Nowadays, “bamboo forests” are becoming a serious problem in Japan, especially in western Japan including Kyushu Island. A few decades ago, bamboo (Moso-bamboo) was planted for…
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One of the main purposes of the earthquake-related standards (e.g. EAK 2003; CEN 2004; Regulatory Guide 1.92 2006; NTC 2008; ASCE 2014) is to provide…
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Bell’s theorem (BT) was formulated in 1964 as a continuation of the 1935 Einstein, Podolski, Rosen (EPR) criticism on the completeness of quantum mechanics (QM)….
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Organic luminescent solid materials have attracted a great deal of attention from the scientific community and the industry due to their benefits of a flexible…
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For most people, amphibians (e.g. frogs and salamanders) are not a part of everyday life. They tend to be cryptic in both form and behavior…
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“A pint is a pound the world around.” This common expression is true when talking about a pint of water, which weighs one pound. It…
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Unprecedented numbers of women have been deployed to combat zones in Iraq/Afghanistan following 9/11 and servicewomen now comprise approximately 16% of United States active duty…
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Tomato is an agronomically valuable crop in many countries, either grown in fields or greenhouses and therefore has been bred and genetically improved for centuries….
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Quantum mechanics is certainly one the most puzzling branches of physics. While a mathematical formalism that describes quantum mechanics is well known since almost one…
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A major stumbling block in the fight against cancer remains the identification of novel anticancer compounds that possess cell death-inducing properties in cancer cells leaving…
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One might probably associate rodents, particularly mice and rats, with sewers, cargoes, ships, or perhaps with an exceptional “French chef” or a friendly “Stuart”. Besides,…
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