The newsletter that keeps you apprised of all the latest events at
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Volume 2, issue 2, February 2001
Contents:
* Welcome!
* New & Newsworthy@AccessScience
* Recently published@AccessScience
* Upcoming@AccessScience
* FAQ
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Dear AccessScience Users,

~ Welcome! ~

Welcome to AccessScience News! Our goals for this newsletter are to keep you
abreast of the newest content and features of AccessScience and to help you
find the information you are seeking faster and more efficiently. To this
end, we feature technical tips or tutorials, we answer Frequently Asked
Questions that come to us via user feedback, and announce the latest product
enhancements as well as noteworthy new content. We welcome your comments and
suggestions; please use the Suggestion Box in AccessScience
(http://www.AccessScience.com/server-java/Arknoid/science/AS/CustomerSupport
/suggestions.html). The next issue will be sent March 15th.
 
 

~ New & Newsworthy@AccessScience ~

The publication this week of two separate studies on the human genome, by
Celera Genomics and a publicly funded international consortium, has already
been heralded as a landmark in modern science. Timed to the release of these
papers, AccessScience is pleased to provide a new Encyclopedia article
titled "Human Genome Project" by Dr. Francis Collins, Director of The
National Human Genome Research Institute (U.S. National Insitutes of
Health), who led the international consortium, and Dr. Elke Jordan of NHGRI.
This article provides an accessible overview of the Human Genome Project and
the underlying science as well as links to the freely available issues of
the original journal articles by both groups; links to Celera's site; to
other international genomics sites containing background information as well
as the latest data -- and, of course, links to AccessScience articles for
in-depth background reading. We hope that this timely article will be a
valuable portal to information!
 on genomics.

The AccessScience Q&A feature is now available! Do you have a question on a
topic related to science or technology? Then we invite you to go to the
AccessScience Q&A at
http://www.accessscience.com/server-java/Arknoid/science/AS/QA/. We've
already posted answers to such questions as, "Why is the sky dark at
night?", "What causes the flash of a firefly?" and "Is there such a thing as
"fuzzy mathematics"?" If you can't find an answer in our archive, submit
your question by filling out the form at
http://www.accessscience.com/server-java/Arknoid/science/AS/QA/. Our editors
will review and select questions of general interest and post answers in the
AccessScience Q&A section. Each answer will have links to selected articles
for in-depth study. We regret that we may not be able to answer all
questions submitted.
 
 

~ Recently published@AccessScience ~

* Charge-coupled devices, by Mark R. Guidry of Fairchild Camera and
Instrument Corporation, Mountain View, California (in part), and Steven
Onishi, Component Engineering Manager at Lockheed Martin Fairchild Systems
(in part). An updated article on the principles and applications of
semiconductor devices used especially in imaging devices such as scanners
and digital cameras.
(http://www.accessscience.com/server-java/Arknoid/science/AS/Encyclopedia/1/
12/Est_125200_frameset.html)

* Chemical microreactors, by Dr. Wolfgang Ehrfeld and Dr. Stefan
Kiesewalter, Institut fur Mikrotechnik Mainz, Germany.
A 2001 Research Update reviewing a revolutionary technology finding
applications in chemical engineering, analytical chemistry, biotechnology,
pharmacy, and other fields of chemistry.
(http://www.accessscience.com/server-java/Arknoid/science/AS/ResUpdates/2001
/YB_010350_frameset.html)

* Database management system, by Dr. Henry F. Korth, Database Principles
Research, Murray Hill, NJ; Dr. Abraham Silberschatz, Information Sciences
Research Center, Murray Hill, NJ; and Dr. S. Sudarshan, Computer Science &
Engineering Department, I. I. T. Bombay, Powai, Mumbai. An updated article
on systems used to manage large bodies of information.
(http://www.accessscience.com/server-java/Arknoid/science/AS/Encyclopedia/1/
18/Est_180980_frameset.html)

* Drug resistance, by Dr. Daniel J. Diekema, Department of Pathology,
University of Iowa College of Medicine. An updated article on the ability of
organisms to resist the action of inhibitory molecules or compounds, for
example, the
resistance of disease-causing bacteria to antibiotics,
(http://www.accessscience.com/server-java/Arknoid/science/AS/Encyclopedia/2/
20/Est_205600_frameset.html)

* Electric utility restructuring, by J. A. Casazza, Springfield, VA. A 2001
Research Update on the technical and economic impacts of the restructuring
of electric utilities in the USA following the move toward deregulation.
Highly relevant background reading for a topic in the national news.
(http://www.accesscience.com/server-java/Arknoid/science/AS/ResUpdates/2001/
YB_010562_frameset.html)

* Ground-water hydrology, by Michael J. Barcelona, Director, Institute for
Water Sciences, Western Michigan University. An updated article on the
occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of liquid water
beneath the surface of the
earth; and on the application of these principles in fields such as drinking
water supply.
(http://www.accessscience.com/server-java/Arknoid/science/AS/Encyclopedia/3/
30/Est_301300_frameset.html)

* Magellanic Clouds, by Dr. Paul Hodge, Department of Astronomy, University
of Washington, Seattle. An updated article on companion galaxies to our own
Milky Way. Well illustrated with images from the Hubble Space Telescope.
(http://www.accessscience.com/server-java/Arknoid/science/AS/Encyclopedia/3/
39/Est_396000_frameset.html)

* Peroxisome, by Dr. Richard A. Rachubinski, Department of Cell Biology,
University of Alberta, Canada. A new article on a component of eukaryotic
cells containing enzymes that perform numerous important biochemical
functions, such as detoxification.
(http://www.accesscience.com/server-java/Arknoid/science/AS/Encyclopedia/7/7
5/Est_757495_frameset.html)

* Quantum teleportation, by Dr. Anton Zeilinger, Institut fur
Experimentalphysik, University of Vienna, Austria. A 2001 Research Update on
a deep phenomenon of quantum physics that smacks of science fiction but may
yet find application in quantum computing.
(http://www.accesscience.com/server-java/Arknoid/science/AS/ResUpdates/2001/
YB_011320_frameset.html)
 
 

~ Upcoming@AccessScience ~

Highlights of articles soon to be posted in AccessScience. Look for new and
revised articles daily.

* Temporary Structure (engineering)
* Geographic information systems
* Coal degasification
* Calculus of variations
* Coelacanthiformes
* Underground mining
* Computer-based systems
* Fossil primates
* Gamma rays
* Mushroom

~ AccessScience FAQ ~

Frequently Asked Questions are drawn from the feedback we receive from users
of AccessScience. We welcome your comments, suggestions, and questions;
please use the Suggestion Box on the home page or navigation frame to send
us e-mail
(http://www.AccessScience.com/server-java/Arknoid/science/AS/CustomerSupport
/suggestions.html).

Q. We have print copies of the encyclopedia plus the Yearbooks.  We would be
interested in knowing more about the relationship of the Yearbooks and the
online version, AccessScience.

A. The print editions of the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks of Science & Technology
are incorporated in AccessScience as Research Updates. At present, the
Yearbooks are archived back to 1998. We are currently adding Yearbook 2001
articles. The titles of Research Updates appearing in the alphabetical
browse lists or sub-topic lists indicate the corresponding volume of the
print versions (e.g., "Cosmological constant (2000)" appeared in the
Yearbook 2000). If you find a particular Research Update via the search
engine, clicking on the sub-topic heading above the title on any page will
open up the title list showing the year of print publication.

Q. A library patron asked for information for citation purposes regarding
the origin of the material retrieved by the AccessScience search engine,
specifically, "Encyclopedia Article," "Dictionary Term," "Research Update,"
"Biography," and "In the News Archive."

A. Here are some details about the sources (but see the last comment, below,
about how to cite materials appearing in AccessScience):
-Encyclopedia Articles.
Source: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 8th edition plus
on-going updates and new articles (Encyclopedia articles marked "new" will
appear in 9th print edition).
-Research Updates.
Source: McGraw-Hill Yearbooks of Science & Technology, 1998-2000 plus
on-going addition of articles from 2001 volume. See previous question.
-Dictionary
Source: McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 5th edition
and on-going updates.
-Biographies
Source: Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography (c) Helicon Publishing
Ltd. Readers are referred to the source and copyright notice at the end of
each biography licensed from Helicon.
-News articles.
Source: Science News Vol. xxx, No. xx, Month day, year, p.xx. Copyright (c)
200x Science Service. Readers are referred to the source and copyright
notice at the end of each News article, as we publish news stories from time
to time written by AccessScience staff.
IMPORTANT. Guidelines for citing articles appear in AccessScience; they're
in help item No. 8 in the  "Wizard" (help pages) connected to every article.
They were also reprinted in the January issue of this Newsletter.
(http://www.accessscience.com/server-java/Arknoid/science/AS/Help/wiz_art_fr
ame.html)
 
 
 

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