Rapid Recovery Of Reef-Building Organisms After The End-Permian Mass Extinction
In its whole history, the Earth has witnessed five big and several smaller mass extinctions. The greatest extinction, however, took place at the end of…
Read more
Monthly Archive: September 2018
Public Lands Exchanges: For Whom And For What?
Minnesota. Arizona. Wyoming. These are but a few states where public lands exchanges have been carried out recently by hard rock mining developers to acquire…
Read more
Aerobic Cellular Respiration: Definition And Steps
Aerobic cellular respiration refers to the process by which living organisms convert nutrients into energy for the body to use via the oxidization of nutrients….
Read more
Obstacles To Renewable Energy Adoption In Colombia
Colombia is one of the main emerging economies of the South American continent and that means an ever-growing energy demand. In particular, electricity consumption is…
Read more
Properties Of Point Defects In Nuclear Fuel Crystal Lattice
Nuclear energy has immense potential because uranium and other actinides are the most energy-dense resources available. For instance, only a few grams of uranium dioxide…
Read more
A New Mechanism Of Immune Regulation That Limits The Efficacy Of Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy with checkpoint blockade has revolutionized cancer treatment in the last decade. With the initial FDA approval of CTLA-4 blockade with ipilimumab in 2011 followed…
Read more
A Smart Stochastic Model For Predicting Soil Moisture Under Changing Climate
Soil sustains life by the virtue of the nutrients and moisture it holds. Predicting the dynamics of soil moisture is of great importance for agricultural…
Read more
Telomere Length And Hospital Stay In Patients With Schizophrenia
Telomeres consist of tandem repeats of TTAGGG and DNA binding proteins that form a cap to protect chromosomal termini from the loss of genetic material….
Read more
Rising Sea Levels In The Venice Lagoon
Sea level change is a high-profile aspect of climate change. During the 21st century, the average global sea level is expected to rise considerably faster…
Read more
This Was The Only American Not On Earth On September 11, 2001
Tuesday marked the 17th anniversary of September 11th, one of the darkest days in American history when terrorists hijacked 4 airplanes and flew them into…
Read more
Pluto Should Have Never Been Downgraded From A Planet, Some Scientists Claim
A new study claims that everyone’s favorite tiny planet, Pluto, should have never been classified as a dwarf planet over a decade ago. As many…
Read more