Rowland Institute Library Blog

Reference Book of the Day offers reviews of various reference titles,
from new to early in the last century.  Topics include language,
philosophy, education, national parks, crime and others.  (source:
Library Juice)

A Boston Globe article reports on the apparent success of PLOS Biology,
an open access journal which had the highest impact factor among
general biology journals.  (source; Open Access News)

A listing of things people could not find searching on Google. 
Wonder if the people at Google Answers are reading this.  (Source:
LISNews)

PhysicsWeb reports on Harvard’s Whitesides group’s observations of
bacteria and how they swim counter-clockwise next to a solid
surface.  The article mentions Rowland’s Howard Berg and his
experiments observing counter-clockwise motion of bacteria in the
1970s. 

In a paper published in Nature, titled “Escherichia coli swim on the right side.” (Harvard readers follow this link)

Harvard readers follow this link. 

The Rowland Institute announced the hiring of two new Junior Fellows,
Andrew Speck and Ozgur Sahin.  They will start setting up their
labs this fall.  Junior Fellows are appointed by the Institute for
five years, time enough to start up a lab and do some
experiments.   Fellows also can hire a postdoc and a
technician.  The Institute hires an average of two fellows a
year. 

With Acronyma, you can decipher acronyms.  You can also find
acronyms with certain words.  A form for submitting acronyms is
also available.  (Source: ResearchBuzz)

An article in PLOS Biology includes a table guiding one through
negotiating scientific collaborations, including questions of
publication and data access.

Reports on a survey showing the average person spends at least an hour
a day on e-mail, with suggestions for lessening usage.  (Source;
The Virtual Chase)