Mississippi River Flows Backwards Due to Isaac

For more information and to see what happens where there is a storm surge, read the following posted by USGS.

http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3387&from=rss_home#.UD6pzaPwGuJ

Academic publishing

Open sesame

When research is funded by the taxpayer or by charities, the results should be available to all without charge.

From:  May 1, 2012 Economist

Link to the Economist article

BMJ Group renews partnership with HighWire

STANFORD, CA, 30 April 2012 – The BMJ Group today announced the renewal of their long‐standing partnership with HighWire Press..."In recent years, BMJ Group has developed a reputation for being one of the most innovative and influential STM publishers," said Peter Ashman, Publishing Director at the BMJ Group.
For the full story, visit: http://highwire.stanford.edu/PR/BMJrenewsHW.pdf

Spending Panels Back Boosts for NSF, NASA, NIST Programs

by Jeffrey Mervis

The National Science Foundation and NASA got off to a strong start last week in the annual congressional budget race. Separate spending bills in the House of Representatives and the Senate would spare both agencies from the severe cuts forecast next year for most federal agencies in the wake of last summer's budget agreement between Congress and the White House and a budget resolution approved earlier this month by the House. And while legislators aren't expected to cross the finish line for the 2013 budget until after the November elections, an early lead can't hurt.

Full Story at http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/336/6080/401?sa_campaign=Email/sntw/27-April-2012/10.1126/science.336.6080.401

ND researchers publish a review article about current progress in the development of compound semiconductor tunnel field-effect transistors (TFETs) for low-voltage, high performance logic applications.

Alan Seabaugh, Soo Doo Chae, Patrick Fay, Wan Sik Hwang, Tom Kosel, Rui Li, Qingmin Liu, Yeqing Lu, Tim Vasen, Mark Wistey, Grace (Huili) Xing, Guangle Zhou, and Qin Zhang

Congratulations from the Engineering Library!

New paper examines issues raised by Fukushima reactor accident // News // Notre Dame News // University of Notre Dame

New paper examines issues raised by Fukushima reactor accident // News // Notre Dame News // University of Notre Dame

Predatory Publishers -- authors beware!

Beall's List of Predatory, Open-Access Publishers

by Jeffrey Beall metadata librarian at the University of Colorado at Denver who keeps a running list on his blog