2010
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2010 Winter Games Medal Podiums machined at UBC’s Centre for Advanced Wood Processing (CAWP) Lab
Students and staff in UBC’s Centre for Advanced Wood Processing (CAWP) were given the task of creating all 23 Olympic and Paralympic wooden medal podia and the 100 wooden medal trays for the 2010 Winter Games. And yes, they delivered – http://www.cawp.ubc.ca/Whatwedo/CAWPProjects/tabid/3546/Default.aspx ** photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/tgillin/
Computer model demonstrates that white roofs may successfully cool cities
BOULDER—Painting the roofs of buildings white has the potential to significantly cool cities and mitigate some impacts of global warming, a new study indicates. The new NCAR-led research suggests there may be merit to an idea advanced by U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu that white roofs can be an important tool to help society adjust [...]
Change of Editor in Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Dr. Vijay Bhargava is moving from his position as Editor in Chief of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications to become IEEE Communications Society’s Director of Journals. Read the full article here. Submitted by Kevin Lindstrom Liaison Librarian for Electrical and Computer Engineering
2010 Winter Games Street Level Forecast
The Street Level Forecast (SLF) is an interactive point forecast planning tool that brings customized forecasts to the user. SLF makes weather data accessible and user- friendly. Click on a specific location on an interactive map to receive personal forecasts such as wind and temperature that are provided on an easy-to-read graph. The computer model [...]
Amazing Libraries of the World
The Huffington Post had a post yesterday about some beautiful world libraries. Personally, I liked the Yale’s Rare books library… For books on libraries architecture, please see this link – http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?subject=Library+architecture ** photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/selva/
Chemistry and the Olympics – Gene Doping
With the Winter 2010 Olympics less than 30 days away, the analytic chemists and their rivals are hard at work. The journal Drug Testing and Analysis has a wide variety of articles looking at performance enhancing drugs and therapies. Have a look at the article The hunt for gene dopers authored by Mansour, Mai M. [...]
Bones from Wood
The BBC has reported last week about scientists in Italy making artificial replacement bones out of wood – http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8438209.stm A quick search in the Compendex database shows dozens and dozens of research reports of using wood as a possible implant material. ** photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/challiyan/
2010 Colors of Chemistry Calendar Now Available
Every year the Chemical Abstracts Service of the American Chemical Society publishes a wonderful calendar – the Colors of Chemistry. Starting in 2010 this calendar is now available either as a free download or as an online interactive calendar. Go to 2010 Colors of Chemistry Calendar and choose your option. Submitted by Kevin Lindstrom Liaison [...]
