LIBRARY SciTech ALERT no. 47

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LIBRARY SciTech ALERT: A Semi-monthly Service for Undergraduates
no. 47 (20 April 2005)


MAGAZINE STORIES

1. Aldhous, Peter. "Tropical medicine: Melioidosis? Never heard of it ...,"
   Nature v.434, no.7034 (7 April 2005): p.692-693.

<http://www.nature.com.ezproxy.ust.hk/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v434/n7034/full/434692a_fs.html>

   Deadly tropical infections that kill within 48 hours don't usually go
   unnoticed. But Melioidosis, a fatal disease caused by a bacterium in
   the soil, has been largely ignored for decades. Now, thanks to worries
   about bioterror, it is being taken seriously.

   Nature (Periodical  Q1 .N2) is also available electronically at
   <http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/nature.pl>

2. Buderi, Robert. "E-Commerce gets smarter,"
   Technology Review v.108, no.4 (April 2005): p.54-59.
   <http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/pqd-article.pl?811306891>

   Advanced data-mining and Web analytics techniques now examine not just
   what you bought online but what you viewed, helping retailers design
   promotions that will attract you to shop online and in stores. The
   ultimate goal is more-customized, personal service.

   Technology Review is available electronically via ProQuest at
   <http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/pqd-pubid.pl?23375>


FEATURED BOOK

Sound recording : the life story of a technology / David L. Morton, Jr
(TK7881.4 .M668 2004)
<http://ustlib.ust.hk/record=b833290>

   This book recounts the history of recorded music and sound technology
   from Thomas Edison's invention of the phonograph in 1876 to the present
   day MP3. It shows how music, the music business, and recording technology
   have co-evolved.

   New books in the Library: <http://library.ust.hk/res/newbooks/>


SCIENCE NEWS ON THE INTERNET

1. Super-sensitive explosive detector developed - The new device could spot
   suicide bombers or hidden bombs from many metres away.
   NewScientist.com, 13 April 2005
 <http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7264&feedId=online-news_rss20>

2. DNA project to trace human steps - A project spanning five continents
   is aiming to map the history of human migration via DNA.
   BBC News, 13 April 2005
   <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4435009.stm>


SCITECH GALLERY

The Windy Planet:
<http://news2.news.wisc.edu/whyfiles/coolimages/index.html?id=1016725781>

   Neptune as seen by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. This image is one of
   a series of pictures that has been made into a movie loop showing a full
   rotation of the eighth planet from the sun. Neptune's powerful winds
   whip around its equator at an estimated 900 mph.

   The picture is taken from the WhyFILES Cool Science Images:
   <http://news2.news.wisc.edu/whyfiles/coolimages/>


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