With the advent of machine-to-machine communication, the autonomous communication of smart devices will likely be a part of the human ecosystem/society in the coming years. Specifically, machines…
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HC2H3O2 is the chemical formula for the organic compound acetic acid. Also called ethanoic acid, acetic acid is a colorless liquid compound that plays a…
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The Internet of Things (IoT) and the advances in sensors have drastically increased the number of devices connected to the Internet. This has led to…
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Zero is a number that falls squarely between the positive and negative numbers on the number line. Zero is considered an integer, along with the…
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Mass is a property of physical objects and a measure of how resistant that body is to acceleration. One can consider the mass of an…
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Nutrient export from the Corn Belt of the United States is impacting rivers at local and regional scales and is contributing to the development of…
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The knee is responsible for joining together the leg and the thigh. Like the shoulder, the knee is a joint. The knee is a huge…
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Nucleotides are chemical compounds that form the basic structure of nucleic acids like RNA and DNA. The chemical structure of nucleotides is almost the same…
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Lipids are macromolecules, large organic molecules, that carry out many different functions needed for life. Lipids function to store energy, compose the membrane of cells,…
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Billions of larval blue crabs, or zoeae, are spawned each year into the many estuaries and bays of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the…
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Horseshoe crabs, or limulids, are some of the strangest of shoreline creatures. There are only four species today, three of them living in shallow waters…
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