06/21/02
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World Trade Center Building Performance Study.
FEMA, 2002.
http://www.fema.gov/library/wtcstudy.htm
Climate Action Report 2002.
US EPA, 2002.
http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/publications/car/index.html
Small Wonders, Endless Frontiers: A Review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative.
NAP, 2002.
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10395.html?onpi_topnews_061002
Weather Radar Technology Beyond NEXRAD.
NAP, 2002.
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10394.html?onpi_listserv060702
Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress.
Security in the Information Age: New Challenges, New Strategies.
http://www.house.gov/jec/security.pdf
Australian Antarctic Magazine
http://www.antdiv.gov.au/magazine/default.asp
Australian Antarctic Magazine is published by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), an
agency of Environment Australia. It seeks to inform the Australian and international
Antarctic community about the activities of the Australian Antarctic program. It is produced
twice-yearly, with contributions from AAD officers and from external organisations and
individuals. Opinions expressed in Australian Antarctic Magazine do not necessarily
represent the position of the Australian Government.
Technology Review's list of 100 innovators under 35 whose work and ideas will change the world
http://www.techreview.com/articles/tr100_0602.asp
Brief bios of innovators in the fields of arts/entertainment, biotechnology, medicine,
nanotechnology, materials, energy, hardware, software, telecommunications, internet and
transportation.
Alsos
http://alsos.wlu.edu/
Hosted by Washington and Lee University and funded by the National Science
Foundation, the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues Web site has as a
goal to provide a wide range of annotated references for the study of
nuclear issues. The site contains annotated references to resources that
offer a “broad, balanced perspective on current and historical topics
relating to nuclear issues.” Alsos can be browsed by people, places,
disciplines, warfare issues, and science subjects, or can be searched by
keyword. [JAB] (From the Scout Report)
The STIX Project
http://www.stixfonts.org/
“Six Science Publishers Create New Web Font Set: The STIX Project”
From the announcement, “After years of planning, a group of scientific publishers
today formally announced the Scientific and Technical Information Exchange (STIX) font
creation project and the launch of the STIX web site at
http://www.stixfonts.org/.
The STIX publishers aim to develop a comprehensive set of fonts for mathematics and other
special characters used in Scientific, Technical, and Medical publishing. The web site
provides information for potential users within the scientific and publishing communities,
and a special area for software developers who may want to incorporate support for the
STIX Fonts into their products. The six publishers ? the American Chemical Society (ACS),
the American Institute of Physics (AIP), the American Mathematical Society (AMS), the
American Physical Society (APS), Elsevier Science, and the Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers (IEEE)” (Discovered on NFAIS's Noteworthy) via
The Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk.
Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics
http://www.intuitor.com/moviephysics/
Bad Astronomy
http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/movies/
Math in the Movies
http://world.std.com/~reinhold/mathmovies.html
Movie Physics Reviews by Kentridge HS AP Physics Class
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/trobinso/physicspages/AP/movie/
Science Web Goes to the Movies
http://www.scienceweb.org/movies/movies.html
Tech TV - Bad Movie Science
http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/print/0,23102,3359017,00.html
Unfortunately, a lot of folks learn the majority of their science from the entertainment
industry . . . The National Science Foundation, with all its science education
grants, cannot begin to match the Hollywood sci-fi budget. Debunking this bad science can
be a fun and instructive way for science teachers to teach good science. And, of course,
some times there is equally entertaining good science in the movies!
These sites provide a lot of science entertainment critiques.
Astro-Venture
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/projects/astrobiology/astroventure/
Astro-Venture, by NASA's educational Web site NASA Quest, is a wonderfully
done interactive multimedia activity for students in grades 5-8. Consisting
of nine modules, the activity takes participants through the process of
training for and building a planet with the necessary characteristics for
human habitation. They learn the astronomy, geology, atmospheric science,
and biology needed to complete individual missions and ultimately build a
planet. Students will enjoy spending the time needed to complete the sensory
rich activities and learn a tremendous amount along the way. This site is
also reviewed in the June 14, 2002 _NSDL Physical Science Report_.
[JAB] (From the Scout Report)
Nanotechnology Now
http://nanotech-now.com/
The front page has four columns. The first column leads to
the meat of the site; I'll get back to that one later. The
second column has news from all over the 'Net about
nanotechnology, the third leads to upcoming conferences and
meetings about nanotechnology (and who knew there were so
many?) while the fourth provides quick information about
nanotechnology, including a factoid and a link to the site
of the week.
Back to the first column. If you want to learn about nanotechnology, start here. The “Navigation” section includes a nanotechnology glossary, interviews with people involved in nanotechnology and future sciences, basics about nanotechnology, and predictions about the future of nanotechnology.
The link list (at the bottom of the first column) contains several categories that you probably won't see outside of nanotechnology, including SmartDust and Utility Fog. In addition to links, sections include a short overview, quotes, and sometimes pictures and diagrams. Lots and LOTS of information in this site. If you have the faintest interest in nanotechnology check it out. (From Research Buzz)
Botanists Discover New Conifer Species in Vietnam
http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/02/pr0251.htm
New Conifer Discovered
http://www.rhs.org.uk/publications/pubs/garden0202/newsconifer.asp
An extraordinary discovery of a previously unknown conifer genus and species
has recently been made in northern Vietnam by an international team of
botanists. This is the first new conifer genus discovered since 1994. The
first is a press release from the National Science Foundation that describes
the research and the importance of the discovery. The second site from the
Royal Horticultural Society focuses more specifically on the plant. [AL] (From the Scout Report)
Pennsylvania Aquatic Insects
http://paaquaticfliesrus.bd.psu.edu/index.asp
This Web site from Penn State University is a vast resource of information
on aquatic insects. Users can search or browse the database for an insect
species and view maps of the selected species distribution within
Pennsylvania, or all of North America. The site has recently added some
radar images of a Mayfly emergence, complete with a detailed description to
help interpret the images. Those visitors interested in trout fishing may
appreciate the two pages on tying flies that can be found by navigating
through the section entitled How to Use Site. [AL] (From the Scout Report)
Cloud Forest Alive
http://www.cloudforestalive.org/
The Cloud Forest Alive Web site, associated with the Tropical Science Center
and Forum One Communication, provides a host of information on the
biologically diverse cloud forests of Central America. The site contains a
large amount of information on several aspects of the forest, including many
attractive photographs. A recent highlight is one of the sites online
cameras, the Quetzal Cam. Highlights from this year's Quetzal Cam show the
activities within the nest, including incubation, the hatchling birds, and
an intruding weasel that brought an end to the chicks' short lives. The Web
cam photos are a little difficult to see, but they can be enlarged by
clicking on each photo individually. The site seems to continually update
its content, making it a site that users can visit often to develop a
broader understanding of these unique forests. [AL] (From the Scout Report)
California Condors: A Bird's Eye View
http://www.lazoo.org/condor/
Information about this endangered bird of prey. Includes an
account of “a daring condor egg swap in a remote area of the
Los Padres National Forest,” a condor quiz, and a few links to
other resources, including some additional ones from the Los
Angeles Zoo, which sponsors this site.
(From Librarian's Index to the Internet)
The DARPA Agent Markup Language (DAML)
http://www.daml.org/
“The World Wide Web (WWW) contains a large amount information which is
expanding at a rapid rate. Most of that information is currently being
represented using the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), which is
designed to allow web developers to display information in a way that is
accessible to humans for viewing via web browsers. While HTML allows us
to visualize the information on the web, it doesn't provide much
capability to describe the information in ways that facilitate the use
of software programs to find or interpret it. The World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C) has developed the Extensible Markup Language (XML)
which allows information to be more accurately described using tags. . . .
However, XML has a limited capability to describe the
relationships (schemas or ontologies) with respect to objects. The use
of ontologies provides a very powerful way to describe objects and their
relationships to other objects. The DAML language is being developed as
an extension to XML and the Resource Description Framework (RDF). The
latest release of the language (DAML+OIL) provides a rich set of
constructs with which to create ontologies and to markup information so
that it is machine readable and understandable.”
PBS Kids: Cyberchase
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/
A daily fun math related game and other activities are available at Cyberchase, the
companion Web site for the television program. There are tips for teachers (and parents)
on how to use the show and Web site to reinforce concepts taught in class.
(From Librarian's Index to the Internet)
AVS (Advanced Vehicle Systems)
http://www.avsbus.com/
Designline
http://www.designline.co.nz/
Capstone
http://www.microturbine.com/
Fuel cells are widely touted as the power sources of the future for cars and buses.
However, they may have a hard fight against a technology that already exists, and is
already powering buses in dozens of cities in the USA and world wide. Turbines, as
well as being used in locomotives and tanks are now widely coming into use to power
hybrid buses. These buses, which are part electric battery and part microturbine
powered not only have extremely low pollution (below even California restrictions)
but also few moving parts, thus low maintenance. Best of all, they can burn anything
from gasoline through biofuel and even hydrogen. The city of Tempe, Arizona, already
has 31 microturbine buses running the streets and another 200 on order. AVS (Advanced
Vehicle Systems) in the USA is one maker
(http://www.avsbus.com/)
and Designline in New Zealand, which has produced a particularly elegant design for
their microturbine buses is another
(http://www.designline.co.nz/).
One specialized manufacturer of microturbines whose power units are now used on many
buses is Capstone
(http://www.microturbine.com/)
a pioneer in the field. Microturbine manufacturers are also casting their eyes towards
the auto too. Capstone has signed a deal with Korea's Hyundai to help it develop a
microturbine auto. However, during the 1950s and 1960s, American makers already
developed and manufactured on a experimental basis some turbine autos.During the 1950s
General Motors made the “Firebird”
(http://www.conklinsystems.com/firebird/mlife.shtml)
and later in the 1960s, Chrysler manufactured about 50 turbine cars
(http://www.turbinecar.com/turbine.htm)
but two dollar a barrel oil doomed them both. (From New Scientist Web Links)
Wind power
http://tims.geo.tudelft.nl/
Long before the first Otto cycle reaction ever moved the pistons of an internal
combustion engine, the world drew countless thousands of horse power from the wind,
water and animal power. In some developing countries -- and even a few developed ones --
old style windmills with sails, as well as watermills still perform important tasks.
Animal powered mills, be they noria which raise water in the Sudan or oxen mills grinding
wheat in India remain a part of economic life even today. Throughout the world there is
tremendous interest in restoring and preserving historical mills and developing more
efficient modern ones. The International Molinological Society
(http://tims.geo.tudelft.nl/)
is devoted to collecting and disseminating information on wind, water and animal power
mills and machines world wide. Meeting every four years, in various countries, the
Molinological Society studies historical and contemporary mills, engages in preservation
as well as publishing studies of mills. In addition, their web page offers an excellent
selection of links. For a approach more in tune with Industrial archaeology and preservation,
Windmill World
(http://www.windmillworld.com/)
concentrates mainly on the windmills and water mills of England, though foreign mills are by
no means ignored. Both sites offer very good resources for anyone either getting interested
in mills, or interested in preserving them. And both are well worth looking at not just to
see the past of energy generation, but also its future. (From New Scientist Web Links)
Internet Engineer
http://www.eevl.ac.uk/vts/
A neatly done series of tutorials, product of EEVL, which walk you through finding resources
on the WWW. Each tutorial is customized for a different engineering discipline. Very clear
and thorough!
Hurricane Awareness
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/intro.shtml
This NOAA site has a wealth of information on hurricanes and related phenomena in an
attractive format. You can view the brief history of some of the more famous storms,
learn about forecasting, develop a family disaster plan, and more.
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Gallery
http://www.gfdl.gov/~jps/GFDL_VG_Gallery.html
Offered by the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), the GFDL
Gallery is a collection of visualizations which have been prepared in the
course of GFDL's research, and subsequently presented at meetings and in the
media. For example, the gallery contains an animated movie of Hurricane
Emily from 1993 and a 3D animation of Hurricane Floyd. Other topics include
global warming, stratospheric processes, El Nino, and more. [JAB] (From the Scout Report)
Women Exploring the Oceans
http://www.womenoceanographers.org/
WomenOceanographers.com “features the careers of remarkable women in
oceanography. Each woman has followed a different path to her career and has
gathered unique insights about her profession. Learn how these women are
contributing to our understanding and appreciation of the ocean and how they
go about their daily work.” The site currently contains biographies,
interviews, and photographs of eleven women such as technical illustrator Jo
Griffith. [JAB] (From the Scout Report)
Symmetry and Tessellations
http://www.camosun.bc.ca/~jbritton/jbsymteslk.htm
For those who are intrigued by patterns, beware -- you just might disappear into this
site, and not be heard from for much longer than you intended. Youngsters will also be
fascinated, but perhaps for a shorter period of time. The author, Jill Britten, teaches
mathematics at a British Columbia college, and offers an exhaustive number of links to
sites that feature hex signs, quilt designs, logos, hubcaps, Japanese family crests,
Easter eggs, (including a step-by-step guide to Ukrainian ones), polyhedra, origami,
traffic signs, snowflakes, totem poles, Sydney lace, Escher, tessellations, and flags.
The South Korean flag holds particular interest, showing both antisymmetry and symbols
for binary numbers. Ms. Britten also points to appropriate videos, software, applets to
create your own tilings, and ambigram (inversion) generators. AD (From New Scientist Web
Links)
Perspectives on Plasmas
http://www.plasmas.org/basics.htm
“Plasmas are conductive assemblies of charged particles, neutrals and fields that
exhibit collective effects. Further, plasmas carry electrical currents and generate
magnetic fields. Plasmas are the most common form of matter, comprising more than 99%
of the visible universe.” This site is very attractive, with stunning photographs
and an enormous amount of information. The navigation of the site is not straightforward,
however.
Game Theory
http://www.gametheory.net/
A nifty little site, labeled as “A resource for educators and students of game
theory.” It contains a number of brief categories including game theory in the
news, game theory in books and movies, quizzes about game theory, interactive materials,
textbook reviews and -- games.
The Millennium Prize Problems
http://www.claymath.org/prizeproblems/
“To appreciate the scope of mathematical truth challenges the capabilities of the
human mind. In order to celebrate mathematics in the new millennium, The Clay Mathematics
Institute of Cambridge, Massachusetts (CMI) has named seven ‘Millennium Prize
Problems.’ The Scientific Advisory Board of CMI selected these problems, focusing on
important classic questions that have resisted solution over the years. The Board of
Directors of CMI designated a $7 million prize fund for the solution to these problems,
with $1 million allocated to each. A leading specialist in the domain in question has
formulated each problem.”
The website has information on the problems and the contest, and the video you can view is extremely entertaining even if, like me, you have severe math anxiety.
Classroom Antarctica
http://classroomantarctica.aad.gov.au/
“We hope that you will enjoy using the ideas in Classroom Antarctica to stimulate your
students' interest in real world applications for Science, Mathematics and Studies of Society
and Environment. These activities can be used to enhance writing, literature, art, team
building and creative thinking skills in your students as well. The activities focus on the
study of significant environmental and social issues from a global perspective and promote an
appreciation of the important role of Australia's activities in Antarctica. They will encourage
students to think critically about the key issues currently facing Antarctica: tourism,
whaling, fishing, mineral exploitation, resource management and the impact of humans on the
environment.
Classroom Antarctica is self-contained, but to make the most of it, teachers should explore some of the Classroom Resources. The activities have been designed to challenge students to tackle often complex topics, access a wide array of additional resources, and to work together to synthesise their learning into an informed perspective on the topic.
Classroom Antarctica is aimed at Upper Primary and Lower Secondary levels (Years 5 to 8), but contains many topics and activities that are suitable for Years 9 to 12 as well.” This website is attractive, classy, and loads of fun!
The Polar Bear Tracker
http://www.panda.org/polarbears/
This new Web site from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) International explores
how polar bears are affected by global warming. Data on the movements of two
radio-collared bears can be viewed, along with the ice status, through a
series of online maps. This is an interesting site with valuable information
and a nice balance of maps, photos, and text. The animation of the polar
bear tracking data is a really neat feature, but is best viewed by advancing
through the stages manually because the rapid speed of the film makes it
difficult to comprehend. [AL] (From the Scout Report)
Measuring America : the Decennial Censuses from 1790 to 2000 (pdf)
http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/pol02-ma.pdf
Measuring America contains images and/or descriptions of the
questionnaires used in each of the decennial censuses from 1790 to 2000,
instructions given to the census-takers on how to fill out the forms,
and brief histories of each of the decennial censuses. (From Infomine)
Pharaoh's Obelisk
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/obelisk/
Another wonderful NOVA site, dealing with the question of
how the Egyptians quarried, moved, and raised their
obelisks. This site includes good information about levers,
with an animated sketch of how one functioned in the raising
of an obelisk. (From Librarian's Index to the Internet)
Into Archaeology: Resources for Archaeological Professionals and Enthusiasts
http://www.intoarch.com/
Visitors may choose from a variety of resources, including relevant news, book reviews,
electronic journal and newsletter subscriptions, software tools, expert contacts, and
articles. Searchable. (From Librarian's Index to the Internet)
Test the Nation: The National IQ Test (Britain)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/testthenation/index.shtml
Who is the weakest link? Or, rather, just how many are there? And where do
they come from? Test the Nation, Britain's largest mass IQ test set about to
answer those questions and more on May 11th of this year. Administered
online to some 90,000 residents of the UK (and still available for those who
missed out), the test put visitors through the usual rigors of intelligence
testing. The Test the Nation Web site discloses how the nation did as a
whole, with further breakdowns by region, age, and other variables. Curious,
the map of Britain's intelligence, as determined by the test, clearly
demonstrates that the South far outdid the North where brute IQ is
concerned. Whether one accepts such results or not, the site provides much
food for thought, discussion and, almost certainly, an argument or two.
Presented by the BBC, the site doesn't stop with simple presentations on the
national IQ test, but also offers other interesting studies and reports,
with subjects probing various areas of intelligence testing and all that has
been made of it. A short list of some of the titles presented include: What
sex is your brain?, Birth weight and intelligence, and The Language of the
brain. To round off it offerings, the site also links to MENSA. [WH] (From the Scout Report)
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SUCCESSFUL TEST OF GRID COMPTING
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,52909,00.html
Researchers at five universities and research centers completed a
successful test of a computing grid that is expected to support
experiments at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. Unlike
distributed computing projects such as SETI@Home, all of the individual
nodes in the grid are connected and can communicate as data moves among
the nodes. The Globus Project and the Condor Project developed the
software on which the new grid operates; both are open-source tools,
available free online. Participants in the project include the Particle
Physics Data Grid, the International Virtual Data Grid Laboratory, the
U.S. Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation.
Wired News, 3 June 2002 via Edupage.
GSA LOOKS FOR XML COMPATIBILITY
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-935223.html
The General Services Administration (GSA), the purchasing arm of the
federal government, has commissioned a study of extensible markup
language (XML) to try to avoid possible integration problems later. XML
allows developers to identify pieces of data with consistent
definitions and parameters so that multiple applications can access
those data. For this to work, however, the initial definitions must be
consistent, and federal officials worry that separate government
agencies may create conflicting definitions, complicating integration.
The GSA study will try to answer the question of whether a formal
policy should be put in place to ensure that implementations of XML
will be compatible across agencies. The study is seen as important
because the federal government is the single largest consumer of
computer technology, much larger than any single commercial
organization.
CNET, 12 June 2002 via Edupage
PROJECT AIMS TO POOL ONLINE-LEARNING RESOURCES
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/06/2002061201u.htm
The Advanced Networking With Minority-Serving Institutions (AN-MSI)
project is working to create a shared online-learning program similar
to one that was started at the University of Wisconsin in 1999. The
Wisconsin program, called dot.edu, was designed to avoid duplication of
online-learning efforts and thereby save money. The dot.edu program now
hosts more than 10,000 courses for 83 different campuses, both in and
outside of Wisconsin. According to AN-MSI Director David Staudt, AN-MSI
hopes to create similar programs run by and focused on minority-serving
institutions, including historically Black, Hispanic, and Native
American schools. AN-MSI, a project of EDUCAUSE, is supported by a
grant from the National Science Foundation.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 12 June 2002 via Edupage
IBM WINS CONTRACT FOR WEATHER SUPERCOMPUTER
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/01/technology/01SUPE.html
The federal government has awarded IBM a $224 million contract to build
a new supercomputer to improve forecasts of weather and ocean
conditions. Just last month, the Earth Simulator, a new supercomputer
in Japan that will be used to study the climate and weather, set a new
record for performance. IBM's new machine, designed as a massively
parallel computer, will greatly increase the capacity of the National
Weather Service and related offices to predict weather, and will be
improved with the addition of newer and more processors through 2009.
New York Times, 31 May 2002 (registration req'd)via Edupage.
IBM EXTENDS STORAGE LIMITS
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1023769076577387160,00.html
IBM announced that they have reached the storage threshold of one
terabit per square inch, which is roughly equivalent to 25 million
textbook pages on something the size of a postage stamp. The work, done
in a six-year project called Millipede, uses a device with extremely
small tips to make indentations in a plastic film. As on a punch card,
the indentations represent data. With IBM's technology, however, the
plastic film can be put back into its original shape, erasing the data
and making it ready to be written on again. An official from IBM said
one terabit is not the limit of storage capacity. Other companies,
including Hewelett-Packard and Seagate Technology, are also developing
tools and procedures in the field of nanotechnology.
Wall Street Journal, 11 June 2002 (sub. req'd) via Edupage
COVERING THE LAST MILE CHEAPLY
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/10/technology/10WIRE.html
Two software engineers in California are working on a simple,
inexpensive way to address the “last mile” problem of getting broadband
Internet access from to U.S. homes. Layne Holt and John Furrier have
started a company in Holt's garage, not far from where Apple Computer
was started in another garage. Their solution uses a combination of
standard and modified 802.11b wireless cards to create a system capable
of high-speed data transmission up to 20 miles. If successful, the
system could make DSL and cable-modem service obsolete. The developers
admit that their idea is not elegant, but they said it offers broadband
access to the home in an uncomplicated, cost-effective manner.
New York Times, 10 June 2002 (sub. req'd)via Edupage
UNIVERSITIES EXCEED TERAFLOP OF PROCESSING POWER
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/18226.html
Purdue University and Indiana University have combined their resources
to create a supercomputing grid capable of more than a teraflop of
processing. The system uses Purdue's memory configuration and
Indiana's computational power, joined over 110 miles by I-Light, a
high-performance fiber-optic network operated by the state of Indiana.
The total capacity of the system, 1.75 teraflops, ranks the grid as one
of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. The system will allow
researchers to employ extensive computing power to fields including
life sciences and DNA research. An official at Purdue said the computer
systems as well as the I-Light network will be periodically upgraded.
NewsFactor Network, 14 June 2002
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