Waves, acoustics and vibration

Introductory notes on waves, acoustics and vibration are provided by Dr James B. Calvert, Associate Professor Emeritus of Engineering, University of Denver. The notes cover: simple harmonic motion, sound waves, acoustic radiation, pipes and resonators, anomalous sound propagation, diffraction, waves in three dimensions, vibrations of air columns and stretched strings, vibrations of flat things, waves in solids, surface waves on liquids and musical scales.

http://mysite.du.edu/~jcalvert/waves/wavhom.htm

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IUCN : biodiversity

The Biodiversity section of the International Union for Conservation of Nature website, these pages outline the existing crisis in loss of biodiversity and the actions being taken by the IUCN to combat it. There is a newsfeed as well as links to other sections of the site on species, protected areas, marine problems, the wildlife trade monitoring network, and the Red List of Threatened Species.

http://www.iucn.org/what/biodiversity/

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Evolution Resources from the National Academies

The National Academies have redesigned its evolution resources Web page, a collection of books, reports, statements, papers, and articles about evolution. This new site organizes materials for groups such as educators and attorneys, but everyone with an interest in these issues should find the site useful and accessible

http://www.nationalacademies.org/evolution/

Nature Online Video Streaming Archive

For selected articles and letters Nature presents streaming videos that feature interviews with scientists behind the research and analysis from Nature editors.

http://www.nature.com/nature/videoarchive/index.html

Discoveries from Mars: Using a Planetary Perspective to Enhance Undergraduate Geoscience Courses

As more and more data is returned from various missions to Mars, educators have unique opportunities to corral this data in the service of teaching young people about petrology, hydrology, and sedimentology. This set of teaching resources comes from The Cutting Edge website developed at Carleton College. Designed to provide information and teaching resources for geoscience faculty, this new section of the site includes a searchable collection of Internet resources, activities and assignments using Mars data, and a number of visualizations relating to Mars. Visitors may also want to view the presentations on this subject which originated from a workshop held by at the Mars Space Flight Facility at Arizona State University. Also, visitors with their own relevant resources can learn about how they can make their own contributions as well.

http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/mars/index.html

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National Science Foundation: Science Nation

Billed as "The Online Magazine That's All About Science for the People", the online magazine Science Nation reports on important science breakthroughs. Created by the National Science Foundation, the site reports on scientific and technological developments by using video clips, first-hand reporting, and well-written articles. On the homepage, visitors can take in their latest report, and then move on down to the "Science Nation Topics" area. Here they will find reports on tornadoes, new technologies for the visually handicapped, and the effect that climate change will have on Emperor penguin populations in Antarctica. Each topic is accompanied by related images and links to additional websites of note. Finally, visitors can also sign up to receive updates from the site via email and they are welcome to send along their feedback.

http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/index.jsp

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Jeff Weeks' topology and geometry software

This collection of free software includes torus games, Kali (art based upon 17 tiling patterns), polyhedra and tessellations, curved spaces, introductory geometry, games on hyperbolic surfaces, and 3D manifolds. The website and the software are available in various languages.

http://www.geometrygames.org/

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HiPER : laser science for our future

"HiPER is a proposed European High Power laser Energy Research facility dedicated to demonstrating the feasibility of laser driven fusion as a future energy source. HiPER is being designed to enable a broad array of new science including extreme material studies, astrophysics in the laboratory, miniaturised particle accelerators and a wide range of fundamental physics research." This project website provides an overview of the project, key facts, a description of the process of laser-driven fusion, planned science programmes, images and videos, presentations, news and links to project partners.

http://www.hiper-laser.org/

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Magnetic Resonance Online Texts

This well-organized and very thorough website was developed by the physicist Stanislav Sykora with the aim of providing free online texts, theses, and course materials on the subjects of magnetic resonance (MR), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear-magnetic resonance (NMR) and other related topics. The amount of material on the site is impressive. At the top of the page are links to an "MR Blog", as well as to "MR Links" and the "Site Plan & SEARCH".  The NMR/MRI Extras section on the right side of the page is particularly useful for visitors interested in all things about MR. Itslinks to "Events" provides an up-to-date list of symposia, conferences, and meetings, along with links to the events' sites.  The "Societies" link offers at least 50 groups about MR, some of which are country-based, and others that are region- or application-based.

http://www.ebyte.it/library/refs/MROnlineTexts.html

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The most influential journals: Impact Factor and Eigenfactor

Bibliometricians have introduced various scales of ranking journals; some based on publications, some based on usage as well, including the internet, using social networking analysis. Bollen et al. (1) recently concluded that no single indicator adequately measures impact and the IF is at the periphery of 39 scales analyzed. But there is a new parameter, the Eigenfactor, which attempts to rate the influence of journals (www.eigenfactor.org). The Eigenfactor ranks journals in a manner similar to that used by Google for ranking the importance of Web sites in a search.

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

http://www.pnas.org/content/106/17/6883.full

Archival Collections of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library

Known as one of the most important centers for oceanographic research in the world, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography was founded in 1903 as the Marine Biological Association of San Diego. The Institution became part of the University of California in 1912, and this digital collection from the University of California-San Diego offers a wide range of primary and secondary materials that relate the history of this important research institution. On the site, visitors will find documents that detail the history of Scripps, such as the 1966 paper "SIO: First Fifty Years" by Helen Raitt and Beatrice Moulton, along with hundreds of photographs in the Still Image Collection area. Moving on down, the "Panoramas" area contains Quick Time movies of the Scripps campus in 1916 and 1927, along with movie clips of a sea spider and a fangtooth deep-sea fish. Visitors shouldn't miss the audio and video clips, as they can listen to a number of renowned scientists
talk about their work at Scripps from the 1950s to the 1990s.

http://libraries.ucsd.edu/locations/sio/scripps-archives/resources/collections/index.html

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15 evolutionary gems

This resource, produced by the journal 'Nature', highlights 15 examples illustrating the principle of evolution by natural selection taken from papers that have been published by Nature over the past decade, and is available in PDF (requires free-to-download Adobe Acrobat Reader) free of charge. It is written by editors from the journal, Henry Gee, Rory Howlett and Philip Campbell, and is aimed at biologists and the general public wishing to spread awareness of evidence for evolution by natural selection. The examples are arranged in the sections: gems from the fossil record; gems from habitats; and gems from molecular processes. Each example gives links to the abstracts (and sometimes the full-text) of the original articles discussed and provides a list of additional references and websites. Published by Macmillan Publishers Limited and made available on the Web by the Nature Publishing Group.

http://www.nature.com/nature/newspdf/evolutiongems.pdf

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Canadian journal of pure and applied sciences

Canadian Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences is a peer reviewed multi-disciplinary journal with a worldwide coverage of research including the agricultural, biological and environmental sciences. Full text of issues is available online.

http://www.cjpas.net/

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ARBORtrack : advanced tree management

ARBORtrack is a geographic information software system for tree management, which was designed by and for vegetation managers. It integrates vegetation management information, allowing users to control groups or individual trees. The site gives details of the ARBORtrack products available. Users can download the user manual, technical documentation and an interactive demonstration of the software. There are also contact details for current users across Britain, details of how to register the software product and news items.

http://www.arbortrack.com

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National Science Foundation: Discoveries

Every day, research sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) turns up a new discovery. NSF created this website to serve as a clearinghouse of information about the work they sponsor. The Discoveries site can be searched in its entirety, or visitors can just peruse the chronological list that is front and center on the homepage. NSF's public investment in science, engineering, education, and technology is prolific but most are unaware of the results. Here, visitors can learn about NSF projects that concern the "Internet, microbursts, Web browsers, extrasolar planets, and more... a panopoly of discoveries and innovations that began with NSF support." The Scout staff enjoys this site so much that most of us have subscribed to its RSS feed as well.

http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/

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Encyclopedia of Life

A webpage for every organism on earth is the goal of this site, which was initially funded in 2007 by the MacArthur Foundation and the Sloan Foundation.  To "learn how to navigate EOL, search for content, customize your experience, and explore pages..." visitors can start with the tab "Using the Site" at the top of the page.  Here, there is a video tour on general "Navigation" of the site and instructions on how specifically to use the "Species Pages".  Users can check out the FAQs section under the same tab for more help.  Visitors can select the "Language" tab at the top of the page to view the site in English, Spanish, Russian, Ukranian, German, or French. In the "About EOL" tab on the far upper right hand side of the page, visitors can check out the "Content Partners" link about halfway down the menu.  There are over two dozen partners and links to their websites listed,
including the Nearctic Spider Database, Mushroom Observer, FishBase, and AntWeb.

http://www.eol.org/

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ComPADRE

The ComPADRE digital library is a network of free online resource collections supporting faculty, students, and teachers in Physics and Astronomy Education.

http://www.compadre.org/

The State of Food and Agriculture 2008 - Biofuels: prospects, risks and opportunities

Surveys the current biofuels debate and discusses policies supporting biofuels production, along with what is still needed to address the effects and implications for the environment, food security, and poverty.

http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/i0100e/i0100e00.htm