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Copper Report
297 Words - 2 Pages.... mined for 5000 years, however it's exact discoverer is unknown. Cu is Copper's chemical symbol. It contains 29 protons/electrons (atomic number) and 35 neutrons. It's atomic weight is 65.39. Copper is an orangy, red metal that is found in ores as a solid form. It can be found in such countries as the United States, Chile, Zambia, Zaire, Peru, and Canada. The most important copper ores are the sulfides, oxides, and carbonates. From these copper is obtained by smelting, leaching, and electrolysis. It's alloys, brass and bronze, long used, are still very important; all American coins are now copper alloys; gun metals also contain copper. The most important compounds a ....
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Genetics
1910 Words - 7 Pages.... first envisioned cloning in 1938. He suggested transferring the nucleus of an embryo into another egg. As early as 1952, two scientists, Robert Briggs and T.J. King attempted what Spemann had suggested with a frog embryo and egg. Unfortunately, the frog egg did not develop. (Specter/Kolata)
That same year, researchers in Pennsylvania cloned a live frog. The technique used was known as embryo twinning, or causing the embryo to split apart. It is much easier to clone with embryonic cells. Much later, mammals such as sheep were cloned using this process. (Nash 64)
In 1970, John Gurdon repeated the procedure suggested by Hans Spemann. This time, the experiment yielded ....
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Origins And Bibliography Of The Big Bang Theory
3947 Words - 15 Pages.... to separate water from water." (Gen. 1:6)
And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place,
and let dry ground appear." And it was so. (Gen. 1:9)
- - - - Further reading:
1. John H. Schwartz, "Completing Einstein", SCIENCE 85, vol 6, pp 60-64,
1985.
2. Robert Palmer, "What's a Quark?", SCIENCE 85, VOL 6, pp 66-71, 1985
3. 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", AM ....
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Aids Is Becoming So Widespread
973 Words - 4 Pages.... are present . Infection with HIV appears to be lifelong in
all who become infected. People infected with Hiv eventually develop symptoms that also may
be caused by another, less serious conditions. Some symptoms include enlarged lymph glands,
tiredness, fever, loss of weight, diarrhea, and night sweats.
AIDS is caused by two viruses that belong to a group called retroviruses. The virus
became known as HIV-1. In 1985, scientists in France identified another closely related virus
that produces AIDS. This such virus became known as HIV-2 and occurs mainly just in Africa.
The virus,HIV-1 is spread throughout the world . HIV
infects certain white blood cell ....
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Nuclear Waste Disposal At Yucca Mountain: Right Or Wrong?
976 Words - 4 Pages.... licensing of the
Yucca Mountain site is expected to cost $6-7 billion alone. At the end of 1993,
total nuclear waste fund expenditures through the end of the year were nearly
3.7 billion. Very little of this money comes from individual investors. If a
retrievable facility (one where the casks of spent fuel can be retrieved later)
is built, this will be a good deal more. Other disposal types, such as sub-
seabed and space disposal may prove to be cheaper at a later time.
This is a cause for concern, but there are a greater amount of reasons
to further and eventually finish the Yucca Mountain Project. One is the desert
climate naturally occurring in the western United St ....
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Protein Synthesis
241 Words - 1 Pages.... into proteins.
The DNA molecule in the nucleus is unzipped by an enzyme called
polymerase. From one of these single strands of a DNA molecule, a mRNA molecule
is built. This is accomplished by an enzyme which travels along a portion of DNA
between two exons and attaches the opposing base pairs to the backbone of the
mRNA (a structure composed of phosphates and ribose). The nitrogen bases of this
new molecule are identical to that of the opposite side of the original DNA
molecule except that the thymine has been replaced with uracil. The formation of
this molecule allows for the construction of proteins in the ribosome without
risking the DNA in the cytoplasm.
The mRNA trav ....
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Fetal Development
2666 Words - 10 Pages.... time that this takes is often measured
after the last menstrual period(LMP). The time is also
measured in trimesters, three month intervals.
After about thirty hours the cell divides for the first
time. It is continuously moving towards the uterus where it
will call home for the next nine months. After about two
days it has divided to having about eight cells. After four
days it is in the uterus and has to "land" somewhere and
attach itself to the endometrium. The eighth day is when
implantation occurs. The fertilized egg then implants
itself on the endometrium, the uterine lining, and begins to
grow. The cell begins to grow and develop. By the 12th
d ....
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Angina
801 Words - 3 Pages.... the outcome is felt necessary to make management decisions. This is a complex area which requires careful judgment by physician and patient.
is a manifestation of coronary artery disease, the same disease leading to heart attacks. Coronary artery diseas refers to those syndromes caused by blockage to the flow of blood in those arteries supplying the heart muscle itself, i.e., the coronary arteries. Like any other organ, the heart requires a steady flow of oxygen and nutrients to provide energy for rmovement, and to maintain the delicate balance of chemicals which allow for the careful electrical rhythm control of the heart beat. Unlike some other organs, the heart can su ....
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