Use this handy list of useful web links to quickly pinpoint other valuable web sites in the following areas:

     Acronym

     Bankers

     Bioenergy

     Biology hypertextbook

     Biometrics    

     Biomimetics

     Biotechnology    

     Bioterrorism

     Chemical procurement sites             

     Clinical trials

     E-Commerce Search Engines (including digital signature)

     E-Commerce legislation in the European Union

        Economic and biological consequences of an altered nature

        Environment

     Evolution ( Phylogenomics, Phyloproteomics and Phyloinformatics )

        Forensic DNA

        G-Commerce

     Genetic Discrimination

     Geographic Cyberports      

     Human cloning

     Information Assurance & Protection

     Intelligence and Terrorism News Stories

     Inventions

     Legal Research

     Microarrays (DNA- / Protein-)

     Miscellany (including Antivirus, Business in Iraq , Crypto, Currency Converter, Dictionary, Government, Metric Converter, Search Engines, Spamming, Stock Master , Time and date , Webtranslation )

     P-Commerce

     Patents

     Referencing Electronic Documents 

     Science and Society

[NOTE: URL: Uniform Resource Locator, a address that identifies some resource, e.g. the web-page http://www.timeanddate.com ; Location-field: Above the web-page in most web-browsers, shows the address of the current web-page, usually begins with http://  ] - Article links often change. If a link doesn't work, use the publication's search engine (most have them) to search for the headline. Disclaimer for External Links

ACRONYM

AF - Acronym Finder

Military acronyms

Biomedical acronym database at http://invention.swmed.edu/argh

Space / Astronomy Acronyms

Terms, Abbreviations, Acronyms at : http://www.fas.org/news/reference/terms/acronym.html

Biology - Web-based Reference Resources

BANKER SEARCH ENGINES

Space Investor (The Financial Frontier) You can make company research, using the company name and / or the stock symbol

www.informedinvestors.com

STREETnet Pharma / Biotech / Devices; Where to invest

YAHOO! Finance - Research by Industry  

ReCap

Starting from the main page, you can choose v"Tools and Links"; then you will have the two options: (i) market guide and (ii) where to invest (<http://www.streetnet.com/features/>).

Newspapers on line at : The Internet Web Sources

Business Wire

BIOENERGY

Biofuels for sustainable transportation (The U.S. Department of Energy's National Biofuels Program)

Bioethanol technology (Biofuels program)

http://www.naturalist.com 

http://www.sustainablebusiness.com

http://www.RevolutionWorldwide.com

http://www.energyinfosource.com

BIOLOGY HYPERTEXTBOOK

The European Initiative for Biotechnology Education (EIBE) at: http://www.eibe.info

from: MIT Experimental Study Group: Recombinant DNA - It covers gene cloning techniques, polymerase chain reaction, and forensic DNA fingerprinting

Greenomes at http://www.greenomes.org/ Greenomes provides laboratory and bioinformatics exercises to introduce students to modern plant genetics and genome research.

Genetic biodiversity at http://genetics.nbii.gov/index.html

Discovering biology in a digital world at http://digitalbio.blogspot.com

BIOMETRICS

Biometrics at "The Biometric Consortium"

"Biometrics catalog" at: www.biometricscatalog.org

International Biometric Industry Association (IBIA) at : http://www.ibia.org

ENHANCING ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES:THROUGH THE THEORETICAL ADAPTATION OF BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGIES TO PEOPLE OF VARIABLE ABILITIES by William J. Lawson, Ph.D. at : http://www.icdri.org/biometrics/enasstech.htm

DOD devotes a Web site to biometrics  - The site, www.biometrics.dod.mil ( http://www.biometrics.dod.mil), offers biometric technology tutorials, test and evaluation updates, policy foundation background, educational program announcements and information on government and industry partnerships, according to a Defense official.

Please visit the page "Security & Intrusion 2005"  of this web site for additional information on Biometrics.

ibiblio at http://www.ibiblio.org

Tools for structural biology education and training at http://www.usm.maine.edu/~rhodes/

BIOMIMETICS

The Biomimetics Network for Industrial Sustainability (BIONIS) at http://www.extra.rdg.ac.uk/eng/BIONIS/current_issues.htm

BIOTECHNOLOGY SEARCH ENGINES

TOPICS

AGRICULTURE

AGORA - Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture ( A FAO Project) - The AGORA site provides access to over 400 journals from major scientific publishers in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. AGORA is available to students and researchers in qualifying not-for-profit institutions in eligible developing countries. at http://www.aginternetwork.org

Agricultural Research Service

Food Safety Research Information Office (FSRIO ) aimed at providing a database of food safety research projects; there are links to other important safety research information

ERS/USDA Data - Agricultural Biotechnology - Intellectual Property at http://www.ers.usda.gov

AgBiotechNet

National Agricultural Library

WTO Agriculture Impact

The largest poultry search engine in the world 

United States Department of Agriculture

University of Illinois - Champaign  ACES (College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 

Animal Related Legislation Link 

National Biological Information Infrastructure http://www.nbii.gov/index.html

United States Regulatory Agencies Unified Biotechnology Website  at http://usbiotechreg.nbii.gov/

Greenomes at http://www.greenomes.org/ Greenomes provides laboratory and bioinformatics exercises to introduce students to modern plant genetics and genome research

Date Palm tissue Culture Laboratory at  http://www.zvieli.co.il/

ASTROBIOLOGY

Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight at http://daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/ETEmain.html

Astrobiology Web

Biosignatures for extraterrestrial life: instrumentation to detect these biosignatures (in preparation).

Exobiology (or astrobiology) at http://www.astrobiology.com/exobiology.html

NSCORT / Exobiology at http://exobio.ucsd.edu/

Exobiology links at http://exobio.ucsd.edu/exobiology.html

The Mark's web page at http://www.markelowitz.com/

Exobiology: General Sites at http://www.galacticsurf.com/exobioGB.htm and at http://www.reference.com/Dir/Science/Astronomy/Exobiology/ and at http://www.ozskywatch.com/extraterrestrial_life/exobiology/

CANCER RESEARCH

Atlas Chromosomes in Cancer at http://www.infobiogen.fr/services/chromcancer/index

Cancer Genome Anatomy Project (CGAP) at the National Center for Biotechnology Information It will unit the newest technologies, along with those both cost-effective and capable of high-throughput to identify all the genes responsible for the establishment and growth of cancer

Cancer Treatments at URL: http://www.cancerhelper.com/  - Cancer information including treatment options, symptoms and more.

The National Cancer Institute's CancerNet

OncoLink, a site operated by the University of Pennsylvania's Cancer Center

The American Cancer Society

Cancer News on the Net

America´s Health Network

CanSearch, a resource guide from the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship

The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) - The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) is a comprehensive and coordinated effort to accelerate our understanding of the molecular basis of cancer through the application of genome analysis technologies, including large-scale genome sequencing.

GENOMICS

Genetic code at http://www.centipedia.com/articles/Genetic_code

The DNA Learning Center's site at www.dnalc.org

UCSC's Human Genome Browser at: http://genome.ucsc.edu/index.html

TIGR Microbial database: a listing of microbial genomics and chromosomes completed and in progress

Hox Genes: Regulators of animal design (comparative genomics, synteny)

National Human Genome Institute

Human Genome Resources

IARC Database of p53 gene mutations in human tumors and cell line  For details see the article published on Nucleic Acid Research 26 (1), 205 - 213 (1998) by P. Hainaut et al.

SNPs.com - Pharmacogenomics - a site dedicated to Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (=SNP)

Genamics - Genamics JournalSeek is a fully searchable database of journal information.

Genomics:Legislation and Regulation

GENE QUANTIFICATION at http: ://www.wzw.tum.de/gene-quantification/ Main focus of GENE QUANTIFICATION web page is to describe and summarize all technical aspects involved in quantitative
gene expression analysis

BioProtocol website (from BioProtocol Inc., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.)

University of California at Santa Cruz ( http://genome.ucsc.edu/

Washington University ( http://genome.wustl.edu/gsc/human/Mapping/

EBI/Sanger Center ( http://ensembl.org )

NCBI ( www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/guide/ )

Gene map 99 ( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genemap99/ )

Oak Ridge National Laboratory ( http://compbio.ornl.gov/channel/index.html  )

RIKEN and the University of Tokyo ( http://hgrep.ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ )

The SNP Consortium ( http://snp.cshl.org/  )

Online Mendelian inheritancein Man  ( http://www.ncbi.nml.nih.gov/Omim/ )

NHGRI and DOE ( http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/ELSI  ) and ( http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/elsi/elsi.html )

Gene Gateway - Exploring genes and genetic disorders at: http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/posters/chromosome/

You can visith also the page " The Genomic Valley "

Tracking the new military & technological revolutions at http://www.gyre.org

Greenomes at http://www.greenomes.org/ Greenomes provides laboratory and bioinformatics exercises to introduce students to modern plant genetics and genome research

American Paternity Center - DNA paternity testing to establish the father of a child.at:  http://www.paternity.us

Human genetics in the public interest - Center for Genetics and Society at:  http://www.genetics-and-society.org/index.asp       

NCBI XM sequences http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Protein

RefSeq http://www.ncbi.nml.nih.gov/RefSeq/

Ensembl http://www.ensembl.org/

RIKEN FANTOM cDNA database http://fantom.gsc.riken.jp/

For people interested in projects or activities with human genetics, it is suggested the following link : http://www.geospiza.com/education/materials.html#tutorials  ( Teaching materials )

Come and play with DNA! at http://www.ExploringDNAStructure.com

Gene Ontology http://www.geneontology.org

NANOTECHNOLOGY

SmallTimes (The business of Micro and Nanotechnology) at http://www.smalltimes.com

The tevark website at  http://www.tevark.com .  This cool website has infomation regarding nanotechnology and nanoscience biotechnology.

The world service fr nanotechnology at:  http://www.nanotechweb.org/

Nano Tsunami...Independent NanoTech news site www.nano-tsunami.com

Nanorods line up for gene delivery  at http://www.nanotechweb.org/articles/news/2/10/10/1

Center for Responsible Nanotechnology at: http://crnano.org/index.html

KurzweilAI.net at http://www.kurzweilai.net/

Howard Lovy's Nanobot at http://nanobot.blogspot.com/

Nanopolis at http://www.nanopolis.net - Exploring matter at the atomic scale. Distributed knowledge network in nanoscience and engineering

Preparing for Nanotechnology at the FORESIGHT Institute The coming revolution in molecular manufacturing

Tracking the new military & technological revolutions at http://www.gyre.org

NanoScout - a portal for the nanotechnology community at http://www.nanoscout.de 

Nanotechnology Now : a Nanotechnology Portal with basics, news, and general information (from Nanospace to Quantum Computing, Nanomedicine, & Molecular Biology at the URL: http://nanotech-now.com/

U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) at http://www.nano.gov

Texas Nanotechnology Initiative (TNI) at http://texasnano.org

Canadian NanoBusinessAlliance  (CNBA)

NanoIsrael: Israeli Nano Business Alliance at http://www.nanobusiness.org.il

European NanoBusiness Association at http://www.nanoeurope.org

U.S. Nanobusiness Alliance at http://www.nanobusiness.org

Small Times Media at http://www.smalltimes.com

Nano - Tsunami - An independent Non Profit NanoTech News Portal,  based in Holland  http://www.nano-tsunami.com/

Nanogirl. com at http://www.nanogirl.com

Crucial physical and informational technologies http://www.e-drexler.com

see also the links reported at The Montegen's Pocket-Science Vol. 8

Investments in tiny technology (Nasdaq: TINY) at www.TinyTechVC.com (Companies involved: Agile Materials & Technologies, Inc.; Chlorogen, Inc.; Continuum Photonics, Inc.; CSwitch, Inc.; Molecular Imprints, Inc.; NanoGram Corporation; NanoOpto Corporation; Nanopharma Corp.; Nanosys, Inc.; Nanotechnologies, Inc.; Nantero, Inc.; NeoPhotonics Corporation; Optiva, Inc.; Starfire Systems, Inc.)

NanoinvestorNews Nanotechnology NEMS News at http://www.nanoinvestornews.com

Introduction to nanotechnology at http://www.nanoworld.net/pages/intro.htm

Iranian Nanotechnology Initiative at http://www.irannano.org/

NEUROSCIENCE

A new website containing resources related to ion channel biophysics and electrophysiology at the URL address:http://www.ionchannels.org

A neuroscience Internet guide at The Mining Co.

PHARMACOLOGY

Pharma - Lexicon

The Pharmaceutical Information Network  (PharmInfoNet) provides assessments of therapeutics and advances in new drug development, including full-text articles from clinical publications and information from scientific meeting; a drug database is available.

Medscape Pharmacology

PubMed National Library of Medicine

CardioExchange : this is a web site for cardiovascular researchers and clinicians

The Circulatory System

Internet FDA

TGA : Therapeutic Goods Administration

Clinical trials Update at CenterWatch http://www.centerwatch.com

PROTEOMICS

Genetic code at http://www.centipedia.com/articles/Genetic_code (Online DNA for amino acid converter)

Swiss - Prot Protein knowledgebase  available at :http://www.expasy.org/sprot/  and  http://www.ebi.ac.uk/sprot/

Human Protein Reference Database at http://www.hprd.org/

Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) - Databases - http://www.hupo.org/link/databases.htm

ExPASy Molecular Biology Server - The ExPASy (Expert Protein Analysis System) proteomics server of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB) is dedicated to the analysis of protein sequences and structures as well as 2-D PAGE  at http://www.expasy.org/ and http://www.expasy.org/sprot/  

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at The University of Maryland and Baltimore County (UMBC)

Chemistry and the Internet  from a conference held in Irvine (CA, USA), September 1998

Chemistry and Industry

ChemIndustry.com, the worldwide search engine of chemical industry

Mike's Immunoglobulin Structure / Function Web Site prepared by Mike Clark (Division of Immunology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK)

Antibodies for therapeutic applications

The Antibody Resource Page

Web resources for protein scientists at The Protein Society

International Venom & Toxin Database

Web resources for protein scientists at http://www.faseb.org/protein/docs/WWWResources.html

BioProtocol website (from BioProtocol Inc., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.)

DNA vaccine

The Web Community for Chemistry Researchers

ProNet Online (Protein Interaction on the Web) from Myriad Genetics Inc. (Salt Lake City, U.S.A.) This site contains information on protein-protein interactions that have been described in the published literature. Only interactions between human proteins that were identified using the two-hybrid system are included.

ChemConnec

The protein kinase resource at http://pkr.sdsc.edu/html/index.shtml

Neuropeptide database at  http://erop.inbi.ras.ru/query-erop.php

Swiss-Prot Description : Protein knowledgebase. Release : 43.0 of March 2004 - Availability:

• FTP: ftp://ftp.expasy.org/databases/uniprot/knowledgebase
• ftp://ftp.expasy.org/databases/swiss-prot
• ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/uniprot/knowledgebase
• ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/swissprot
• WWW: http://www.expasy.org/sprot/
• http://www.ebi.ac.uk/sprot/

Model Organisms Databases (including Microbial Genomes) [Plant genome initiatives ( (Arabidopsis, rice,..) are also enclosed]

International Association for Protein Structure Analysis and Proteomics at http://www.iapsap.bnl.gov

Phosphoproteins - A database of S / T / Y phosphorilation sites at http://phospho.elm.eu.org/

Phosphoproteins at http://phospho.elm.eu.org/

The Protein Kinase Resource at http://pkr.sdsc.edu/html/index.shtml

Motif scan at http://scansite.mit.edu/motifscan_seq.phtml

A new website containing resources related to ion channel biophysics and electrophysiology at the URL address:http://www.ionchannels.org

Protein Lounge at http://www.proteinlounge.com/default.asp

MW calculatio, using the MS-Product-Tool on the Protein Prospector-Website ( http://prospector.ucsf.edu/ucsfhtml4.0/msprod.htm) where you can edit yuor own amino acid composition.

DNA-binding motifs at http://arapaho.nsuok.edu/~biology/Tutorials/DNAbinding.htm

Human Protein Atlas at http://www.proteinatlas.org

The Peptide Resource Page at http://www.peptideresource.com/

STEM CELLS

Education material : "NWABR Stem Cell Teacher Workshop and Educator" http://www.wabr.org/education/stemcellforum.htm

"Genetic Science Learning Center - Stem Cells in the Spotlight" http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/

"Stem Cells" by Coleen Swihart ( Biology Teacher,  Canby High School, 721 SW Fourth Avenue,  Canby, OR 97013, U.S.A. ) http://www.canbyhs.canby.k12.or.us/chsstaff/~swihartc/Stem_Cells.html

Stem cells on this web site

California Stem Cell Report at http://californiastemcellreport.blogspot.com/

Stem cells in the spotlight at http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/stemcells/index.cfm

SOURCES FOR GENERAL INFORMATION

Resources from federal agenciesat  http://www.free.ed.gov/

Science.gov at http://www.science.gov/index.html   Science.gov is a gateway to over 50 million pages of authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. government agencies, including research and development results

siRNA Database and RNA Interference Resource at http://www.rnainterference.org/

Biotech Industry Supplier Registry at http://www.biosciregister.com/ - Manual compilation of biotech suppliers enabling buyers to easily source manufacturers of biotechnology equipment for cell biology, cell culture, genomics, proteomics and more.

SCIRUS for scientific information only

DNA-binding motifs at http://arapaho.nsuok.edu/~biology/Tutorials/DNAbinding.htm

FirstGov.gov section: Health at: http://www.firstgov.gov/Citizen/Topics/Health.shtml

Jupiter Scientific Information: Reports and News

Biotechnology Information Directory

Biotechnology Industry News

Biotechnology and drugs companies

Scientific information online at the URL address: http://www.thescientificworld.com

Search 4 science: a community of  brains without borders

Glossary of biotechnology terms

elegansNet: The Animal Bioinformatics & Research Menu Hubsite

Huba t - Automatic Directory Builder

Amplicom (Biotech Resources)

BrainLand, The Neuroscience Information Center

The biocomputing service group 

ActionBioscience - A new web site devoted to education on biotech policy issues. Seven biological challanges: (i) environment, (ii) genomic mapping, (iii) evolution, (iv) education, (v) biodiversity, (vi) genetic engineering, (vii) the age of bioscience.

"Biology - Web-based Reference Resources" at http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/sel/bio/reference.html

ReCap   (The Signals Magazine)

The scientific world 

BioNetbook (Institut Pasteur) The BioNetbook is a directory of Web Pages for biology

Informagen, Inc. - A Biotechnology Information Resource

Biotech Resource

BioWorld Online

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

ChemConnec

G uide to Digital Science and Medicine

Community of Science

HighWirePress Internet imprint of the Stanfort University Libraries. It is a new service offering access to electronic journals.

Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources

NEE - HOW The Bioresource Finder

Internet FDA

Virtual Center of Biotechnology for the Americas

US Patents to Universities; Intellectual Property Education Coalition(IPEC) 's University Patent Navigator

Bio Online

DejaNews makes it particularly easy to read and post to newsgroups.

Economic Perspectives: US State Department issues an electronic journal on: "Biotechnology: Food Security and Safety"

A Research Engine at eoCenter

AallWebWire at http://aallwebwire.com/directory-bioscience.htm

Tracking the new military & technological revolutions at http://www.gyre.org 

European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE) at ICT Law ( http://www.ictlaw.net)

Metric converter at http://www.eeeddd.com/?go=mcconverter

Saccharide masses chart - http://www.waters.com/watersdivision/pdfs/WCH2.pdf  and at  http://us.expasy.org/tools/glycomod/glycomod_masses.html ( ExPASy, Molecular Biology Server at http://us.expasy.org/ )

Amino acid masses - http://www.waters.com/watersdivision/pdfs/WCH1.pdf ( amino acid masses )  on the Waters web site

how Moore's Law has progressed at:  http://images.google.com/images?q=%22moore%27s+law%22&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en and at http://public.itrs.net/ (International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors )

Neuropeptide database at  http://erop.inbi.ras.ru/query-erop.php

The artificial life at http://www.alife.org/

Biotech Project at the University of Arizona at: http://biotech.biology.arizona.edu/AboutBIOTECH/AboutBIOTECH.html

Biotechnology Resources at: http://biotech.biology.arizona.edu/Resources/Resources.html

Biotechnology Resources OnLineat: http://biotech.biology.arizona.edu/Resources/online.html

Los Alamos Science at: http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/doe/lanl/pubs/LaScience.htm ( All issues of Los Alamos Science from 1980 through 2002)

National Biological Information Infrastructure http://www.nbii.gov/index.html

United States Regulatory Agencies Unified Biotechnology Website  at http://usbiotechreg.nbii

Mines Advisory Group (MAG)  at http://www.magclearsmines.org/

HyperDictionary at http://www.hyperdictionary.com/

Beyond-Science at http://www.beyond-science.com/

Assobiotecat  http://www.assobiotec.it

EuropaBio at http://www.europabio.org/pages/index.asp

The Enlarged Europe at http://www.europabio.org/pages/ne_230304.asp

ItalTrade at: http://www.italtrade.com  - The official gateway to Italian business and trade.

Greenomes at http://www.greenomes.org/ Greenomes provides laboratory and bioinformatics exercises to introduce students to modern plant genetics and genome research

PROCESSOR.com at http://www.processor.com

BIO-IPR - BIO-IPR is an electronic information service produced by GRAIN. Its purpose is to disseminate news and analysis about recent developments in the field of intellectual property rights (IPRs) related to biodiversity and associated knowledge, especially in developing countries at http://www.grain.org/bio%2Dipr/

Science articles at: http://www.firstscience.com/site/home.asp

Wikipedia at http://www.wikipedia.com

Biodefense - FAS Biological and Chemical Weapons Control at http://www.fas.org/main/content.jsp?formAction=325&projectld=4

Medical Resource Reviews Database at http://www.hpdrc.fiu.edu/med.resource/

Genetic Biodiversity at http://genetics.nbii.gov/index.html

Conservation International at http://www.conservation.org/xp/CIWEB/

Conservation International - Take action to aid Amphibians at http://www.conservation.org/xp/amphibians/index2.xml?emc-amp0406&att=quizgif

    "GoPubMed" at http://www.gopubmed.org  - Ontology-based literature search, Biotech, TU-Dresden

BIOTERRORISM

Anthrax - The official DOD website for the anthrax vaccine immunization program

The military vaccines website at http://www.vaccines.army.mil/  (Click also on "link" at http://www.vaccines.army.mil/links.asp

Center for the Study of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections (CSB&EI) at Saint Louis University, School of public Health, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.

Documents et liens sur le bioterrorism de guerre, le plan BIOTOX en france - Terrorism bacteriologique et chimique - (Texxtes de references - Dr. Y. Lannehoa - Dr. F. Berthier) chez la Societe' Francophone de Medicine d'Urgence .   

"Bio-terrorism and the Gill rDNA trajectory" at: http://www.btinternet.com/~nlpwessex/Documents/Bio-terrorism.htm

"Biological weapons could be even deadlier" at : http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1334000/1334986.stm

"Scientists made virus more lethal than HIV" [by Charles Arthur / The Independent (London) 24Jul01)] at: http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE2/More-Lethal-Than-HIV.htm

Natural Law party Wessex at: http://www.btinternet.com/~nlpwessex

Bioterrorism at EMEA ( The European Agency for Evaluation of Medicinal Products ) http://www.emea.eu.int/#

Agro-terrorism at Center for Nonproliferation Studies ( http://cns.miis.edu/ ) - Monterey Institute of International Studies  http://cns.miis.edu/research/cbw/agromain.htm   http://cns.miis.edu/research/cbw/aglinks.htm or http://cns.miis.edu/ (searching for agroterrorism) . Agroterrorism means attacks against farm crops, livestock, produce or packaged foods. The food supply may be more vulnerable than skyscrapers, bridges, nuclear power plants or other high-profile infrastructure targets. Agroterrorism could release damaging insects, viruses, bacteria, fungi and other microbes aimed at wiping out crops. Agroterrorism at the Homeland Security Department ( http://www.dhs.gov ). ("Agroterrorism poses devastating threat" by M. Woods at http://www.post-gazette.com ).

The Chronicle of Modern Conflict at : http://www.warwatch.com  edited by  Marc Salvatierra - Conflict areas: Afghanistan, Algeria, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo (Democratic Republic of), Congo (Republic of), Chad, Colombia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel - Palestine, Ivory Coast, Kashmir, Korean Peninsula, Liberia, Nepal, Philippines, Russia - Chechnya, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Uzbekistan. A special section on "War on Terror"

CHEMICAL PROCUREMENT SITES

CLINICAL TRIALS

ClinicalTrials.Gov at http://clinicaltrials.gov

Current Controlled Trials at http://www.controlled-trials.com

ISRCTN (International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number) at http://www.controlled-trials.com/isrctn/

TrialsCentral.Org at http://www.trialscentral.org

E-COMMERCE SEARCH ENGINES

The U.S. Census Bureau - Noth American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

Searching on ......DogPile , Mamma       and  All-inOne      These are multiengine search tools (metaengines) that scan different engines at the same time

ENTERWeb Metaguides

MediaINFO Links for a list of newspapers and other news around the world.

GUIDEC General usage for international digitally ensured commerce

A framework for global electronic commerce

Global Electronic Commerce  Dismantling the barriers to global electronic commerce

ChinaBiz  

Electronic Commerce The challanges to tax authorities and taxpayers. an informal round table discussion between business and government.

The Internet Web Source

Nasa Tech

The UCLA Online Institute for Cyberspace Law and Policy

Computer Law Association

The Internet and business: A Lawyer´s Guide to the Emerging Legal Issues

Patent strategies at Angenehm Law Firm

Journal of commerce

Export Administration Regulations Marketplace (USA)

National Technical Information Service (USA)

Virtual Law Library

New Jour The Internet list for journals and newsletters available on the internet

Internet accessible libraries A list of libraries in the U.S. that are available on the Internet.

WebCATS   this site allows users to search libraries around the world.

GILS (GILS =Global Information Locator Service) is designed to make it easy to locate information of all kinds, in all media, in all languages.

Financial information on public company from the U.S. Securities and Exchange (SEC) web site.

Middle East Business Information (AME info)

The Library of Congress

Nicholas Bohm, Ian Brown, Brian Gladman :  'Electronic Commerce: Who Carries the Risk of Fraud? in : ) The Journal of Information, Law and Technology (JILT) (October 31, 2000) . < http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/00-3/bohm.html >

E- COMMERCE LEGISLATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/techlib/legasp.pdf

http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ecommerce/issues/digisig/digisign1.htm

http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ecommerce/issues/digisig/digisign2.htm

http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/text/english/call/Architecture_Guidelines_Part_IV.pdf (also I, II e III

http:// www.europa.eu.int, (Search Europe)

The European Union's anti-fraud unit (OLAF) at http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/olaf/

ECONOMIC & BIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF AN ALTERED NATURE

Center for food safety (ICTA= International Center for Technology Assessment)

Genetically Engineered Foods - A seroius Health Hazard 

Cultural survival

Environmental Defense Fund  

Gene Letter 

GeneTests 

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

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