Wednesday, January 19, 2011

CIRM Research Results: Stem cells model heart disease, test drugs

CIRM Research Results: Stem cells model heart disease, test drugs: "Nature has a story that features a promising use for stem cells, and also provided a creative outlet for whoever is writing headlines over t..."

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Topics in Biomedical Engineering: Electrospinning Nanofibers

Information Exploration: Becoming a Savvy Scholar----http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/materials-science-and-engineering/3-093-information-exploration-becoming-a-savvy-scholar-fall-2006/

This freshman course explores the scientific publication cycle, primary vs. secondary sources, and online and in-print bibliographic databases; how to search, find, evaluate, and cite information; indexing and abstracting; using special resources (e.g. patents) and "grey literature" (e.g. technical reports and conference proceedings); conducting Web searches; and constructing literature reviews.

http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/3/3.093/f06/tutorials/pub-cycle-with-quiz.swf

http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/3/3.093/f06/tutorials/getting-started.swf

http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/3/3.093/f06/tutorials/database.swf

http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/3/3.093/f06/tutorials/evaluating.swf

http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/3/3.093/f06/tutorials/citing.swf

http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/3/3.093/f06/tutorials/intro.swf