Search Results

Search Results

Refine this search

20,051 results

Project

1-Wire Weather Station

The weather station in this project is quite basic, measuring only temperature, pressure, and humidity, but it may be easily expanded to measure other weather components, such as wind speed and rainfall. The design is based on using a series of…

Project

3D Floor Plan

Floor plans show walls, windows, doors, and other features of a room or building. Architects and engineers use them to study spatial relationships and describe their designs. Typically, floor plans are rendered as two-dimensional drawings.In this…

Project

3D Skull Candy Mold

Whether preparing for Halloween or just a regular day, you can make skull-shaped edibles from this project's 3D candy mold. Like many molds, this one is a hollow container into which you can pour water or hot liquids, such as gelatin, chocolate, or…

Project

3D Spur Gear

A spur gear is a common toothed wheel that works with other wheels in a set to adjust the speed, power, or direction of a complex machine. It's found in many everyday devices, such as electric screwdrivers, washing machines, and mechanical clocks…

Project

3D Terrain Map

Terrain maps are physical models that give you an at-a-glance overview of landforms. Architects, builders, and engineers often use these types of maps to provide context to proposed building designs. In this project, you'll create a layered…

Project

3x3x3 LED Cube

LEDs (light-emitting diodes) are rectifying semiconductor devices that convert electrical energy into electromagnetic radiation. You can use these devices to create a 3-dimensional light display. LED cubes require some care and good soldering skills…

Project

Arduino Oscilloscope

An oscilloscope is a device that allows you to see an electronic signal so that it appears as a waveform. Traditional oscilloscopes work by amplifying a signal to control the position of a dot on the y-axis (vertical axis) of a cathode-ray tube…

Project

Chatbot, an Artificially Intelligent Microcontroller

The term "Chatbot" is used for a computer or computer program that is made to emulate some form of human intelligence through conversation. In this project, you will learn how easy it is to make a specific microcontroller—an Arduino™ Uno—seem as…

Project

Heart-Rate Monitor

This project uses a sensitive light-detecting resistor to detect small changes in the light beaming through your finger as your blood pumps through tiny arteries in the finger. This device is not the same as the heart-rate monitors typically used in…

Project

Jumbo Foam Glider

This project takes you through the steps to build, launch, and fly a foam glider in sustained and controlled flight. Control in flight is achieved by modifying the wind the glider flies through with a large cardboard sheet (paddle). If this is your…

Project

Laser-Grid Intruder Alarm

This is a working alarm. It uses a laser beam that bounces between mirrors attached to two walls that face each other. The figure to the right has been digitally edited to show the path of the beam. When the beam is broken, a buzzer sounds.This…

Project

Levitation Machine

This project allows you to use electromagnetic levitation to suspend a globe of the world above a surface. The "globe" is actually a table tennis ball painted to look like a globe. Keeping it in place requires careful control of electrical current…

Project

Light and Temperature Logger

Environmental research often involves the use of data loggers to record data at regular intervals over a period of time. Most data loggers are based on digital processors, and can be fairly expensive, but you can build your own. This project uses a…

Project

Pulse Generator Circuits

A pulse generator circuit is an important building block for many electronic projects, such as the heart of a digital clock. Its purpose is basically to switch an output on and off for as long as the circuit is activated. Sometimes, these circuits…

Project

Text-Controlled RGB LED

A red, green, and blue (RGB) light-emitting diode (LED) is a useful electronic component that can produce visible light in a variety of colors. This is done by varying the intensity of the light output of the three different color LED elements (red,…

Project

Theremin-like Instrument

A theremin is a musical instrument developed in the 1920s by the Russian inventor, Léon Theremin. It was one of the world's first electronic musical instruments. The original invention used radio-frequency electronics and a pair of antennae. By…

Project

Tumblewing Walkalong Glider

This project takes you through the steps to build, launch,and fly a paper airplane (glider) in sustained and controlled flight. Control in flight is achieved by modifying the wind the glider flies through with a large cardboard sheet or foam board…

Project

Ultralight Foam Glider

This project takes you through the steps to build, launch, and fly an ultralight foam glider in sustained and controlled flight. Controlled flight is achieved by modifying the wind the glider flies through with a large cardboard sheet, or paddle.The…

Project

White-Noise Generator

White noise is a smooth hiss consisting of all audio frequencies played back at random simultaneously. Because your ears cannot "lock" onto any specific frequencies or patterns in white noise, this device has the effect of shutting off your ears to…

Project

Wind Lantern

In this project, you will build a small, vertical-axis wind turbine, or VAWT for short. VAWTs are not as efficient as their horizontal-axis cousins, but they are better suited to urban environments where wind can come from different…

Project

Constant-Speed Vehicle

Everything in the universe is in motion. One basic, yet important, type of motion is constant-speed motion. This project takes you through assembly of a model battery-powered vehicle that moves at a constant speed. This particular vehicle is built…

Image

from article Biofilm

Result thumbnail
Biofilms are highly structured communities of microorganisms that are surface-associated or attached to one another, and are enclosed within a self-produced protective extracellular matrix. Biofilm formation and actions involve a number of stages:…

Image

from article Ctenothrissiformes

Result thumbnail
A Cretaceous ctenothrissiform fossil, Ctenothrissa sp. (order Ctenothrissiformes), on a limestone matrix found in Lebanon. Size: 90 mm (3.5 in.). (Photo courtesy of The Virtual Fossil Museum)

Image

from article Pyroclastic rocks

Result thumbnail
Distribution downwind of the pyroclastic fall deposit from the climactic eruption of Mount St. Helens, Washington, on May 18, 1980. The contours (isopachs) are drawn through points of measured equal thickness (in centimeters) of this ash layer.…

Image

from article Pyroclastic rocks

Result thumbnail
Aerial view in March 1998 of the fan-shaped pyroclastic delta formed by repeated entries of pyroclastic flows and surges into the Caribbean Sea during the Soufrière Hills Volcano eruption in 1996–1997. (Photograph by R.P. Hoblitt, USGS)

Image

from article Pyroclastic rocks

Result thumbnail
Observed or postulated mechanisms for the generation of pyroclastic flow and surge deposits (from W. E. Scott, 1989). (a, b) Mechanisms that commonly produce block-and-ash flow deposits. (b, c) Mechanisms that trigger laterally directed blasts.…

Image

from article Pyroclastic rocks

Result thumbnail
Some variations in pyroclastic rock formations. (a) Layers of pyroclastic fall deposits from the eruption plume of the June 15, 1991, explosive eruption of Mount Pinatubo (Luzon, Philippines). This exposure, located about 9 km (5.5 mi) southeast of…

Image

from article Equisetales

Result thumbnail
Equisetum arvense. (a) Sterile shoot. (b) Fertile shoot growing from an underground rootstock. (c) Cone. (d) Two views of shield-shaped sporangiophores. (e) Spores, greatly enlarged. As spore dries, elaters expand. (After E. W. Sinnott and K. S.…

Image

from article Equisetales

Result thumbnail
Equisetum gametophyte. (a) Small gametophyte, showing antheridia only. (b) Male gametes. (c) Larger gametophyte; branching lobes have archegonia at bases. (After E. W. Sinnott and K. S. Wilson, Botany: Principles and Problems, 6th ed., McGraw-Hill,…

Image

from article Equisetales

Result thumbnail
Sporophytes. (a) Equisetum gametophyte with sporophytes. (b, c, d) The young sporophytes of Equisetum hiemale. (After G. M. Smith, Cryptogamic Botany, vol. 2, 2d ed., McGraw-Hill, 1955)

Image

from article Lung

Result thumbnail
Human lungs: (a) The trachea bifurcates as the right and left primary bronchi that enter each lung. The bronchi subdivide further to form the bronchial tree. (b) Color-coded view of the major branches of the bronchial tree. (Copyright © McGraw-Hill…

Image

from article Electric power generation

Result thumbnail
Cross section of a hydroelectric powerhouse. Arrangement is typical for an adjustable propeller-type reaction turbine. The intake and powerhouse are integral; waterways consist of intake, scroll case, and draft tube. Turbine and generator are set…

Image

from article Dewar flask

Result thumbnail
Two typical Dewar containers.

Image

from article Food science

Result thumbnail
Food scientist examining a tomato. (Credit: Adam Gault/Age Fotostock)

Image

from article Solution mining

Result thumbnail
Solution mining of a subsurface evaporite deposit. Mining is normally initiated at the bottom of the deposit and retreats vertically, leaving a mined-out cavity. Saturated brine is heavier (denser), and is recovered from the bottom of the cavity.…

Image

from article Solution mining

Result thumbnail
Forced-air ventilation of sulfide ore heaps during biooxidation.

Image

from article Solution mining

Result thumbnail
Sulfur production well in a Gulf Coast salt dome deposit. (a) Superheated water is pumped down the inner and outer casing strings. (b) Molten sulfur enters inner casing string. (c) Sulfur is jetted to the surface as a result of compressed air being…

Image

from article Animal testing

Result thumbnail
Mice are the most commonly used vertebrate species in animal testing and research. (Credit: Dolores Bonaparte)

Image

from article Animal testing

Result thumbnail
The use of animals in biomedical research remains essential, but the handling of these sentient beings must be done humanely to minimize and prevent animal harm. (Credit: U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Image

from article Propagator (field theory)

Result thumbnail
Feynman diagrams for scattering processes. (a) Electron-proton scattering via photon exchange. (b) Proton-proton scattering via meson exchange.

Image

from article Conservation of energy

Result thumbnail
The conservation of energy allows energy to be interconverted among many different forms. In the use of wind power, for example, the kinetic energy of wind (movements of air) can be converted by turbine blades into electrical energy. (Credit: Ron…

Image

from article Pathotoxin

Result thumbnail
Oat seedling resistant to Victoria blight obtained by screening a susceptible population with the pathotoxin victorin, a product of the pathogen Helminthosporium victoriae.

Image

from article Pathotoxin

Result thumbnail
Separation of corn seedlings resistant (N) and susceptible (T) to southern corn leaf blight by treatment with a pathotoxin produced by Helminthosporium maydis race T.

Image

from article Pathotoxin

Result thumbnail
Chemical structures of four pathotoxins. (a) Fusicoccin. (b) Tentoxin. (c) AM-toxin. (d) HMT-toxin.

Image

from article Electrical units and standards

Result thumbnail
Calculable capacitor. (a) Cross section of general cylindrical capacitor with four segments. (b) Cross section of symmetrical capacitor with cylindrical electrodes. (c) Calculable capacitor used in absolute determination of the ohm. (U.S. National…

Learn more about AccessScience

a female college student looking at the screen of her silver-cased laptop computer
Watch the YouTube video

flyer thumbnail

Download the flyerGet Adobe Acrobat Reader pdf icon