This National Science Foundation news release presents a newly introduced technique, involving simple materials and instruments, for studying the mechanical properties of nanometer films. The release explains how these...

Created by John Emsley of the Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain), this is an online periodic table that presents the one-hundred and nine elements in a visual manner. The elements are presented along with...

This exhibit from Exploratorium Exhibit Services simulates the formation of desert landscapes. The site provides a link to a QuickTime video of the exhibit.

The Space Telescope Science Institute's Amazing Space site is the product of teachers teamed up with scientists, engineers and staff from the institute. This site has interactive lessons in astronomy and math designed...

The American Geophysical Union (AGU), which was established in 1919 by the National Research Council and for more than 50 years operated as an unincorporated affiliate of the National Academy of Sciences, is now a...