Are Lipids and Carbohydrates Polymers?
Are Lipids and Carbohydrates Polymers? Polymers are large molecules made up of repeating units called monomers. Polymers can be natural, such as cellulose in...
Brain Physiology and Learning
There is a connection between brain physiology and learning. We have a triad structure in our brain:
(a) The lower or reptilian brain.
(b) The middle...
What is Pichia pastoris and Why is it Useful?
What is Pichia pastoris and why is it Useful?
Pichia pastoris (or Komagataella phaffii) is a species of yeast that is widely used in the...
P. pastoris and Industrial Applications
Industrial use of P. pastoris is not as widespread as Saccharomyces cerevisiae, but it is nevertheless used in a variety of applications. There are...
Understanding The CLIA Method
Chemiluminescent immunoassay, also known as CLIA, is a method used to find certain antibodies in a sample. It is an alternative to the popular...
Volcano Monitoring Technique
Volcano monitoring technique indications that a volcanic eruption could be poised to explode can be detected only if the volcano is carefully and consistently...
Liquefaction and Levees
Liquefaction and Levees - Potential Double Disaster in the United States Midwest. Liquefaction is a process during which sudden shaking of certain types of...
Icecaps and Glaciers – Fascinating Natural Phenomena
Icecaps and Glaciers are fascinating natural phenomena. They are also critical for life on Earth. That’s why it’s important to learn more about them....
The Electrocardiograph 1902
The Electrocardiograph 1902
Ever since Luigi Galvani’s pioneering studies in the late 1700s century. Scientists knew that muscle contraction generated weak electrical impulses. The Scottish...
What is a Star Made of? How Do They Shine?
What is a Star Made of? How do They shine? Every bright star is a sun, like our own sun. This means that stars...
Who Invented the Helicopter?
Who Invented the Helicopter - The long-time dream of humans to the flying machine that would rise straight up in an old one! It...
Atlantic Seaboard Fall line in Eastern United States
The Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line or ”Fall Zone”, is a 1,400 kilometers escarpment where the “Piedmont” and “Atlantic coastal” plain meet in the eastern...
Wanderers – A Short Film By Erik Wernquist
Making this film has been a work of passion, and it is such an invaluable reward to see that it is received with the...
Earth’s Mysterious Humming Sound
For the first time, it has been reported that the Earth makes a strange humming sound on the ocean floor, which has been reported...
Ivanhoe Reservoir Covered With 400,000 Black Polyethylene Balls
Ivanhoe Reservoir Covered With 400,000 Black Polyethylene Balls - The Department of Water Protection in Los Angeles noticed high levels of bromated in 2007,...
Water – Vital Source to Increase the Life on Earth &...
Everyone knows the importance of water on planet earth; no one can survive without water. So water was a vital source to increasing life...
Lens-Shaped Lenticular Clouds That Captures Attention
Lenticular Clouds also called Altocumulus lenticularis are stationary lens-shaped clouds that form in the troposphere. It is usually in perpendicular alignment to the wind...
Hoba Meteorite – The World’s Largest Meteorite
The Hoba meteorite has this name because it lies on the farm "Hoba West" not far from Grootfontein, in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia....
Graduate Student Created First Man Made Biological Leaf
A graduate student Julian Melchiorri created the first man-made biological leaf. That has the ability to absorb water and carbon dioxide to produce oxygen...
Researchers Find The Cells At The Root Of Balding & Gray...
Researchers find the cells at the roots of balding and gray hair. PG Wodehouse once wrote about a cure for gray hair called guillotine,...
NASA Released Spectacular Photos of Jupiter
NASA Released Spectacular Photos of Jupiter. Saturn has been getting a lot of attention in recent times, what with Cassini diving inside its rings...
Soviet-era Shuttles Left to Rust in an Abandoned Deseret of Kazakhstan
Soviet-era Shuttles Left to Rust in an Abandoned Deseret of Kazakhstan. This must be called “Ghosts of the USSR” as eerie photographs show Soviet-era...
Human Urine Contains Over 3000 Metabolites
Human Urine Contains Over 3000 Metabolites that can be measured for diagnostic purposes. The term metabolite is normally used for little molecules. Metabolites have...
Layers of Glass Form 3D Landscapes and Seascapes
Layers of Glass Form 3D Landscapes and Seascapes. Lucie Boucher and Bernie Huebner of Stone Ridge Glass are the creators of Glass-capes, spectacular three-dimensional...
Giant 3,000-year-Old Statue of Pharaoh Ramses II Found in Cairo
Garman and Egyptian archaeologists found a giant 3000-year-old statue of Pharaoh Ramses II submerged in ground water in Cairo slum, which is hailed as...