Chemistry: Websites

Created "to promote the progress of science," this independent federal agency features discoveries, research, funding guidelines, publications. Its news archives date back to 1995. The National Science Foundation's public investment in science, engineering, education and technology helps to create knowledge and sustain prosperity. Read here about the Internet, microbursts, Web browsers, extrasolar planets, and more.

The Royal Society of Chemistry's interactive periodic table features history, alchemy, podcasts, videos, and data trends across the periodic table. Users can click the tabs at the top to explore each section, and use the buttons to change the view of the periodic table. (Click each element to read detailed information.)

A freely accessible database of chemicals with synthesis references from twelve respected chemistry journals. There are currently more than 40,000 compounds and 45,000 synthesis references in the database.

PubChem is a database of chemical molecules and their activities against biological assays. The system is maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

This website from the American Chemical Society includes sections for professionals, educators and students of all levels, including science updates, Cool Science and an interactive periodic table.

ChemSpider is a chemical structure database providing fast access to over 32 million chemical structures and properties on a given substance or drug. It is owned by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

A collection of TED Talks on the topic of Chemistry