http://simbad.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/WSimbad.pl

"The SIMBAD astronomical database provides basic data, cross-identifications, and bibliography for astronomical objects outside the solar system." Created by the Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS) in France, the website contains over three million objects, eight and a half million identifiers, one hundred thousand bibliographical references, and four million citations of objects in papers. The data can be searched by object name, coordinates, filters, and by a list of objects. Researchers can find help by visiting the user’s guide and the regularly updated Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects. [RME]

http://www.aos.wisc.edu/

The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Wisconsin – Madison created this website to present its research in climate systems, satellite and remote sensing, and weather systems using a combination of theory, modeling, and diagnostic assessments. Users can learn how the department is utilizing and creating radiation and remote sensing technology to improve radiative transfer models and to advance the understanding of the atmosphere. This expansive website provides links to many research groups’ homepages, current weather and forecast data, and radar and satellite images. Students and researchers can find out about seminars and talks as well as educational and employment opportunities. [RME]

http://www.gcrio.org/

"The US Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO) provides access to data and information on climate change research, adaptation/mitigation strategies, and technologies, and global change-related educational resources." Users can learn about GCRIO’s success in predicting El Niño and La Niña events, reducing the uncertainty of rainfall events in the tropics, creating maps to record the uptake of carbon by the ocean, and more. Researchers, students, and educators can find help locating information and data about global environmental change by visiting Doctor Global Change. The website features upcoming climate-related events hosted across the United States. [RME]

http://www.chess.cornell.edu/

Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) "is a high-intensity high-energy X-ray source" for research in many scientific fields including materials science, physics, and chemistry. Researchers can learn about how they can join the six to seven hundred scientists who visit CHESS each year to collect data. The website features the Nobel Prize winner and CHESS user Rod MacKinnon’s research in the structure and function of ion channels. Users can learn about the facilities, the design of an x-ray experiment, and the experimental stations. [RME]

http://www.geoscience-data.org/link/

The Geoscience Data link allows users to locate data in marine, continental, and polar environments across numerous data types and disciplines. Provided by the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, visitors can search by dates, data types, regions, or missions specifics. Researchers can find metadata summaries that include the investigators, dates of records, locations, and data types available. Each record provides a link to more in-depth information about the research platform and the operator. The global bathymetry database allows users to observe maps and download grids. [RME]

http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~schrecke/Homepage.html

This University of Manitoba website promotes the research group of H. Georg Schreckenbach’s interests in "developing and applying state-of-the-art quantum chemical methods to study molecules and their properties." The website features the group’s many current and completed projects with relevant images and figures including the use of density functional theory (DFT) to examine the properties of complexes that could be created with the addition of radioactive elements to the groundwater of contaminated sites. Students can find practice problems in chemical energetics and dynamics. Visitors can find a lengthy list of the group’s publications. [RME]

http://biocomp.chem.unb.ca:8080/GD/index.html

The homepage of Dr. Ghislain Deslongchamps, professor of chemistry at University of New Brunswick, publicizes his group’s research in computer-assisted drug design (CADD) and molecular recognition and science and its work in biochemistry education. The website provides diagrams, figures, and papers to effectively explain the group's research. While some of the materials in the education section are only accessible to Dr. Deslongchamps' current students, users can view examples of how Macromedia Flash Player can be utilized in chemistry education. The website features the presentations and lectures Dr. Deslongchamps has given recently as well as a list of publications. [RME]

http://www.stetson.edu/departments/physics/vholography/

Dr. Kevin Riggs, with the physics department at Stetson University, produced this website to demonstrate his method of research of using non-destructive techniques "to investigate the vibrations of three-dimensional objects using wave superposition of holograms." The website provides an online paper describing research in time-average holography. Users can find countless images illustrating the vibrations of hand bells, plates, bell disks, and cymbals. Anyone interested in vibrational holography and research dealing with the subject will enjoy this website. [RME]