The Mabry Science Page

    Our Science interests cover a wide range of the genre. Here are links to our favorite Science pages:

    Contents

    • Astronomy
    • Other Solar Systems
    • Emerging Viruses and Infectious Diseases
    • NanoTechnology

    Astronomy

    • Conjunctions MP/NGC IC
    • Astronomical Headlines--Near-Earth Asteroids
    • Astronomy Picture of the Day
    • NASA Science News
    • The International Astronomical Union
    • The Origin and Evolution of Life
    • Home Page
    • Spacecraft Tracker
    • Another Space Shuttle Tracker
    • Yet Another Shuttle Tracker
    • 3-D Starmaps Page and other astronomical goodies
    • Extra-Solar Planets -- are there other solar/planetary systems out there?
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    More about other solar systems

    • The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia
    • Searching for Extrasolar Planets by Marcy, Butler et al
    • Detecting Planets Around Other Stars by Marcy and Butler (an encyclopedia article)
    • nice summary of Planets found outside the Solar System at the Darwin site
    • Erik Mamajek's EXOPLANET Page
    • Known Planetary Systems (nice tabular format)
    • Extrasolar Visions
    • 51 Pegasi Home Page
    • 70 Virginis and 47 Ursae Majoris press release
    • abstract of "Wobbling Toward Planet Detection" by Dr.Marcy
    • abstract of "The Planet around 51 Pegasi" by Dr.Marcy
    • Prospects for Detection of Extra-Solar Giant Planets (a postscript file)
    • Bok globules
    • The Search for Planets Around Other Stars, by Andrew Fraknoi, Astronomical Society of the Pacific
    • Other Worlds, Distant Suns
    • sky charts
      • 51 Pegasi
      • 70 Virginis
      • 47 Ursae Majoris
      • 55 Cancri
    • proposed missions
      • NASA's Exploration of Neighboring Planetary Systems (ExNPS) Program home page
      • the Darwin Project, an ESA proposal for space-based infrared interferometry
      • Kepler, a low cost mission to detech Earth-like planets
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    Emerging Viruses and Infectious Diseases

    • Outbreak A website that keeps tabs on emerging viruses
    • Prions - examines the evidence for prions as proteinaceous agents of disease and current ideas in prion research.
    • Molecular Evolution of Prions
    • Subviral Agent: Prions - Agents of Spongiform Encephalopathies - definition, species, and nomenclature.
    • What Is A Prion? - specifically, what is known about the molecular structure of prions and how they cause infections? From Scientific American's Ask the Experts series.
    • Prion Homepage
    • Half-Alive but All-Dead - an infectious agent with no genes?
    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Home Page
    • Emerging Infectious Diseases
    • Emerging and other Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Control (EMC)
    • plaguescape: the second millennium B.C.E.
    • Ebola Fever Information
    • The Ebola Virus
    • Management of Patients With Suspected Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
    • Biological Safety Manual
    • Biology
    • ICTVdB - Virus Images
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    NanoTechnology

    • Nano Home Page
    • Ralph Merkle's Home Page
    • Yahoo! Search Results on NanoTechnology
    • Nanotechnology
    • Unbounding the Future: Table of Contents
    • Brad Hein's Nanotechnology Site--Table of Contents
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