http://scieng.library.ubc.ca UBC Library Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:27:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/ubc-computer-sciences-joanna-mcgrenere-dinesh-pai-alla-sheffer-awarded-nserc-discovery-accelerator-supplements/ http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/ubc-computer-sciences-joanna-mcgrenere-dinesh-pai-alla-sheffer-awarded-nserc-discovery-accelerator-supplements/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:32:21 +0000 Eugene Barsky http://branchscieng.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=2571 http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/ubc-computer-sciences-joanna-mcgrenere-dinesh-pai-alla-sheffer-awarded-nserc-discovery-accelerator-supplements/feed/ 0 The Discovery Accelerator Supplements (DAS) Program provides  substantial and timely resources to a small group of researchers  whose research proposals suggest and explore high-risk, novel or  potentially transformative concepts and lines of inquiry, and are  likely to have impact by contributing to groundbreaking advances. https://www.cs.ubc.ca/news/2012/04/joanna-mcgrenere-dinesh-pai-alla-sheffer-awarded-nserc-discovery-accelerator-supplement http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/outstanding-presentation-award-at-this-years-applied-power-electronics-conference/ http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/outstanding-presentation-award-at-this-years-applied-power-electronics-conference/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:43:45 +0000 Eugene Barsky http://branchscieng.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=2567 http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/outstanding-presentation-award-at-this-years-applied-power-electronics-conference/feed/ 0 ECE PhD candidate wins APEC outstanding presentation award Deepak S. Gautam, a PhD student in power electronics from computer and electrical engineering, received an Outstanding Presentation Award at this year’s Applied Power Electronics Conference. In the poster Deepak describes a novel zero voltage switching full-bridge converter with trailing edge pulse width modulation and capacitive output [...] http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/contributions-librarians-make-to-the-rd-process-results-of-a-survey/ http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/contributions-librarians-make-to-the-rd-process-results-of-a-survey/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:57:11 +0000 Aleteia Greenwood http://branchscieng.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=2558 http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/contributions-librarians-make-to-the-rd-process-results-of-a-survey/feed/ 0 Researchers’ Opinions of Contributions Made by Librarians to the R&D Process From – ‘A Study of Correlation, The Effect Of R&D Information Tools On Research Success,’ Elsevier Corporate Markets http://futureready365.sla.org/12/24/researchers%e2%80%99-opinions-of-contributions-made-by-librarians-to-the-rd-process/ http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/peter-wall-institutes-major-thematic-grant-awarded-on-nanomaterials-for-alternative-energy-applications/ http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/peter-wall-institutes-major-thematic-grant-awarded-on-nanomaterials-for-alternative-energy-applications/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:28:58 +0000 Eugene Barsky http://branchscieng.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=2555 http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/peter-wall-institutes-major-thematic-grant-awarded-on-nanomaterials-for-alternative-energy-applications/feed/ 0 The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies has announced that a Peter Wall Institute Major Thematic Grant of $500,000 has been awarded to Dr. Michael Wolf, Principal Investigator (Chemistry) for a project entitled “Nanomaterials for Alternative Energy Applications” for the period 2012-2016. http://www.pwias.ubc.ca/awards/thematic-programs/major-thematic-grants.php http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/microsoft-demonstrates-universal-translator/ http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/microsoft-demonstrates-universal-translator/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:06:17 +0000 Eugene Barsky http://branchscieng.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=2550 http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/microsoft-demonstrates-universal-translator/feed/ 0 From ASEE First Bell: Popular Science (3/13, Dillow) reports, “Microsoft Research labs has demoed a new prototype software that could be the next big step toward a so-called ‘universal translator’ device, one that can instantly flip one language into another and back again so a conversation can be carried on between two people even when [...] http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/brainstorming-does-it-really-work/ http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/brainstorming-does-it-really-work/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:29:00 +0000 Aleteia Greenwood http://branchscieng.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=2528 http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/brainstorming-does-it-really-work/feed/ 0 According to this article by Jonah Lehrer in the New Yorker, brainstorming is not as effective as once thought:Groupthink: the brainstorming myth   http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/is-the-world-tottering-on-the-precipice-of-peak-gold-an-excellent-article-in-this-week-science/ http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/is-the-world-tottering-on-the-precipice-of-peak-gold-an-excellent-article-in-this-week-science/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:47:13 +0000 Eugene Barsky http://branchscieng.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=2533 http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/is-the-world-tottering-on-the-precipice-of-peak-gold-an-excellent-article-in-this-week-science/feed/ 0 http://www.sciencemag.org/content/335/6072/1038.full?rss=1 Seventeen-hundred-dollar-an-ounce gold is driving a mining frenzy, but analysts are concerned that miners can’t extract gold any faster than they have the past decade. http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/do-not-track-browser-button-will-be-available-in-chrome/ http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/do-not-track-browser-button-will-be-available-in-chrome/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:24:49 +0000 Eugene Barsky http://branchscieng.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=2525 http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/do-not-track-browser-button-will-be-available-in-chrome/feed/ 0 From Advertising Age: Google Inc. will allow a “do-not- track” button to be embedded in its Web browser, letting users restrict the amount of data that can be collected about them. The world’s most popular search engine is joining other Web companies to support the anti-tracking initiative, which prevents an individual’s browsing history from being [...] http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/googles-augmented-reality-smart-eyeglasses/ http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/googles-augmented-reality-smart-eyeglasses/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:40:21 +0000 Eugene Barsky http://branchscieng.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=2523 http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/googles-augmented-reality-smart-eyeglasses/feed/ 0 Google announced yesterday that before the end of 2012, you will be able to buy augmented-reality smart eyeglasses from the search giant. The Android-powered glasses will have an onboard camera that monitors in real time what you see as you walk (or, heavens preserve us, drive) down the street. The lenses will then overlay information [...] http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/by-the-numbers-from-the-last-issue-science/ http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/by-the-numbers-from-the-last-issue-science/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:20:01 +0000 Eugene Barsky http://branchscieng.sites.olt.ubc.ca/?p=2519 http://scieng.library.ubc.ca/blog/by-the-numbers-from-the-last-issue-science/feed/ 0 3769.3 Meters that a Russian team of scientists drilled through Antarctic ice to reach the surface of subglacial Lake Vostok on 5 February (see p. 788). 92 Percentage of the world’s total freshwater consumption each year attributed to agriculture, according to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. $333,000 Amount in [...]