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Origins And Bibliography Of The Big Bang Theory
Number of Words: 3947 / Number of Pages: 15
... Bruce Schechter, "The Moment of Creation", DISCOVER, April 1983,
pp 18-25.
4. Lawrence R. Sulak, "Waiting for the Proton to Decay", AMERICAN
SCIENTIST, 70, 616-625, 1982.
5. Mary K. Gaillard, "Toward a Unified Picture of Elementary Particle
Interactions", AMERICAN SCIENTIST 70, 506-514.
- - - - The following background articles
were downloaded from American Adacemic Encyclopedia via Dow Jones News
Retrevial Service; Nov 12, 1985
UNIFIED FIELD THEORY
Classical attempts at devising a unified field theory, principally tho ...
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Murder, Rape, And DNA
Number of Words: 340 / Number of Pages: 2
... tampered with or
damaged.
In most rape cases DNA Typing is used by taking semen off the body of
clothes then amplifying the genes. The machine that copies the DNA is called
the PCR. The DNA is then cut and placed the wells in trays. PCR copies the
small pieces of DNA. It is performed by a blotting process. This process has
21 different catogories.
Other tests include those for tracing genetic diseases within families,
finding the genes that cause genetic diseases. DNA Typing can also prove the
relationship with families.
DNA Typing is becoming more common than ever. This process is helpi ...
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Multiple Sclerosis
Number of Words: 1939 / Number of Pages: 8
... to MS. While it is possible to inherit a genetic susceptibility to MS, it is not possible to inherit the disease. And even people who have all the necessary genes don't necessarily get MS. The disease, experts believe, must be triggered by environmental factors. So MS is not considered a hereditary disease.3
Until the definite cause of Ms is proved the treatment cannot be truly scientific. But there are treatments that are effective in dealing with symptoms. For instance, there are the common sense treatments that everyone, with or without an illness, should treat themselves with, which ar ...
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Global Warming 4
Number of Words: 773 / Number of Pages: 3
... are small, so far, but they are expected to grow and speed up. Within the next 50 to 100 years, the earth will continue to heat up hotter than it has been in the past
million years. As oceans warm and glaciers melt, land and cities along coasts may be flooded. Heat and drought may cause forests to die and food crops to fail. Global warming will effect weather everywhere, plants and animals everywhere and people everywhere. Humans are warming the earthıs atmosphere by burning fuels, cutting down forests, and by taking part in other activities that release certain heat- trapping gasses into the a ...
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Phosphorus: Chemical Reactions Of Phosphorus And Its Importance
Number of Words: 719 / Number of Pages: 3
... the phosphate.
The setup is the following: Purpose: Restrict phosphates to aluminum
phosphates for easier disposal of phosphorus.
The first step in phosphorus removal is the Rapid Mix. In this stage,
alum and waste or water runoff(known as effluent) is blended together as
rapidly as possible with the use of a high-speed mixer called a "flash
mixer." After this instant mixing, a slower moving process called
coagulation and flocculation follows to allow the formation of a floc.
These processes occur in a Flocculation Chamber. This floc consists of
suspended and colloidal matter, mainly includi ...
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Acid Rain
Number of Words: 449 / Number of Pages: 2
... to in the northeastern United States, for example, and much of the sulfur falling in eastern Canada is believed to originate in the United States. In 1986 the U.S. National Academy of Sciences acknowledged that from U.S. sources had become a serious problem in the eastern United States and Canada. Although the Canadian government has agreed to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions, the United States has not placed limitations on its sulfur emissions that may drift into Canada.
Scientists agree that is harmful, but reports concerning its severity conflict. A U.S. government report issued in September 19 ...
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The Use Of Pollen Analysis In
Number of Words: 930 / Number of Pages: 4
... important tools available to the archaeologist. Though one further factor in the make-up of pollen enhances its value, namely the wide morphological variation between pollen from different plant species, most of which can be detected and classified using normal laboratory equipment.
Pollen analysis is a technique which demands a high level of skill on the part of the excavator, scientist and interpreter to enable it to fulfil its potential. Collection of pollen samples can prove troublesome, the risk of cross-contamination is significant and efforts must be made to minimize the effect of any excava ...
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History Of The F-16
Number of Words: 1077 / Number of Pages: 4
... differed from the YF-16 in having a 13-inch fuselage extension to hold more fuel and the Westinghouse APG-66 radar. The wing area was increased by 20 square feet and an additional underwing hardpoint was fitted.
The first YF-16 was brought out on December 13, 1973 to make its first test flight at Fort Worth and was air freighted by C-5A to Edwards AFB on January 8, 1974. It was an unintended short hop around the pattern on January 21, 1974 at the hands of the test pilot Phil Oestricher. During high-speed ground tests at Edwards, Oestricher had inadvertently scraped the tailplane on the runway as ...
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Genetic Engineering 3
Number of Words: 1929 / Number of Pages: 8
... its first foothold on the secrets of nature's evolutionary process, when an Austrian Monk named Gregor Mendel developed the basics of how genetics work. Using this, scientist studied the characteristics of organisms for the next one hundred years following Mendel's discoveries. These early studies concluded that each organism has two sets of character determinants, genes (Stableford 16). For instance, in regards to eye color, a child could receive one set of genes from his or her father that were encoded one blue, the other brown. The same child could also receive from its mother two brown genes. ...
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Nuclear Proliferation
Number of Words: 2833 / Number of Pages: 11
... to blow it up and potentially
causing a “Floating Chernobyl”(Paddock-thestar.com). He talked to
his mother and then he just killed himself. When scientists and nuclear
activists got a hold of this story “it sent shivers through their spine”
(Paddock-thestar.com). This was because one day they know that one
suicidal teenager will actually have the guts to just blow himself up
with all those nuclear warheads. Russian officials were quick to say
,“the submarine and the people (in the vicinity) were safe.” A former
Russian navy captain said, “ It ...
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