|
|
|
|
Chimpanzee
... Forest. Moreover,
there is new evidence that chimpanzees near the Ugalla River of western Tanzania
also consume mammals.(Riss, 1990:167) Cannibalism has also been recorded both
in the Budongo Forest, Mahale Mountains and the Gombe National Park.
In Jane Goodall's, May 1979 article in the National Geographic called "Life
and Death at Gombe" it reveals the first time that chimpanzees who were always
perceived to be playful, gentle monkeys, could suddenly become dangerous killers.
"I knew that some of our chimpanzees, so gentle for the most part, could on
occasion become savage killers, ruthless cannibals, and that they had their own
form of primitive warfa ...
|
Light
... wave -like properties we can see them too. However, we cannot see both particle and wave properties at the same time.
It is often useful to confine in an optical-cavity. This allows us both to make more intense , as well as select of a particular colour (or energy).
¨ travels at a speed of 2.99792458x10^{8} ms^{-1}
¨ When passing though matter, is slowed down by brief interactions, and so appears to travel more slowly.
¨ This "slowing down" is accounted for by the index of refraction of the matter.
's properties can at first seem confusing and inconsistent because of
the unique nature of light: light has the properties of both a wave and a
particle. In som ...
|
Drinking Water Contamination
... Adding gravity to the situation, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the EPA advised that people with weakened immune systems should consult with their doctors and consider boiling their drinking water to kill any cryptosporidium.[2]
This is just the tip of the iceberg. Some scientists believe that for every outbreak reported in the United States, another ten may be occurring.[3] One such study found that as many as one in three gastrointestinal illnesses — often chalked up to "stomach flu" — are caused by drinking water contaminated with microorganisms.[4]
Such microbial-related outbreaks say nothing about the many other hazards borne by our nation's ...
|
Biological And Chemical Weapons
... within the enclosed walls. Cadavers were also placed up stream and the inhabitants of the fortress would drink the deadly, microorganism infested water. are very inexpensive. It does not take a very sophisticated industrial base to produce lethal chemicals. This makes it a viable means of warfare for Third World countries. The use of chemical weapons by Iraq and Libya in 1988 reinforces the danger that these weapons will spread (Cass 1996).
Not only are these weapons cheap, but they are very effective. Defense Secretary William S. Cohen held up a five-pound bag of sugar on national television last month to show how, with an equivalent amount of anthrax ...
|
Newton's Law Of Universal Gravitation
... falling to the ground (he
was resting at Woolsthorpe because of the plague at Cambridge) that caused
Newton to wonder if this same force was what held the moon in place (Gamow 41).
Newton knew that an object fell to the earth at a rate of about 9.8
meters (32 feet) per second second as pointed out by Galileo. Thus "the apple
that fell from the tree" fell to Earth at about this rate. For the first basic
explanation of this we will assume a linear plane, one in which all forces act
in only one direction. Therefore when the apple fell it went straight towards
the center of the earth (accelerating at about 9.8 meters per second second).
Newton then figured that the ...
|
The Atomic Bomb
... ideas of what it would take to
construct such a weapon.
From left to right: Neils Borh, Robert Oppenheimer, Richard Feyman, Enrico Fermi
The object of the project was to produce a practical military weapon in the form
of a bomb in which the energy would be released by a fast neutron chain reaction
in one or more of the materials known to show nuclear fission. That goal was to
be completed in 1945 after the U.S.A. spent over 6.7 Billion Dollars on the test
bomb named the "Trinity". I t was dropped on Alagormado in Texas on July 16th
1945.
When Albert Einstein heard about the "Trinity" he called the president directly
and asked for a halt on all atomic bomb proj ...
|
Cisc And Risc Processor Technologies
... which led to the development for this technology.
Also this report describes the RISC style of computer processor architecture. Which is replacing CISC in some uses. Define the term RISC. Describe the characteristics of RISC technology. And also point the advantages and disadvantages of using this technology.
At the end of this report you will also be able to describe the major differences between a CISC instruction set and a RISC instruction set and list some key advantages and disadvantages of RISC as compared to CISC
2. Introduction
Speeding up a computer system involves many different strategies. By speeding up the input and output dev ...
|
Bernoulli Principle
... is generated. To find the lift generated by a particular area of wing in a standard airfoil shape, a teardrop with the fat end facing forward, the equation L=Cl 1/2 (pV2)S. Cl is the lift coeficent, which is determined by the shape of the airfoil and the angle of attack. P stands for the air mass density, V for the velocity of the air passing over the wing, and S for the area of the wing when viewed from above or below.
As the air flows over the wing producing lift, it grabs onto the wings surface and causes drag. Drag can be measured by the equation D=Cd 1/2 (pV2)S, much like the lift equation. The drag coeficent Cd is found, again, by determining the sha ...
|
Benzene
... in the manufacture of and in the production of important derivatives. andits derivatives are included in the important chemical group known as . When mixed with alarge proportion of , makes a satisfactory . In Europe, mixed with other
compounds has long been added to motor fuels.
was isolated in 1825 by Michael Faraday, but its structure remained amystery for 40 years. The problem was perplexing because the C(6)H(6) formula indicateda high degree of unsaturation, but does not display the reactivity characteristic of
such compounds.
In 1865, German chemist Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz proposed thatbenzene is structurally a planar hexagon in which ...
|
Biomedical Engineering
... of Miami)
Biomedical engineering is concerned with the application of engineering and science methods to the analysis of biological and physiological problems, the delivery of health care, and/or industrial applications. (Drexel University)
The biomedical engineer serves as the connection between traditional engineering subjects and living systems. He/she may work applying the patterns of living organisms to engineering design or engineering new approaches or products to improve human health and productivity. On the one hand, the biomedical engineer may use his/her knowledge of physiological systems to reverse engineer nature, creating, for example, artificia ...
|
Browse:
« prev
54
55
56
57
58
more »
|
|
|