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• AccessScience update

  AccessScience added new science-related content in April. New and updated articles include:

  • Bacteriophage
  • Natural killer T cell
  • Translation

  Editorial briefings:

  • Egg proteins show promise for removing salt and microplastics from water

  News stories:

  • Hibernating bears don’t get blood clots. Now scientists know why
  • Satellite data reveal nearly 20,000 previously unknown deep-sea mountains
  • Saturn’s icy rings are probably heating its atmosphere, giving it an ultraviolet glow
  • The W boson might not be heavier than expected after all
  • This sea cucumber shoots sticky tubes out of its butt. Its genes hint at how

  Videos and animations:

  • Malaria: Life Cycle of Plasmodium
  • Phagocytosis
  • Specialized Transduction

  

  May 17, 2023 • Collection Updates • Views: 4094

• Films on Demand update

  Films On Demand added 289 new videos in April. Take a look!

   

  

  May 3, 2023 • Collection Updates • Views: 2708

• New titles

  Check out the new books we added to our collection in April. Here are a few of the new titles:

    
    
    
    

  May 1, 2023 • Collection Updates • Views: 3429

• Free books

  Please see the latest spreadsheet of Library discards and contact Melanie if you’d like any of them for your department. Most of these books cover topics like education, art, and architecture.

  April 28, 2023 • Collection Updates • Views: 2325

• AccessScience update

  AccessScience has added lots of new science-related content in the last few months. New and updated articles include:

  • DNA and RNA polymerases
  • Movement disorders
  • Neuroplasticity
  • Peripheral nervous system
  • Stroke
  • Symbiosis
  • Action potential
  • Fatty acid
  • Fluid mosaic model of biological membranes
  • Gene regulation
  • Neurodevelopment
  • Systems biology
  • Brain
  • Glycolipid
  • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
  • Neurotransmitter
  • Somatosensory system

  Editorial briefings:

  • Debris flows study provides new insights into landslide mechanics
  • First nuclear fusion ignition event produced in a laboratory
  • Efficient sodium-ion anode developed for energy storage in batteries

  News stories:

  • Brain scans suggest the pandemic prematurely aged teens’ brains
  • New data show how quickly light pollution is obscuring the night sky
  • These chemists cracked the code to long-lasting Roman concrete
  • These shape-shifting devices melt and re-form thanks to magnetic fields
  • Tiny bubbles that make icicles hazy are filled with water, not air
  • A newfound croakless frog may communicate via touch
  • How fingerprints form was a mystery — until now
  • Insect bites in plant fossils reveal leaves could fold shut millions of years ago
  • Physicists stored data in quantum holograms made of twisted light
  • A hormone shot helped drunk mice sober up quickly
  • Half of all active satellites are now from SpaceX. Here’s why that may be a problem
  • Here’s a peek into the mathematics of black holes
  • In mice, anxiety isn’t all in the head. It can start in the heart
  • Muons unveiled new details about a void in Egypt’s Great Pyramid
  • Stressed plants make ultrasonic clicking noises

  Videos and animations:

  • Inducible and Repressible Operons
  • Structural Basis of DNA Replication
  • The Life Cycle of T2 Phage
  • IgE-Mediated (Type I) Hypersensitivity
  • Immune Response
  • Inflammatory Response
  • Transcription (mRNA Synthesis)
  • Transposons: Shifting Segments of the Genome
  • Steps in Cloning a Gene

  

  April 19, 2023 • Collection Updates • Views: 4052

• Films on Demand update

  Films On Demand added 628 new videos in February and March. These include 73 titles from the Understanding Birth series. Take a look!

   

  

  April 6, 2023 • Collection Updates • Views: 2652

• New titles

  Check out the new books we added to our collection in March. Here are a few of the new titles:

    
    
    
    

  April 4, 2023 • Collection Updates • Views: 3395

• Free books

  Please see the latest spreadsheet of Library discards and contact Melanie if you’d like any of them for your department. Most of these books cover topics like higher education, college students, study skills, and educational tests.

  March 21, 2023 • Collection Updates • Views: 2282

• Opposing Viewpoints update

  Opposing Viewpoints is constantly adding and updating coverage of current events and social issues, perfect for students writing argument papers. Here are some new and recently updated topics:

   

  • Anti-Science
  • Fat Acceptance Movement
  • Antisemitism
  • Cell Phones in Schools
  • Depression
  • Digital Currency
  • Drugs and Athletes
  • Guns and Violence
  • Immigration
  • Income Inequality
  • K12 Education
  • Lead-Contaminated Water

  • LGBTQ+ Marriage Equality
  • Mental Disorders
  • Obesity
  • Pollution
  • Rape and Sexual Assault
  • Renewable Energy
  • Title IX
  • US Economy
  • US-Puerto Rico Relations
  • Vaccines
  • Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • Youth Sports

  March 14, 2023 • Collection Updates • Views: 3109

• New titles

  Check out the new books we added to our collection in February. Here are a few of the new titles:

    
    
    

  March 1, 2023 • Collection Updates • Views: 3318