Lyra-the star LYRA A pale blue light in the lower part of Lyra shines the Th brightest star in the sky, Vega. This brightest star of Lyra is moderately above Caster and below Regulas in the Hertzpring-Russell diagram. It is between spectral classes B and A and between 10 and 100 times the real brightness of the sun. Vega ignites it's reign sky...
-- Global Warming Global Warming, aside from pollution is one of scientists biggest concerns. Global Warming is caused by the Greenhouse effect. There are 4 steps in the Greenhouse effect. 1-Sunlight radiates from the sun, through space, to Earth's atmosphere. 2- The sunlight enters the atmosphere and hits Earth. Some of it turns into...
To many people's surprise, the Venus flytrap is not native to some tropical, exotic country or steamy rainforest. The Venus flytrap is native only to the coast of North and South Carolina, in a radius roughly 100 miles around Wilmington. It is a small rosette plant, generally six to eight inches in diameter. The leaves consist of leaf ste...
Ebola-Pronunciation: E-'bO-l&, i-, e- Function: noun Etymology: Ebola River, Zaire, site of an outbreak of the virus in 1976 Date: 1977 : An RNA-containing virus of African origin that causes an often fatal Hemorrhagic fever -- called also Ebola. Zaire, 1976 A strange virus kills 340 of Zaire's natives. This virus has never been...
In the 1950?s, computers were a new race of machines and most common person did not know anything about them. Today, computers and new Innovation like the internet has changed the business world and even our daily lives. How did it change the business world and our own personal lives and is it for the best, that?s what will be d...
, the thunderbolt from mythology, has long been feared as an atmospheric flash of supernatural origins. In the East, early statues of Buddha show him carrying a thunderbolt with arrows at each end. Indian tribes in North America believed that lightning was due to the flashing feathers of a mystical whose flapping wings produced the sound of thu...
Male Pattern Baldness Androgenic alopecia or male pattern baldness is a typical pattern of hair loss in men, which is for the most part caused by a single dominant autosomal gene. Other factors include the male hormone androgen, age, and genetic predisposition. Each month the scalp hair grows at an average rate of half an inch....
Melt Suspension Crystallization (MSC) is a technique, that can be used for large scale separation and ultrapurification of organic compounds. Because of the high selectivity of crystallization, the moderate operating conditions, and the relatively low latent heat of fusion, the energy consumption of these kind of processes is low. Furthermore,...
Although modern evolutionists are thought to be divided on the issues surrounding evolutionary theory, a close look at the evidence suggests that both the gradualist school of thought and the punctuationist school of thought share many characteristics in common. This is especially true when evaluating their beliefs about the fossil...
There have been many researches and tests done on the genetic causes of and how it developes, as well as it?s effects on the circulatory, muscular, and respiratory systems, as well as it?s effects on the joints and other systems of the body, and the complications associated with them. Most of the research has been done to explore...
Running Head: Social and Bio-genetic Influences of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder on Child Intelligence The subject of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has undergone intense research in the past decade. Much of this is rooted in the fact that approximately 5% of children are affected with the disorder....
A LOOK AT ANEMIA RELATED TO NUTRITIONAL ISSUES TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................1 REVIEW OF LITERATURE......................................................................... METHODOLOGY..............................................................
Water is a tasteless odorless vital element in which 90 percent of all organisms depend on to survive. It is one of the best-known ionizing agents and, is frequently called ?the universal solvent?. Water combines with certain salts to form hydrates. It reacts with metal oxides to form acids and it also acts as a catalyst in many important chemi...
Drought, condition of abnormally dry weather within a geographic region where some rain might usually be expected. A drought is thus quite different from a dry climate which designates a region that is normally, or at least seasonally, dry. Athough the quantity of the worlds freshwater resourses is more than adeguate to meet human needs, but...