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This website from Live Science provides current information on what is happening in technology. The site includes articles, countdowns, image albums, infographics, quizzes, references, wallpapers, and videos. 

This website from Live Science includes resources that cover developments in nanotechnology. This site details the future benefits that nanotechnology research could serve including advances in telecommunications, information technology, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals. Articles, countdowns, image...

Everyday, you enjoy things you may not realize were made in Florida. Behind every product and technology you use, there is a world of manufacturing. Today, in Florida, more than 16,000 different companies and 400,000 people work in the manufacturing field.This means that not just jobs, but...

This video is provided by Make Magazine and demonstrates how to make a catapult out of PVC piping. "This weekend, get some PVC and build a human powered catapult. Bre Pettis joins forces with Bill Gurstelle, seige weapon builder extraordinaire!" The video runs 3:05 minutes in length. 

Located in Newport News, Virginia, the Mariners' Museum is one of the largest international maritime history museums filled to the crow's nest with prized artifacts that celebrate the spirit of seafaring adventure. Site features eight online exhibitions including: The Age of Exploration, the USS...

This website is intended to help students, parents, and teachers learn math. The site is divided into the following sections: Homework Help, Practice, Tutoring, Calculators and Tools, Games, and Store. Some topics of the topics covered include: basic math, everyday math, pre-algebra, algebra,...

This site provides information on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency on the concerns and occurence of MTBE in drinking water.  MTBE, a gasoline oxygenater additive, has been detected in ground water sources throughout different parts of the country. These ground water sources are often...

This site gives an explanation of Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), also known as an oxygenate, a chemical compound used as a gasoline additive to enhance the octane and subsequently burn the fuel more completely.  The uses of MTBE, the oxygenate requirements of the Clean Air Act, and the air...

This article, published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) News, reports on how three MIT Engineers, Paula Hammond, Angela Belcher, and Yet-Ming Chiang developed a way to create and install microbatteries.  The batteries, built with viruses and fabricated using microcontact printing,...

The Molecular Expressions website features photo galleries that explore the fascinating world of optical microscopy. The site offers a large collection of color photographs taken through an optical microscope (commonly referred to as "photo-micro-graphs"). The Photo Gallery contains an introductory...