Chemistry
ChemSpider is a free chemical structure database providing fast text and structure search access to over 58 million structures from hundreds of data sources.
PubChem database of chemical molecules and their activities against biological assays.
Physics
CERN the European organisation for nuclear research
Open Source Physics provides curriculum resources that engage students in physics, computation, and computer modelling.
Maths and Computing
Mathcentre website offering free mathematic resources and support.
MathTutor is a website maintained by a group of teachers, mathematicians and new media producers working in UK universities.
Natural Sciences
Biology.ie Ireland’s premier biodiversity awareness portal.
Encyclopaedia of Life is a free, online collaborative encyclopaedia intended to document all of the 1.9 million living species known to science.
National Centre for Biotechnology Information advances science and health by providing access to biomedical and genomic information.
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