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Unnecessarily Rushed Explanations - Best Music Game of All Time: Elite Beat Agents

Elite Beat Agents is based off a Japanese video game for Nintendo DS. But instead of male cheerleaders and Japanese pop songs, the U.S. version relies on “Men In Black”-like agents and good ol’ fashioned American hits from the Jackson 5 and Madonna. Chris Kohler explains why the stateside edition is the best music game of all time.




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Unnecessarily Rushed Explanations - The Most Disgusting Video Game of All Time: Hotline Miami

It’s reminiscent of old Grand Theft Auto games, but Hotline Miami is in a league of its own. It tricks you into thinking it’s cute, but don’t be fooled, it's one of the most gruesome and bloody video games of all time.




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Unnecessarily Rushed Explanations - The Most Difficult Video Game of All Time: Super Hexagon

Super Hexagon is not a video game for the easily discouraged. You die early and often until eventually (hopefully) you get into the swing of things. WIRED editor Chris Kohler explains why it’s the most difficult video game of all time.




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Out of Office with Brent Rose - Mini GoPro! Hero4 Session: Full Review, Tests, Comparison Footage

If you hate GoPro's rectangular shape, your prayers have been answered! Sort of. We took the new Hero4 Session into rivers, lakes, and surf, off cliffs and platforms, through trees and go kart courses. Our full review will tell you everything you need to know.




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Ferris Bueller's Ferrari

You may know it as the gorgeous car Ferris Bueller and his friends drive around Chicago but to car fans it's the Ferrari 250GT California Spyder short wheelbase model, the one with the super-rare headlight covers.




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Cooking With Fire: Testing the Sansaire Searing Kit for Sous Vide

Sous vide machines can make tasty fare but the technique often leaves meat gray and unappetizing. WIRED's Adam Rogers fires up the $159 Sansaire Sear home blowtorch to add a little sizzle to a steak.




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A New Crop of Marijuana Geneticists Build Better Weed

There are thousands of strains of weed. Cracking their genetic codes may be the key to transforming pot from a budding business to a high-flying industry and a cannabis analytics lab is trying to unlock the true potential of weed. Pictures by Preston Gannaway.




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We Drive an All-Electric Ferrari, the Car that Shouldn’t Exist

Ferrari boss Sergio Marchionne is on record as saying an electric Ferrari is an obscene concept, but that didn't stop a group of guys in California from turning the 308 GT into an EV.




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John Kerry on How the Paris Climate Agreement Could Help Fight Terrorism

US Secretary of State John Kerry discusses the ways that recently signed UN climate agreement will spur innovations in renewable energy across the globe, including terror hotspots.




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This Robot Barista Makes a Dang Good Latte

Cafe X’s robotic baristas could be the future of java jolts. The company’s robot-staffed kiosks sling precision-made espresso drinks starting at $2.25 a cup, just don’t expect fancy latte art.




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Jets, Helicopters, and Airliners Flash Their Skills at the Paris Air Show

If you’re looking for the stars of the aviation world—the biggest airliners, the fiercest fighters, the swankiest private jets, the smartest drones—pack your bags for France.




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Fear Not the Robot Singularity

The robot revolution we’re in the midst of is way more interesting and way less murder-y than science fiction. Call it the multiplicity.




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How Humans Get Hacked: Yuval Noah Harari & Tristan Harris Talk with WIRED

Yuval Noah Harari, historian and best-selling author of Sapiens, Homo Deus and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, and Tristan Harris, co-founder and executive director of the Center for Humane Technology, speak with WIRED Editor in Chief Nicholas Thompson.




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Will AI Enhance or Hack Humanity? - Fei-Fei Li & Yuval Noah Harari in Conversation with Nicholas Thompson

In a discussion that covers ethics in technology, hacking humans, free will, and how to avoid potential dystopian scenarios, historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari speaks with Fei-Fei Li, renowned computer scientist and Co-Director of Stanford University's Human-Centered AI Institute -- in a conversation moderated by Nicholas Thompson, WIRED's Editor-in-Chief.




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Vision Scientist Explains Why These Praying Mantises Are Wearing 3D Glasses

Researchers at Newcastle University, UK have been studying stereoscopic vision in praying mantises by having them wear tiny 3D glasses. WIRED's Matt Simon talks with Jenny Read, a vision scientist who led the research, about how their vision compares with humans and what that means for machine vision.




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Accent Expert Explains Similarities Between Different Accents

Many accents from different parts of the English-speaking world actually have a ton of similarities. Dialect coach Erik Singer talks about how this happens, and breaks down which mouth and tongue shapes correlate to the sounds we hear.




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Out from the shadows [videorecording] / produced by Rosemarie Reed Productions, Ltd. ; producer/director, Rosemarie Reed ; writers, Rosemarie Reed, Michael Wachholz




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A short course on relativistic heavy ion collisions / A.K. Chaudhuri (Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata, India and Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India)

Chaudhuri, A. K., author




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Entropy demystified : the second law reduced to plain common sense / Arieh Ben-Naim (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

Ben-Naim, Arieh, 1934- author




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Intermediate statistical mechanics / Jayanta Bhattacharjee (Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, India), Dhruba Banerjee (Jadavpur University, India)

Bhattacharjee, J. K. (Jayanta K.) author




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Quantum statistical field theory : an introduction to Schwinger's variational method with Green's function nanoapplications, graphene and superconductivity / Norman J. Morgenstern Horing (Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Stevens Inst

Horing, Norman J. M., author




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A guide to mathematical methods for physicists : advanced topics and applications / Michela Petrini (Sorbonne Université, Paris, France), Gianfranco Pradisi (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy), Alberto Zaffaroni (University of Milano-Bicocca, Ita

Petrini, Michela, author




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Latest News: Librarian Seeks Input on Register of Copyrights

The public will have the opportunity to provide input to the Library of Congress on expertise needed by the next Register of Copyrights, the Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, announced today.

Click here for more information.




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Strategic human resource planning for academic libraries [electronic resource] : information, technology and organization / Michael A. Crumpton

Crumpton, Michael A., author




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Dismantling solidarity [electronic resource] : capitalist politics and American pensions since the New Deal / Michael A. McCarthy

McCarthy, Michael A., 1979- author




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The ART of people management in libraries [electronic resource] : tips for managing your most vital resource / by James McKinlay and Vicki Williamson

McKinlay, James, MHRD




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Creating the innovation culture [electronic resource] : leveraging visionaries, dissenters and other useful troublemakers in your organization / Frances Horibe

Horibe, Frances




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Manager la génération Y avec les neurosciences [electronic resource] / Alan Fustec, Dominique Sappey-Marinier

Fustec, Alan, author




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Design and analysis of experiments / Douglas C. Montgomery (Arizona State University)

Montgomery, Douglas C., author




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Psychology : themes and variations / Wayne Weiten (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

Weiten, Wayne, 1950- author




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Gender, technology and violence / edited by Marie Segrave and Laura Vitis




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Study guide to accompany Neil J. Salkind's Statistics for people who (think they) hate statistics / Neil J. Salkind ; prepared by Karin Lindstrom Bremer

Salkind, Neil J., author




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Oxford handbook of organizational paradox / edited by Wendy K. Smith, Marianne W, Lewis, Paula Jarzabkowski and Anne Langley




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Power and technology : a philosophical and ethical analysis / Faridun Sattarov

Sattarov, Faridun, 1986- author




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Volcanoes and earthquakes: a guide to our unquiet earth / Chiara Maria Petrone, Roberto Scandone, Alex Whittaker

Dewey Library - QE521.2.P48 2019




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Palaeobiogeography of marine fossil invertebrates: concepts and methods / Fabrizio Cecca

Online Resource




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Revolution of perovskite: synthesis, properties and applications / Narayanasamy Sabari Arul, Vellalapalayam Devaraj Nithya, editors

Online Resource




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Practical handbook of marine science / edited by Michael J. Kennish

Online Resource




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Rift-related coarse-grained submarine fan reservoirs: the Brae Play, South Viking Graben, North Sea / edited by Colin C. Turner, Bryan T. Cronin

Hayden Library - QE350.22.N67 R55 2018




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Chemostratigraphy across major chronological boundaries / Alcides N. Sial, Claudio Gaucher, Muthuvairavasamy Ramkumar, Valderez Pinto Ferreira, editors

Hayden Library - QE515.C452 2019




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Metamorphic geology: microscale to mountain belts / edited by S. Ferrero, P. Lanari, P. Goncalves, and E. G. Grosch

Hayden Library - QE475.A2 M473 2019




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Volcanic rocks: proceedings of the International Workshop on Volcanic Rocks, workshop W2 -- 11th Congress ISRM, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal 14-15 July 2007 / editors, Ana Maria Alheiro, João Carlos Nunes

Online Resource




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Case studies in isotope stratigraphy / edited by Michael Montenari

Dewey Library - QE515 M68 2019




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Arctic marine sustainability: Arctic maritime businesses and the resilience of the marine environment / Eva Pongrácz, Victor Pavlov, Niko Hänninen, editors

Online Resource




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Caring for glaciers: land, animals, and humanity in the Himalayas / Karine Gagné

Hayden Library - GB2559.H56 G34 2018




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Understanding of copolymers containing pyridine and selenophene simultaneously and their polarity conversion in transistors

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00739C, Research Article
So-Huei Kang, Myeonggeun Han, Yongjoon Cho, Jisu Hong, Seongmin Heo, Seonghun Jeong, Yong-Young Noh, Changduk Yang
Two n-type pyridine and selenophene-containing polymers were synthesized and the structure–property relationships were investigated, followed by polarity switching from ambipolarity to unipolar characteristics via the doping method.
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From simple Katritzky salts to AIEgens: mechanochromic luminescence and heparin detection

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1492-1499
DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00783K, Research Article
Faxu Lin, Yang Feng, Xiaoqing Liu, Lei Wang, Zhen-Qiang Yu, Yi Liu
A series of novel AIEgens based on Katritzky pyridinium salts were readily synthesized and exhibited interesting aggregation-induced emission behaviors, remarkable mechanochromic luminescence, and promising heparin detection.
The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry




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Optical nonlinearity of Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-67 in the near-infrared region

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00226G, Research Article
Han Pan, Hongwei Chu, Xiao Wang, Ying Li, Shengzhi Zhao, Guiqiu Li, Dechun Li
In this paper, we report the large optical nonlinearities of Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-67 (ZIF-67) in the near-infrared (NIR) region. Typical Z-scan techniques were carried out to determine the nonlinear optical...
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The principle / Jérôme Ferrari ; translated from the French by Howard Curtis

Hayden Library - PQ2706.E764 P7413 2017




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La France des écrivains: éclats d'un mythe (1945-2005) / Marie-Odile André, Marc Dambre, Michel P. Schmitt (éds)

Online Resource