Standing on a gently vibrating platform for fifteen minutes a day was found to cause bone growth and corresponding fat loss in laboratory mice. Dr. Clinton T. Rubin, Director of the Center for Biotechnology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, whose experiments led to this discovery, has developed and taken […]

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In Harmonious Triads: Physicists, Musicians, and Instrument Makers in Nineteenth-Century Germany, Professor Myles Jackson delves into a time when scientists were committed to understanding the world of music. In the nineteenth century, physicists, musical instrument makers, and performers tried to understand the nature of musical genius, the underlying physics of acoustics, and the instruments themselves. […]

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Ok, so we’re a little early, but it’s not too soon to prepare for pre-Halloween weekend fun. If you’ve been preoccupied with exams and homework, chances are you haven’t had time to put together a costume yet. Not to fear - print out a Star Wars mask and you’re good to go. […]

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To accommodate work needed on the library staircase, we will temporarily be closing off the 4th floor this Friday, October 26. We have determined that the time least likely to disturb our users is Friday evening. You will not be able to access the 4th floor or use the staircase after 6:00 pm on […]

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Storing and organizing your research sources can be a breeze with all the different reference management tools available today, but finding the one that will suit your needs can be challenging. Here is a brief overview of three popular options:

CiteULike
Connotea
Zotero

Both CiteULike and Connotea are web based services that have similar features:

Browser buttons easily allow […]

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Astronaut, Paolo Nespoli, who is a two time graduate of Poly, will take part in the single most complex operation in the history of the space program. It will require a record five spacewalks and will result in the installation of an Italian built module in the station, and the process of rendering […]

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You may have imagined tabletops and bathroom mirrors as computer input devices; computers controlled by voice; common computing tasks handled by distant servers instead of individual computers (cloud computing). But if you have, did you think that widespread availability of these technologies was just around the corner and in fact they are being actively worked […]

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UC Berkeley has begun posting entire course lectures on YouTube this month, including a lecture on search-engine technology given in 2005 by Google cofounder Sergey Brin.
The lecture, Search Engines: Technology, Society, and Business, is approximately 40 minutes long and covers topics such as search and privacy, search ranking, internationalization, anti-spam efforts, local search, peer-to-peer […]

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The Library of Congress announced a plan to digitize some of the world’s rare cultural artifacts. They are also proceeding in Cooperation with Unesco on the World Digital Library text digitization project that is modeled on the existing American Memory project. The World Digital Library project was launched two years ago with a grant from […]

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Corals may forego procreation for a year, but a little moonlight has been known to turn them on. “On certain full moons each year, blue waters above reefs turn milky as corals release eggs and sperm in massive outbursts of reproductive activity.” The corals lack eyes to detect the light, “Yet hundreds of coral species […]

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