In order to view small objects with a compound microscope, the object, or specimen to be viewed must be properly prepared, mounted on a slide, and sometimes stained to increase the contrast between the object and background. This technique is…
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January 13, 2015 Earth Science
From June to November of every year, coastal residents dread the weather reports announcing the formation of an Atlantic hurricane. These destructive weather machines are some of the most feared weather events in the world. And they should be. Just…
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Central Nervous System, neurons and nerve impulses; all are familiar yet almost mystical words because many of us understand so little about this fundamental process producing human awareness. Human awareness occurs in incremental stages starting with the peripheral nervous system’s…
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Paraspeckles are small, irregularly sized and unevenly distributed ribonucleoprotein (RNP) bodies found in the interchromatin space of mammalian cell nuclei. They are found between larger nuclear speckles and chromatin. They have an irregular sausage like shape. They are approximately 0.5-1…
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Life in living organisms starts as a single cell or zygote or spore. In multicellular organisms, the cell divides into two and continues to divide but in unicellular organisms, the cell divides into two separate daughter cells. Cell division is…
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January 13, 2015 Earth Science
Growing food in a way that empowers people, rebuilds the environment and sequesters carbon are just some of the benefits of sustainable agriculture. This term, which used to describe the ethic of organic agriculture, combines cost effective approaches to agriculture…
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January 13, 2015 Earth Science
Can one person change the world? It’s not likely unless you’re watching a sci-fi movie. But one act multiplied by billions of people can make a big difference in the future of our planet Earth. I’m reminded of the story…
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January 13, 2015 Earth Science
Coral reefs are structures built by millions of tiny organisms that create an environment favorable to the thousands of varieties of fish and other sea creatures that make their home on the reef. The reef structure builds up over time…
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January 12, 2015 Earth Science
Sustainable agriculture is a multi-faceted concept, which encompasses those things that must be done to protect the earth’s unified eco-systems to ensure sufficient food, clean water and clean air for this generation and those to come. The importance of sustainable…
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January 12, 2015 Medical Science
Brain injury is a common problem in accidents involving trauma to a person’s head, and as the brain controls the whole body, this can cause catastrophic effects on bodily function and condition. Science is still in the dark when it…
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