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Entries from April 23rd, 2008

Tomatos: Big, Round and Colorful

April 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Biology

This artical was very diffrent becasue it was talking about how they change the colors of the tamoatos. They also talked about how they changed the size of the tomatos and also the shapes of the tomatos. It seems to me that it is ok for they to change the colors of them to becasue [...]

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Oh my ak’in. back.

April 22nd, 2008 · 5 Comments · Biology

Extreme pain in the body is a sure sign that something is a’miss. Extreme pains are most likely due to pinched nerves or tears in the muscle. However pain lasting for weeks months or even years is simpley not normal. If you are experiencing. severe pains such as: Cramping, Spasms,Vulger gestures,and muscle tear,It is important [...]

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Genetics Gone Wild!

April 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Biology

In Maryland, a couple gave birth to quadruplets 11 weeks premature. As if that wasn’t enough, three of them were identical. All four of the babies are boys. The mother had an In Vitro procedure; which means that the embryos were placed in her to be fertalized instead of naturally. The boys have now been [...]

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Making Environmentally Friendly Plastics

April 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments · Chemistry

This is an article about a recently discovered way to make biodgradable plastics. It is astound the amount of plastic that just sits in land fills and pollutes the environment. Hopefully what is described in this article will someday soon alleviate this problem. Read about it here

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Divorce- Impacts the Environment?

April 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments · Biology

A study at Michigan State University has recently found that divorce is not only bad for families, but the environment. If there is a divorce, a couple lives in two homes instead of one. This creates ”more households with fewer people” which “take up more space and gobble up more energy and water.” Instead of [...]

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European Space Agency Sends a Rover to the Moon

April 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Physics

ESA (European Space Agency) plans to send a rover to the moon in 2015 to carry out important research on lunar science and testing. The purpose is to offer an opportunity to show that the rover can land, survive, and carry out robotic missions. A microbial test would be conducted for the mission with a [...]

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Color Coding Atoms

April 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Chemistry

At the Cornell’s Duffield Hall the have installed a mircoscope that scientists are able to see images that creatively identify atoms in a crystal. Also see how those atoms bond together in a living color. Our generation now of the Electron microscope is in black and white. which means the different atoms show up in [...]

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Terahertz close to being used in everday life.

April 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Physics

The Universites of Harvard and Leeds are closer and closer each day to the discovery and everyday use of a terahertz in technology. Once it is availble the industries of astronomy and the pharmaceutical field. This would be a major milestone in the history of the world of technology. Read more about this amazing story [...]

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Hydrogen Powered Cars

April 6th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Chemistry

In order to create a car that can be completely run on hydrogen, a fuel tank would have to be engineered so that it could either handle extremely high pressures for hydrogen gas, or extremely low pressures for liquid hydrogen to exist within it. Researchers from the NCNR have discovered a group of materials that [...]

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Greek Fire for Chem

April 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Chemistry

Greek fire was a burning-liquid weapon used by the Byzantine Greeks, Arabs, Chinese, and Mongols. The Byzantines typically used it in naval battles to great effect as it could continue burning even on water. It was largely responsible for many Byzantine military victories, and partly the reason for the Byzantine Empire surviving as long as [...]

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