Social scientists have tried to explain geographic concentrations of crime for more than a century. Two macro-sociological explanations are often investigated. First, social disorganization theory…
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Across the human genome, there are a few million base pairs that differentiate one person from another. Though these differences account for only 0.1% of…
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Treatment responses in (small) children are difficult to assess since descriptions of symptoms and symptom changes are not easily available without the use of language,…
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Bring a couple system such as brass, a copper-zinc alloy, in contact with a liquid metal — say, mercury. Mechanically stretch brass with a tensile…
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Uveitis is a potentially blinding condition whereby inflammation may irreversibly damage the delicate intraocular structures. It can be associated with infections, other systemic autoimmune conditions,…
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What is phosphorus recovery about? Phosphorus as a nutrient – importance for our society Phosphorus is a chemical element. It is contained in molecules that…
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It is now widely accepted that human activities have resulted in significant changes to the Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and terrestrial environments. While climate change is…
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Since the advent of the first practical organic light emitting diodes (or OLEDs) about three decades ago, they have attracted a great deal of attention…
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In the mid-1950s, Dr. Denham Harman, MD, Ph.D., proposed the free radical theory of aging while a resident in internal medicine. Dr. Harman had studied…
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Active transport is non-motorized travel, like walking and cycling, for practical purposes. Examinations of active transport are limited because of a lack of data that…
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Transplantation is in some regards the “end of the line” therapy in medical care as transplantation specialists step in to replace entire organs after other…
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