With the rapid expansion of industrialization and urbanization around the world, resource shortages (especially for fossil energy) have posed a major challenge for modern human…
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Since the advent of tribology, conflicting fundamental laws regarding the relationship that exists between friction and contact area in dry sliding condition have existed, which…
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Diabetes is a fast-growing, global chronic metabolic disorder. According to the newest data from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), about 425 million adults had diabetes…
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Sustainable ammonia production is vital for the global population growth due to ammonia’s wide use as a fertilizer in agriculture. The global production of ammonia…
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It is well known that the eel fish can release powerful electric charges of up to 650 volts which can kill its prey. It is…
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Helped along by a series of popular children’s movies, we often like to assign even the smallest animals, such as ants or fish, a full…
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About four billion and several million years ago, the earth was born from the infinitesimal particles floating in a rotating cloud of hydrogen and helium….
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Sustainable production of energy and industrial materials from non-food crops can substantially reduce our reliance on non-renewable fossil fuel reserves. Jatropha curcas is a promising…
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Although a great deal of attention has rightly been paid to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change, there are other equally important planetary boundaries that…
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Progressive changes in fish larval gastrointestinal tract are similar in all teleosts and are important in defining proper larval feeding and weaning strategy. However, variations…
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The Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) is an important region on Mars and other planets, including the Earth, because it is in contact with the surface….
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