Topical issues

Science and Technology Collections

Alcohol

• Alcohol Information Scotland

  Provides a wide range of information on alcohol for Scotland.
  www.alcoholinformation.isdscotland.org/

• FAS - UK

  A group of parents and professionals in the United Kingdom devoted to raising awareness about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
  http://www.fasstar.com/UK/

• What You Need to Know About . .

  Comprehensive site on alcohol and its effects.
  http://alcoholism.about.com/library/blhealth01.htm

Asthma

• Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA)

  GINA's objective is to work with health care professionals and public health officials around the world to reduce asthma prevalence, morbidity and mortality. Produces guides for health professionals, pocket guides for asthma management and prevention, and patient guides for families. Also co-ordinates activities for World Asthma Day (this year on 5 May).
  www.ginasthma.com/

• National Asthma Campaign

  Website with lots of useful information and publications on asthma. Gives information if you or your child has asthma, all the latest news and research details, journals and factsheets and details of the Asthma Helpline.
  www.asthma.org.uk
  
  Link to the National Asthma Campaign Scotland at
  www.asthma.org.uk/scotland/index.html

Biometrics

• Biometric Consortium

  Focal point for research, development, testing, evaluation, and application of biometric-based personal identification/verification technology.
  http://www.biometrics.org/

Flu

• BBC Health site - Flu

  www.bbc.co.uk/health/physical_health/conditions/flu1.shtml

• Health Protection Scotland

  Weekly reports, guidance notes and current information.
  www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/resp/swineinfluenza.aspx

• Scottish Government - Flu information

  www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/health/flu

• World Health Organisation

  WHO information on country activities, outbreak news, pandemic preparedness and vaccines on all types of flu, from bird flu to H1N1.
  www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/en/

Food safety

• Institute of Food Science and Technology

  Professional qualifying body for food scientists and technologists.
  www.ifst.org/

Genetic modification

• Foodfuture

  The foodfuture programme aims to improve public understanding of genetic modification.
  www.foodfuture.org.uk/

• Monsanto UK

  www.monsanto.co.uk/

• Royal Society

  Genetic modification of plants raises important issues for science and the public; the Royal Society encourages debate on this topic.
  http://royalsociety.org/

• 'Scotsman' - topics

  www.news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=9

Climate change

• Climate prediction

  Large experiment to try and produce a forecast of the climate in the 21st century.
  www.climateprediction.net/index.php

• Met Office

  www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/

• National Library for the Environment

  Reports providing and overview of the state of the environment'.
  www.ncseonline.org/NLE/

Inventions and patents

• UK Patent Office

  Responsible for Intellectual Property (copyright, designs, patents and trade marks) in the UK.
  www.ipo.gov.uk

• Institute of Inventors

  Inventions, Patents & Inventor's Club run by Engineer Inventors.
  members.aol.com/mikinvent/index.html

• ICASS

  Government initiative, supported by European Funding, which provides specialist advice and counselling for Scotland's inventors and small innovative companies.
  www.icass.co.uk/

Mobile phones

• EMFacts

  Mobile phone health hazards.
  www.emfacts.com

• Globalchange

  www.globalchange.com/radiation.htm

• Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones

  www.iegmp.org.uk/

• National Radiological Protection Board

  http://www.nrpb.org/

Natural disasters

• NASA - Natural Disaster Database

  Bibliographic database on research, programs, and results which relate to the use of satellite remote sensing for disaster mitigation.
  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/

• Natural Disasters

  Website dedicated to providing information and pictures about natural disasters.
  www.natural-disasters.com/

• ReliefWeb

  Disaster response information on current natural disasters and archival material dating back to 1981, listed chronologically.
  www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/vLND

Nuclear energy

• DTI - Nuclear Energy

  Government information, from the Department of Trade and Industry, with background information on nuclear power.
  www.dti.gov.uk/energy/energy-sources/nuclear-power/index.html

• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEE)

  The agency works with its member states and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies.
  www.iaea.or.at/

• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

  Non-departmental public body, set up in April 2005 under the Energy Act 2004 to take strategic responsibility for the UK's nuclear legacy.
  www.nda.gov.uk

• UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)

  Information on sites such as Dounreay and the decommissioning and regeneration of nuclear sites in the UK.
  www.ukaea.org.uk

• World Nuclear Association

  Global organisation that promotes the peaceful worldwide use of nuclear power as a sustainable energy resource.
  www.world-nuclear.org/

Renewable energy

• Energy Saving Trust

  Set up by the UK Government after the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, one of the UK's leading organisations addressing the damaging effects of climate change.
  www.est.co.uk/

• Renew Scotland

  Source of information on renewable energy in Scotland.
  www.renewscotland.org/

• Scottish Renewables

  Scotland's Forum for the Renewable Energy Industry, supporting the development and provision of a sustainable energy future for Scotland.
  www.scottishrenewables.com

Sports medicine

• Drugs in Sport

  Includes a selection of resources available on the internet.
  www.drugsinsport.net/resources.htm

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