Government Agencies
- US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)Part of the US Department of Commerce.
- National Human Genome Research InstituteAn institute of the NIH.
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)Part of the US Department of Commerce. One of the nation's oldest physical science laboratories.
- National Science Foundation"Where discoveries begin."
Other Government Websites
- Argonne National LabThe largest national laboratory by size and scope in the Midwest. Initially formed to research nuclear reactors as part of the Manhattan Project. Today it maintains a broad portfolio in basic science research, energy storage and renewable energy, environmental sustainability, and national security.
- Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST)Search and compare nucleotide or protein sequences. BLAST can infer relationships between sequences, as well as identify members of gene families.
- Data.gov This link opens in a new windowDatasets on nearly every aspect of society, from climate to finance to agriculture.
- Science.gov This link opens in a new windowSearches over 60 databases and over 2,200 scientific websites to provide users with access to more than 200 million pages of authoritative federal science information including research and development results.
- NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and UncertaintiesFundamental Physical Constraints, International System of Units (SI), and Uncertainty of Measurement Results.
- Patent Full-Text DatabaseFreely available database of U.S. patents from 1976 onward and patent applications from 2001 onward.
- U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)Includes technical reports, bibliographic citations, journal articles, conference papers, books, multimedia, software, and data funded in whole or in part by the DOE the 1940s to today.