Intute: Physical sciences presents the 15 most recent Web resources for education and research added to our database en-uk 9 Feb 2010 03:30:00 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/physicalsciences/latest.html Logo for the Intute service http://www.intute.ac.uk/images/intute_100_new.png 100 42 http://www.intute.ac.uk/physicalsciences/latest.html http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100208-105247 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100208-105247 The Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) is based within the Earth Institute at Columbia University. It "works at the intersection of the social, natural, and information sciences, and specializes in on-line data and information management, spatial data integration and training, and interdisciplinary research related to human interactions in the environment." The Center's website provides much information about its programmes and projects including downloadable data, online tools and applications, and publications. A wide range of subjects are covered, including: agriculture, biodiversity and ecosystems, climate change, economic activity, environmental assessment and monitoring, environmental health, environmental treaties, indicators, land use and land cover, natural hazards, population, poverty, and remote sensing for human dimensions research. Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=994781058-41315 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=994781058-41315 The Wolfram library archive provides downloadable resources and references for Mathematica and other Wolfram products including articles, books, conference proceedings, technical notes, courseware and demonstrations. The science section covers astronomy, atmospheric science, biochemistry, bioinformatics, biology, chemistry, geology and geophysics, hydrology, medicine and physics. Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100208-102829 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100208-102829 The North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) is a professional organisation which aims to improve interaction between suppliers and users of cartographic information and to promote and improve the use of cartographic information. The NACIS website provides information about its activities, including details of the Society's journal "Cartographic Perspectives". It includes the winning entries from the 2009 Student Web Mapping Competition: The Dead Sea: a history of change, and Visualization of Republic of Letters. Links are provided to related websites. Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100205-093547 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100205-093547 This database of chemical name synonyms from ChemIndustry.com can be searched by full or partial chemical name, CAS number or molecular formula. Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100204-105702 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100204-105702 The Organic Chemistry Portal provides this resource on named organic chemistry reactions. Details are provided of over 200 reactions including reaction mechanisms, diagrams, descriptions and links to related reactions. References are provided for most of the reactions listed. Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100204-103637 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100204-103637 PLT is a shareware program for drawing chemical structures and creating hard copy on printers and other Windows-supported output devices written by Hans J. Reich of the Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin Madison. PLT "provides routines for producing all rings and line types used in chemical structures, formatted text material in any TrueType font installed on your system (including greek characters and special chemical characters like radical anion, radical cation, double dagger) and supports the use of color". PLT can also produce images and files of chemical drawings in a variety of other formats. The website includes sample drawings and links to sample websites created using PLT. Users are asked to register their copy of the software. Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100204-100940 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100204-100940 Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc. (ACD) offer a fully functional, freeware version of their ChemSketch drawing package for home and educational use only. It includes tools for 2D structure cleaning, 3D optimisation and viewing, InChI generation and conversion, drawing of polymers, organometallics, Markush structures, and IUPAC systematic naming capability for molecules with fewer than 50 atoms and 3 rings. Users must register before downloading the software. Additional features, including technical support, are available in the paid version of the software. Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100204-095958 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100204-095958 Crystallography Online is a service from the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) which aims "to provide extensive coverage of current and internet-based information concerning crystallography and of interest to crystallographers". It covers crystallographers, news, organisations, crystallographic resources, activities, education and journals. Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100203-144605 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100203-144605 This guide to plasma physics websites is provided by the Plasma Laboratory of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. It includes mainly plasma research centres and organisations classified by country. Wed, 3 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100203-142202 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100203-142202 The Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS) is an astronomical data centre based at the Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory, France, which hosts the Simbad database for the identification of astronomical objects, the VizieR collection of astronomical catalogues and data tables, and the Aladin interactive software sky atlas. The Centre's website also provides a Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects, a bibliographic service and tutorials for using each of the main CDS services. The website is also available in French. Wed, 3 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100203-140313 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100203-140313 "Physics" is a free service from the American Physical Society (APS) which highlights exceptional papers from the "Physical Review" journals. It features expert commentaries written by active researchers who are asked to explain the results to physicists in other sub-fields. "Physics" includes essays (1000-1500 words) that focus on a single "Physical Review" paper or letter, concise review articles (3000-4000 words) that survey a particular area and look for interesting developments in that field, and synopses (200 words) which are staff-written distillations of interesting and important papers each week. Wed, 3 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100203-135600 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100203-135600 This blog from the Institute of Physics PhysicsWorld service covers a wide range of physics topics with regular postings from February 2008. Wed, 3 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100203-134520 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=vim-20100203-134520 The PhysicsWorld service from the Institute of Physics provides this news channel publishing physics news stories from around the world. Registered users can receive weekly alerts and newswires. An RSS feed is available. Wed, 3 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=2005824-16322171 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=2005824-16322171 Created by the Nuffield Curriculum Centre and the Institute of Physics, this is a collection of experiments and practicals in the measurement of physical quantities for physics teachers and educators to use for learning and teaching purposes. The experiments are divided into four key areas: measuring mass, length and time; measuring density; pressure; and atmospheric pressure. Further notes are provided on some topics. Tue, 2 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=2005824-16322140 http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=2005824-16322140 Created by the Nuffield Curriculum Centre and the Institute of Physics, this is a collection of experiments and practicals in optics for physics teachers and educators to use for learning and teaching purposes. The experiments are divided into eight key areas: an introduction to rays and images, pinhole and lens cameras, investigations with ray streaks, reflection of light, refraction of light, optical instruments, the eye, and spectra and colour. Further notes are provided on some topics. Tue, 2 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT