National Institute of General Medical Sciences now offers range of online products

As the heat index rises, one thing remains at zero—the cost of the engaging and informative educational materials produced by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

In addition to its award-winning booklets on biological science topics, NIH's National Institute of General Medical Sciences now offers a range of online products, including:

•A Twitter feed and Facebook page that provide information about some of the latest new scientific advances

•Biomedical Beat, a monthly electronic digest of scientific advances from around the country

•Inside Life Science, short features that reveal how biomedical research is deepening our understanding of health and disease

•An e-book version of the highly popular booklet, Inside the Cell; more e-books are planned

•Dowloadable scientific images and movies, including some on YouTube

•Audio and video interviews with scientists doing cutting-edge research

Other free NIGMS materials include:

•Printed and online educational booklets covering topics like genetics, cell biology, biochemistry and computational biology that present scientific concepts and examples of current research

•The twice-yearly magazine Findings that "puts a face on scientists" by profiling interesting researchers who are pursuing important scientific questions

•Interactive games and crossword puzzles that test knowledge gained from the educational materials