| iPhone apps and science go hand in hand. Maybe | | | | information by selecting an amino acid from the |
| you need to quickly refer to the Periodic Table, or | | | | list. All amino acid and molecules are represented |
| perhaps you need help with your solubility | | | | with colorful pictures. |
| calculations. Whether you are planning for a career | | | | 6. Starmap ($11.99) |
| in science or you just need to pass a science | | | | Another pocket planetarium app, Starmap is |
| class in college, here are 10 iPhone apps you | | | | designed for more advanced star gazers as it |
| shouldn’t be without. | | | | provides a fully portable way of locating stars, |
| | | | planets, constellations, meteor showers and |
| Photo by: Okko Pyykko on Flickr Creative | | | | deep-field objects in the night sky. Calibrate your |
| Commons | | | | location or use iPhone’s GPS feature to toggle |
| 1. Chemical Elements (Free) | | | | between north-, east-, south-, and west-view sky |
| This chemistry app is a versatile reference tool | | | | charts. |
| that presents a list of the elements in portrait | | | | 7. Equivalence ($3.99) |
| mode. Flip it to landscape, and it turns into a | | | | Equivalence is the ultimate conversion tool. |
| touchable periodic table. You can sort elements by | | | | Designed for engineers, the Equivalence iPhone |
| atomic number or alphabet. Common features of | | | | app converts all sorts of measurements such as |
| the elements are given with some with photos. | | | | temperature, mass, volume and currency. Tilt |
| 2. Atom in a Box ($9.99) | | | | your iPhone/iPod on its side and get the |
| This physics app displays an interactive, visual | | | | equivalence calculator. |
| representation of what a hydrogen atom looks | | | | 8. Spacetime 4.0 ($24.95) |
| like via real-time rendering of its electrons’ | | | | Algebra and calculus students, rejoice. Touted as |
| orbitals. See the three-dimensional states that the | | | | the most powerful mathematics and graphing |
| electron occupies in hydrogen. View animations | | | | program, Spacetime 4.0 allows you to graph 2D |
| and mathematical descriptions of all 140 | | | | and 3D function, parametric, spherical and |
| eigenstates up to the n=7 energy level. Even if | | | | cylindrical plots. Rotate, pinch and move 3D graphs |
| you are not familiar with Quantum Mechanics, it | | | | in real-time. Spacetime also performs both |
| still looks cool, and your friends will think you are | | | | numeric and symbolic algebra and calculus |
| smart. | | | | (including some advanced functions) and supports |
| 3. Get All the Science (Free) | | | | scripting. |
| This news aggregator app gives you up-to-date | | | | 9. Epocrates RX (Free) |
| news from the science industry. Stay on top of | | | | This app is sure to please medical students and |
| the latest stories with news feeds from | | | | hypochondriacs alike. With this pocket pharmacy, |
| “Nature,” “New Scientist” and | | | | you can look up more than 3,300 drugs, including |
| several other interesting science publications, all in | | | | pill pictures, infectious disease treatment guides, |
| one place. | | | | medical calculators, a commonly-used pregnancy |
| 4. Uranus ($9.99) | | | | wheel, unit conversions and more. It is said that |
| This is a must-have if you are taking astronomy, | | | | doctors use this app. So why not get one |
| but it’s also a good prop for romantic evening | | | | yourself to make sure your busy doctor isn’t |
| strolls if you want to impress your date. With a | | | | missing anything? |
| database of over 100,000 stars, planets, galaxies | | | | 10. iCut DNA (4.99) |
| and more, this GPS-enabled app acts as a guide | | | | This app allows you to search the Restriction |
| to the night sky wherever you happen to be | | | | Enzyme Database (REBASE) for enzymes and |
| standing on Earth. | | | | the DNA nucleotide sequences they cleave. Find |
| 5. Genetic Decoder (Free) | | | | commonly used (type II) restriction enzymes by |
| Biology students, behold the Genetic Decoder app. | | | | name or by specifying the recognition sequence. |
| Simply tap your mobile device to change RNA | | | | Information from the database for each enzyme |
| codons, and the corresponding amino acid | | | | includes references, suppliers, isoschizomers and |
| information will be displayed. You can browse | | | | methylation site. |