmakers including SAIC, Geely, Chery, JAC and Great Wall are beginning to establish their brands overseas. Last November, models from SAIC and Geely won high marks in crash tests by a European safety agency. Styling, however, is their weakest point. The Chinese government’s dream of dominating the world car market still seems distant. The Economist is available electronically at LIBRARY Readers ALERT: A Semi-monthly Service for Students MAGAZINE STORIES1. Brown, Harriet. “The boom and bust ECO,” Jennifer Crocker, a psychologist at the University of Michigan, found that college students value boosts to their self-esteem such as receiving a good grade or a compliment more than any other pleasant activity they were asked about. Psychology Today is available electronically at LIBRARY Readers ALERT: A Semi-monthly Service for Students MAGAZINE STORIES1. Guglielmo, Connie. “Google’s new shopping list,” In 2010 Google did 48 deals. In 2011 the company announced a record 79 purchases and investments, shelling out about $2 billion, not counting the still-pending deal to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. But here we are one-quarter of the way through 2012, and there have been no deals at all. Has Google’s once-hearty appetite for acquisitions been sated? Forbes is available electronically at LIBRARY Readers ALERT: A Semi-monthly Service for Students MAGAZINE STORIES1. Sides, Hampton. “Unseen Titanic,” At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the “unsinkable” R.M.S. Titanic disappeared beneath the waves, taking with her 1,500 souls. One hundred years later, new technologies have revealed the most complete and most intimate images of the famous wreck. National Geographic is available electronically at LIBRARY Readers ALERT: A Semi-monthly Service for Students MAGAZINE STORIES1. Freedman, David H. “Good news, Spock–we’re getting closer to a universal translator,” The gap between machine translators and their human counterparts may never be closed. In French, for example, the expression for “There’s no more” is “Il n’y en a plus,” but Google translates it as “There are more.” Yet the rapid advancement of Google-style, statistical translation shows promises to narrow the gap. LIBRARY Readers ALERT: A Semi-monthly Service for Students MAGAZINE STORIES1. Phillips, Gervase. “War horses: black beauties of the Western front,” With the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of WWI approaching in 2014, Steven Spielberg’s latest film adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s War Horse is a timely reminder of the service of horses and mules during the War and a call to historians to do justice to the true story of equine sacrifice. LIBRARY Readers ALERT: A Semi-monthly Service for Students MAGAZINE STORIES1. Garber, Ken. “Explaining exercise,” Exercise has many benefits, but the mechanisms behind them remain unclear. Cellular “self-eating,” which helps cells meet their energy demands, may account for some of the benefits of exercise. Science is available electronically at LIBRARY Readers ALERT: A Semi-monthly Service for Students MAGAZINE STORIES1. Cyranoski, David. “Research ethics: zero tolerance,” The president of Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, wants to reform attitudes towards research ethics at his University and across the country. Nature is available electronically at LIBRARY READERS ALERT: A Semi-monthly Service for Students MAGAZINE STORIES1. Wong, K.F. and Yung, L. “Do dragons have better fate?” This article uses 1991 and 1996 Hong Kong census data sets to examine whether dragons earn better or attain better education. LIBRARY READERS ALERT: A Semi-monthly Service for Students MAGAZINE STORIES1. Van Noorden, Richard. “365 days: 2011 in review,” This article reviews the ups and downs in science in the past year, from deep space to the inner workings of matter in particle colliders. LIBRARY READERS ALERT: A Semi-monthly Service for Students MAGAZINE STORIES1. Miller, Peter. “A thing or two about twins,” They have the same piercing eyes. The same color hair. One may be shy, while the other loves meeting new people. Discovering why identical twins differ, despite having the same DNA, could reveal a great deal about all of us. LIBRARY READERS ALERT: A Semi-monthly Service for Students MAGAZINE STORIES1. Chang, Kenneth. “Names proposed for 2 new elements on periodic table,” Last June, element 114 and 116 were proposed to be added to the table and their names were just announced. Element 114 will be called flerovium (atomic symbol Fl) and 116 will be livermorium (atomic symbol Lv). The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry welcomes public comments in the coming few months. LIBRARY Readers ALERT: A Semi-monthly Service for Students MAGAZINE STORIES1. “Are these the seven wonders of nature?” The provisional new seven wonders of nature have emerged after rounds of scrutiny by a panel of judges and a global public vote that ended on 11 November. Hosted by the New7Wonders Foundation, the provisional wonders of nature include Iguazu Falls, Halong Bay, Table Mountain, Amazon Rain Forest, Komodo National Park, Jeju Island, and Puerto Princesa. An official list of winners will be announced in early 2012. |
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