Web watch

To suggest topics or sites for Web Watch, please visit http://www.physicstoday.org/suggestwebwatch.html . Compiled and edited by Charles Day

http://www.aipuniphy.org

AIP UniPHY provides a new way to explore bibliographical data. The software indexes authors, affiliations, and other data from physics papers and then gives users the ability to display and investigate the networks formed by those pieces of information. For example, you can look up your coauthors’ coauthors, identify experts in various fields, and discover the geographical reach of your personal physics network.

http://www.impactworld.org.uk

The UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has created Impact! , a collection of 20 case studies that aim to demonstrate to the general public the importance of science and engineering. Topics covered include forensics, weather forecasting, and sustainable development.

http://www.aroundtheamericas.org

Last month the 64-foot cutter Ocean Watch completed the first-ever circumnavigation of North and South America. The boat’s four-man crew undertook the voyage to publicize the plight of the world’s oceans and the threat of global climate change. You can read the crew’s accounts of the voyage on Around the Americas.