Acid drainage (AD) refers to the effluent from mining, metallurgy, and various other industrial operations, including tanneries, electroplating, power plants, and battery manufacturing. AD is…
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Escherichia coli is a component of the normal bacterial flora of the human digestive tract, but, on the other hand, it is an important opportunistic…
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Shortly after its discovery in 1942, sodium borohydride (NaBH4) has rapidly become recognized as an extremely convenient reductant 1-3. The borohydrides nowadays are considered as…
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Many species of animals have elaborate sexual performances to attract mates. These complicated mating displays are often observable in multiple sensory modalities. Many species of…
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Due to the biological importance of the dense microbial communities that reside in the digestive tract of humans and animals (the gut microbiota), there is…
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It’s something you see every day. Around the holiday season, you’ll certainly see more of it. Why are people nice to each other? Why do…
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Today, depression is so common in industrialized nations that nearly one in eight people will suffer from it at some point in their life. Patients…
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Bamiyan, Afghanistan, is hardly the first place that comes to mind when one thinks of Jewish life in the Middle Ages. If the world has…
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SN2-type reactions are fundamentally simple and ubiquitous processes which are important in physical organic chemistry and biological systems. The factors affecting the rate of the…
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Energy. It’s more complicated than the single word can portray. After all, anything and everything that we do requires energy. The transformation is often not…
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In many polygynous species, males do not participate in brood care duties. Offspring frequently have long maternal dependence periods during which they receive protection and…
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