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"Open access to 446,258 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology and Statistics"

"The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a NASA-funded project which maintains three bibliographic databases containing more than 5.9 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics, and arXiv e-prints. The main body of data in the ADS consists of bibliographic records, which are searchable through our Abstract Service query forms, and full-text scans of much of the astronomical literature which can be browsed though our Browse interface. Integrated in its databases, the ADS provides access and pointers to a wealth of external resources, including electronic articles, data catalogs and archives. We currently have links to over 6.0 million records maintained by our collaborators."

"Search over 3 million documents, plus patents and government data. Fifteen societies spanning 150 years of sci-tech scholarship help you with your queries."

"The American Physical Society was founded on May 20, 1899, when 36 physicists gathered at Columbia University for that purpose. They proclaimed the mission of the new Society to be "to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics", and in one way or another the APS has been at that task ever since. In the early years, virtually the sole activity of the APS was to hold scientific meetings, initially four per year. In 1913, the APS took over the operation of the Physical Review, which had been founded in 1893 at Cornell, and journal publication became its second major activity. The Physical Review was followed by Reviews of Modern Physics in 1929, and by Physical Review Letters in 1958. Over the years, Phys Rev has subdivided into five separate sections as the fields of physics proliferated and the number of submissions grew."

"The Center for Astrophysics combines the resources and research facilities of the Harvard College Observatory and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory under a single director to pursue studies of those basic physical processes that determine the nature and evolution of the universe. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) is a bureau of the Smithsonian Institution, founded in 1890. The Harvard College Observatory (HCO), founded in 1839, is a research institution of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, and provides facilities and substantial other support for teaching activities of the Department of Astronomy. The long relationship between the two organizations, which began when the SAO moved its headquarters to Cambridge in 1955, was formalized by the establishment of a joint center in 1973.

Today, some 300 Smithsonian and Harvard scientists cooperate in broad programs of astrophysical research supported by Federal appropriations and University funds as well as contracts and grants from government agencies. These scientific investigations, touching on almost all major topics in astronomy, are organized into six divisions."

"The Energy Citations Database (ECD) provides free access to over 2.3 million science research citations from 1948 through the present, with continued growth through regular updates. There are over 150,000 electronic documents, primarily from 1994 forward, available via the database. Citations and documents are made publicly available by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

ECD includes scientific and technical research results in disciplines of interest to DOE such as chemistry, physics, materials, environmental science, geology, engineering, mathematics, climatology, oceanography, computer science and related disciplines. It includes bibliographic citations to report literature, conference papers, journal articles, books, dissertations, and patents.

ECD was created and developed by DOE’s Office of Scientific and Technical Information with the science-attentive citizen in mind. It contains energy and energy-related scientific and technical information collected by the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies, the Energy Research & Development Administration (ERDA) and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)."

"WMAP is a NASA Explorer mission measuring the temperature of the cosmic background radiation over the full sky with unprecedented accuracy. This map of the remnant heat from the Big Bang provides answers to fundamental questions about the origin and fate of our universe."

"Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most powerful explosions the Universe has seen since the Big Bang. They occur approximately once per day and are brief, but intense, flashes of gamma radiation. They come from all different directions of the sky and last from a few milliseconds to a few hundred seconds. So far scientists do not know what causes them. Do they signal the birth of a black hole in a massive stellar explosion? Are they the product of the collision of two neutron stars? Or is it some other exotic phenomenon that causes these bursts?

With Swift, a NASA mission with international participation, scientists will now have a tool dedicated to answering these questions and solving the gamma-ray burst mystery. Its three instruments will give scientists the ability to scrutinize gamma-ray bursts like never before. Within seconds of detecting a burst, Swift will relay a burst's location to ground stations, allowing both ground-based and space-based telescopes around the world the opportunity to observe the burst's afterglow. Swift is part of NASA's medium explorer (MIDEX) program and was launched into a low-Earth orbit on a Delta 7320 rocket on November 20, 2004."

"The Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) supports Australia's research in radio astronomy. It is administered by the CSIRO, Australia's national scientific research organisation and is funded by the Australian Government. The ATNF operates the Australia Telescope which consists of the Compact Array at Narrabri and the Parkes and Mopra radio telescopes. These telescopes can be used together as a long baseline array for use in Very Long Baseline Interferometry. "

"Since 1977, 1,681 015 690 bytes have been placed on-line on grazian-archive.com and grazian-archive.net (mirror). When fully published, an estimated 3,000 000,000 bytes will be here on the Web, organised into 112 volumes, totaling about 12 million words. 2% of the total consist of artwork, letters, and several articles & books of collaborations. The materials are uncensored and complete, even where they are not considered by the author or his readers to be praisworthy; the ideal archive should reveal its subject and author to be true to himself and others, he must be fully visible and recorded authentically and critically. A score of sensitive pages, none of unlawful actions, will be withheld to be published post-mortem"

" 1. The electron equation and electromagnetism -- A new unifying electromagnetic theory. Published in Integração:III(11)286-304, 1997 (nov).

Abstract: The special article in this month's Integração contains the main topics — properly revised — of a theory published in 1993 in Portuguese. It is a classic theory referring to electromagnetism, and intending to rescue most of the wise knowledge of physicists who lived in the 19th century and before; it only excludes the concept of electric fluid, something modern Physics subtly insists on accepting.

2. Electrons emitting electromagnetic information (e.m.i.) -- New ideas are presented concerning the electromagnetic radiation, all of them denying both undulant nature and a corpuscular one. The author explains some aspects concerning the reaction of radiation and the orbits allowed by Bohr; these are themes which modern physics still has to explain in a proper way. He also suggests the existence of fields permeated by real particles which are in contrast with the double nature of the "electromagnetic wave".

3. Hidden variables and thermodynamics -- A representational approach to entropy is presented, relating the increase in the entropy of the universe to the production of entropins (= neutrins?), and the stability of systems in thermodynamics equilibrium to the elastic character of molecular collisions.

4. The Euclidian curved space and the Galilean relativity -- Euclidean geometry admits of a curving in space if it has a physical meaning, and not merely mathematical one.

5. Einstein Equivalence Principle is wrong? -- Question presented for discussion in the Newsgroup sci.physics.relativity (january/07/1998)

6. Einstein-Faraday's Elevator -- Question presented for discussion in the Newsgroup sci.physics.relativity (january/12/1998)

7. Link to Acoustimagnetoelectricism— William J. Beaty. Authorized translation to Portuguese: Eletromagnetismo Acústico

8. Other works in Portuguese -- Outros artigos em português: "

"The Society for Scientific Exploration (SSE) is a multi-disciplinary professional organization of scientists and other scholars committed to the rigorous study of unusual and unexplained phenomena that cross traditional scientific boundaries and may be ignored or inadequately studied within mainstream science.

The Society was founded in 1982 by fourteen scientists and scholars and now has approximately 800 members in 45 countries worldwide. The SSE publishes a peer reviewed journal, the Journal of Scientific Exploration (JSE) and holds annual scientific meetings in the USA and periodic meetings in Europe. Society members include scholars from a broad range of disciplines. Topics addressed in its journal and in its regular meetings cover a wide spectrum, ranging from real or apparent anomalies in well-established areas of science to paradoxical phenomena that belong to no established discipline.

This unique multidisciplinary perspective provides challenging opportunities for creative professional dialog and innovative research. In addition to the Journal and the Annual Meetings, the SSE supports a Young Investigators Program. This program is designed and implemented primarily by its participants, and its purpose is to provide information and resources pertaining to the scholarly study of anomalous phenomena and other frontier areas of science. An informal discussion in which many members participate can be found in the SSE Yahoo Group."

"These sites were written with several goals in mind.

First, they try to provide non-scientists with clear explanations and explicit answers about physics and astronomy, in particular in those areas that concern space, which has been my own field of work. Many web pages exist about such subjects, but they often leave the reader no wiser, and at times, more confused. Here you may find straight answers, and the material is self-contained, you need no prior knowledge.

Second, I have tried to include interesting stories and connections, many from the history of science and of technology. Science has always been closely linked to culture and society, and the historical thread provides both continuity and human interest. For non-scientists, especially ones interested in space and its exploration, this opens a window to a rich subculture of which society is barely aware.

And for students who might be getting their first look at science, as well as for their teachers, this may provide fresh material on physics, astronomy and earth sciences, with new content and added interest. Most of it is written at the high school level, though parts can be taught in middle school and others would fit undergraduate college. It is an open ended resource with extensions, links and references for the few who wish to explore at a higher level.

I am a physicist, at the end of a long career in space research, yet familiar with the history of science and with many of the links between science, technology, culture and society (personal details at Education/wstern.html). I am well aware that most recent graduates from high school lack both the understanding of science and an interest in it. Reasons vary--e.g. rigid and formal curricula, lack of trained teachers, too much memorization, too little new material--but whatever they might be, it seems high time to seek a more fruitful approach."

"Author of more than 100 scientific papers, including book reviews, chapters in books, and research papers published in peer-reviewed literature and presented at science conferences in the United States, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, the USSR and Wales.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• The use of high-sensitivity mass spectrometry to study the origin of the solar system; the distribution of isotopes in meteorites, planets, the moon and the sun; rare nuclear processes, including double-beta decay; the terrestrial distribution of long-lived fission products and chalcogen elements.
   
• Supervised research for 25 M.S. and Ph.D. candidates and numerous under­graduates. Research supported by the Atom­ic Energy Commission, Department of Energy, The Foundation for Chemical Research, NASA, and NSF."

"Dr. Manuel has published more than 100 papers, including several book chapters, presented over 100 papers at scientific meetings, including international conferences in Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, the U.S.A., the U.S.S.R., and Wales, organized an ACS symposium with the late Professor Glenn T. Seaborg, and edited the proceedings, "Origin of Elements in the Solar System: Implications of Post-1957 Observations".

He uses isotope mass spectrometric to study:

• the origin of meteorites, planets, and their elements
• the origin and early history of the Earth
• the Sun’s origin, composition, and source of energy
• double beta-decay and basic conservation laws.

He also studies other rare modes of nuclear decay, nuclear systematics, and the geochemistry of tellurium, iodine, and the long-lived fission product, iodine-129.

He was trained by Professors Paul Kazuo Kuroda of the Universities of Arkansas and Tokyo and John H. Reynolds of the University of California-Berkeley. He supervised research projects of more than 30 students, including over 20 graduate students.

NSF, AEC, ERDA and DOE supported his research. NASA’s funds and a brief period of access to lunar samples made possible the two 1972 papers below."

"This is a formal manuscript of the solid surface model that has been offered for web peer review. It includes a more formal presentation of this material. A larger file in Microsoft Word is also available.

The sun is the "Rosetta Stone" of astronomy. Observing, understanding and explaining the inner workings of our own sun is the key to unraveling the mysteries of the physical and quantum universe that surrounds us. The only way to know if we have properly deciphered the stone and confirm that we have discovered the correct model is to use this model to explain the observed behaviors of the sun. For four centuries Galileo's antiquated gas model of the sun has utterly failed to unlock the inner workings of our own sun and provide the answers to solving these mysteries. On the other hand, the model that Dr. Kristian Birkeland experimented with in the early 1900's may indeed unlock the secrets of the universe."

"The Quantum AetherDynamics Institute was established in 2003 as a non-profit research organization to promote a testable, common-sense Theory of Everything. Already, from first principles, the Aether Physics Model provides a new foundation for physics, accurately predicts the relative strengths of the forces, and the 1s “orbital” electron binding energy for all the elements. For more, see: AZoM (advanced materials resource) coverage of electron binding energies discovery, United Press International, Inc., the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Forbes, the Gilberts Journal, and Guidestar.

We show that the fundamental constants in physics, such as the fine-structure, the masses of the electron and proton, and gravitation are not just random values, but have an exact value based upon a quantum-scale, dynamic Aether (the Aether unit has a precise value equal to Coulomb's constant times 16pi²). The Aether Physics Model is stunning in that it mathematically predicts and explains the measured values of physics with striking precision.

"Recapitulating: we may say that according to the general theory of relativity space is endowed with physical qualities; in this sense, therefore, there exists ether." Albert Einstein, Ether and the Theory of Relativity, 1920"

"The Einstein Archives Online Website provides the first online access to Albert Einstein’s scientific and non-scientific manuscripts held by the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and to an extensive Archival Database, constituting the material record of one of the most influential intellects in the modern era."

"Sky Fire Productions, Inc. (a division of FMA, Inc) was created on the principle that working scientists should play an increasing role in local and national science education, both through the formal and especially informal education mechanisms. The principals are active researchers and science educators. Our plan is to develop both our own series of formal/informal science education products, primarily DVDs and web sites, as well as to facilitate those involved with bringing the excitement and findings of science to a broader audience. We hope to educate by producing engaging and entertaining fare for the public. You may know us from our planetarium production, "The Hundred Year Hunt for the Red Sprite." But we have also embarked on producing a series of weather-related "edutainment" DVDs. Our footage has also appeared on air at ABC’s Nightline, the Discovery Channel, the National Geographic Channel, BBC4 and German Public Television, to drop a few names.

Sky Fire Productions is a small but specialized facility. We have been working with digital non-linear editing systems and time lapse photography for almost a decade. Several of our commercial web sites have been on line for 10 years (forever, in Internet years). We specialize in environmental and weather-related videography and program production. Our editing suite includes mutliple MAC Final Cut Pro HD-based digital non-linear editing suites. If your project involves scientific and technical topics, especially if it’s weather-related, we speak your language. We can provide a good solid product at a reasonable cost. We don’t do the fancy Hollywood and network stuff, but if technical or educational communication is what you need, we can help."

"Red sprites and blue jets are upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms that have only recently been documented using low light level television technology.

The first images of a sprite were accidently obtained in 1989 (Franz et al., 1990). Beginning in 1990, about twenty images have been obtained from the space shuttle (Vaughan et al., 1992; Boeck et al., 1994).

Since then, video sequences of well over a thousand sprites have been captured. These include measurements from the ground ( Lyons, 1994; Winckler, 1995) and from aircraft (Sentman and Wescott, 1993; Sentman et al., 1995).

Numerous images have also been obtained from aircraft of blue jets ( Wescott et al., 1995), also a previously unrecorded form of optical activity above thunderstorms. Blue jets appear to emerge directly from the tops of clouds and shoot upward in narrow cones through the stratosphere. Their upward speed has been measured to be about 100 km per second.

Anecdotal reports of "rocket-like" and other optical emissions above thunderstorms go back more than a century (Lyons, 1994), and there have been several pilot reports of similar phenomena (Vaughan and Vonnegut, 1989). Possibly associated gamma ray bursts and TIPPS have also recently reported. Together, these phenomena suggest that thunderstorms exert a much greater influence on the middle and upper atmospheres than was previously suspected."

"For Peer-reviewers and about the peer-review process.

This blog is for peer-reviewers and about peer review. Here we provide information and news about the peer-review process at Nature Publishing Group journals. We also debate the general topic of peer-review, and warmly welcome your feedback and comments. We answer questions about peer review; give guidance about how to peer-review for our journals; and provide a discussion forum for policy and other matters concerning peer-review. This blog also contains the Nature peer review debate which took place during 2006."

"The Alpha Institute for Advanced Study (AIAS) is an international think tank comprising physicists, engineers and scientists of various disciplines from all over the world who communicate via the Internet. Most members have never met each other face to face. This would make the AIAS an invisible college. The current aim of the AIAS is the development of Einstein-Cartan-Evans field theory which is a generally covariant unified field theory (GCUFT). Such a theory describes all of physics in a purely geometrical fashion. In ECE, gravity is the curvature- and electromagnetism is the torsion of spacetime. The AIAS is led by Welsh chemist, Myron Evans. The staff members are all unpaid volunteers and the organisation itself is a non-profit entity (it is officially registered in Idaho, USA)."

"The Telesio - Galilei Academy is a scientific association dedicated, as its aims make clear, to promoting openness in all branches of scientific endeavour. It would hope to help in the dissemination of views of all kinds through the scientific community. It is not interested in simply supporting a view because it is popularly held to be true. As is often quoted on the Hunger Site: 'A child can ask a question a wise man cannot answer.'

We at Telesio - Galilei try to remember this and keep ourselves completely open minded when seeking solutions to the various problems facing science. "

Jeremy Dunning-Davies.

"Historically, there were few scientific breakthroughs that were not violently opposed, condemned and strongly resisted. Every scientist knows this, Thomas Kuhn has written a book about it that is considered a classic, and yet the pattern keeps repeating itself. Many mainstream scientists these days believe that science has essentially reached 'the end of the road', that everything that can be understood has been understood, and that therefore claims to genuinely revolutionary discoveries must necessarily be erroneous or fraudulent.

Establishment science has thus gotten into the habit of ignoring, burying or suppressing what has now become astonishing amounts of anomalous evidence. Some of this evidence challenges the very foundations of the accepted scientific worldview, and none of it is taught in universities or covered by textbooks. Mention any of it to a mainstream scientist, and odds are you will be dismissed as a crank, or worse, a crackpot. The conclusion is sobering: some of what passes for "scientific fact" these days is little more than a social construct. What is true and what is not is determined by the scientific prestige of the claimant, the predilections of journal editors and referees, and by economic interests. A scientist who challenges the status quo becomes a persona non grata - banned from publication in journals and speaking on conferences, defunded, marginalized. The victims of this phenomenon include world-class scientists such as Jacques Benveniste, Peter Duesberg, Halton Arp, Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischman.

This site is intended to serve a threefold purpose- to educate the public on the widespread phenomenon of suppression, censorship and unscientific dogmatism in modern science, to expose the methods and tactics of those behind it, especially the organized "skeptics", and to promote a healthy skepticism towards the alleged certainties provided by modern science."

"Although we publish any serious work in science including those that are not accepted by the mainstream, we do have guidelines for content acceptance. Database founders David de Hilster and Greg Volk present their guidelines for inclusion in World Science Datebase.

What is acceptable:

• Serious scientific work that are not accepted by mainstream publications.
• All topics of scientific interest, including those related to scientific ethics.
• All work that demonstrate a serious scientific rigor and effort.
• Work that espouses a particular worldview provided that their primary focus is with questions of science.
• Authors can declare their beliefs in their profile as points of biographical interest, but not as a sounding board for controversial doctrines not based on science.

What is not acceptable:

• Work that do not follow a serious scientific methodology.
• Work that are more speculation than science.
• Work whose primary intent is to make statements related to politics, religion, or other controversial issues."

"The Natural Philosophy Alliance, quite unlike establishment physics, does not impose any particular ideas on its members, whose ideas are so diverse that generalization about them is very difficult. Aside from virtually unanimous agreement that contemporary cosmology and physics--especially modern or 20th-century physics--are in dire need of a thorough overhaul, and that a much more tolerant spirit than has recently been shown in these fields must be practiced in order to achieve the needed changes, not very much comes close to achieving unanimous approval among NPA members. "