What is RSS?

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is an XML-based format for sharing and distributing Web content, such as news headlines. Using an RSS reader, you can view data feeds from various news sources, such as APS, including headlines, summaries, links to full stories. The main advantage of using RSS is not having to actually visit the website to view recent news items.

How do I access/utilize RSS?

RSS/News Aggregators:
RSS/News Aggregators (also called Readers) will download and display RSS feeds for you. A number of free and commercial News Aggregators are available for download.

Many aggregators are separate, "stand-alone" programs; other services will let you add RSS feeds to a Web page. Yahoo! users can add RSS feeds to your My Yahoo! page; additionally, Google users can use Google Reader (see below).


Some of the more popular RSS readers include: