Scientific Research in the Yahoo! Directory

Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS)
Provides information on EU-supported R&D activities including programmes, projects, results, publications and partners.
www.cordis.lu
Public Library of Science
Nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a public resource.
www.publiclibraryofscience.org
DFN-Vereins
German Research Network (DFN) links up scientists in a national communications infrastructure based on manufacturer-independent standards and with transitions into the public data network and into international science networks.
www.dfn.de
Beyond Discovery: The Path From Research to Human Benefit
A project of the National Academy of Sciences which identifies and traces, through case studies, the origins of important recent technological and medical advances.
www.beyonddiscovery.org
Statistical Reports on U.S. Science and Engineering
Education of scientists and engineers, the science and engineering workforce, research and development expenditures and performance, science and technology outputs and impacts, and public attitudes on science.
www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/stats.htm
Netherlands Institute for Scientific Information Services
www.niwi.knaw.nl
Nature Precedings
Online place for researchers to share pre-publication research, unpublished manuscripts, presentations, posters, white papers, technical papers, supplementary findings, and other scientific documents from biology, medicine (except clinical trials), chemistry and the earth sciences.
precedings.nature.com
ResearchGATE
A scientific online community, ResearchGATE offers researchers services like literature search, file sharing, discussion groups and project management, as well as profilies.
/www.researchgate.net
Research Matters at Harvard University [read review]
Offers insight and news on the latest discoveries and advances by Harvard researchers. Organized by topic: mind, body, society, earth, space, and technology.
www.researchmatters.harvard.edu
Ig Nobel Prize (7)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Scientific_Research/Ig_Nobel_Prize
NASA Life Sciences Data Archive
Provides a description of every life sciences experiment performed in space during the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Shuttle, and NASA-Mir programs.
lsda.jsc.nasa.gov
TheLabRat.com
Collection of information for scientists and researchers, including employment resources and career advice, protocols, message boards, and chat.
www.thelabrat.com
Star Trails Society
Opportunities for amateur scientists to contribute to research in astronomy, astrobiology, and other natural sciences, presented by NASA Space Science News.
www.StarTrails.com
Slovenian Current Research Information System
SICRIS information system. Includes database of Slovenian researchers, organizations, groups, and projects. Also in Slovene.
sicris.izum.si
IRC Semiconductors
Research in the areas of optoelectronic and advanced electronic devices for current and future applications in communications, computing and microwave systems.
www.sc.ic.ac.uk
ScienceTunnel
Features 12 stations addressing topics from cosmology, human society, ecology, and the building blocks of life. Includes excerpts from the Max-Planck-Society's Research Perspectives 2000+ publication.
www.sciencetunnel.com
Shapes and Inner Workings of Time
Basic research in scientific methods: reconstructing the detailed shapes of individual events to expose how they evolve, offers new perspective on causation.
www.synapse9.com/drwork.htm
Top 20 Most Bizarre Experiments of All Time, The [read review]
Annotated list from The Museum of Hoaxes.
www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/top/experiments
Research Administrators Certification Council
Certifies that an individual, through experience and testing, has the fundamental knowledge necessary to be a professional research or sponsored programs administrator.
www.cra-cert.org
Experiment Resources.com
Introductory guides to some of the theoretical and ideological aspects of research including experimental ethics, methodology, design, and writing scientific papers.
www.experiment-resources.com