● http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/

Those of us in the United Kingdom cannot have failed to notice that its two leading cancer research charities — the Imperial Cancer Research Fund and the Cancer Research Campaign — have merged to form Cancer Research UK. The merging of their web sites is proof that two heads are better than one.

The front page is aimed squarely at the general public, with news, information on fundraising events and prominent links to patient resources. But a large 'science and research' button at the top of the page takes cancer researchers straight to the information that's most relevant to them.

Navigation within this 'science wing' is through five tabs. The 'researchers' section is a simple directory, searchable by name, keyword or free text. Information on individual researchers and their projects varies in detail; it would be useful to have key publications for all of them. There's also a clickable map that takes you to Cancer-Research-UK-funded institutes and labs around the United Kingdom. The 'research institutes' section is presented as a hypertext-linked list, each institute taking you to a list of group leaders; clinical centres are presented similarly but, unfortunately, are not yet clickable.

Cancer Research UK now awards an almost bewildering array of grants; these are organized into broad categories in the Grants application section, and sufficient information is given for you to work out whether you're eligible and when you should apply; forms are not available on the web, but there is information on how to send for application packs.

Finally, in the enigmatic 'other sites' section, don't miss the links list; this tracks cancer research across the globe, making it a useful resource for all cancer researchers.