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Black Holes
806 Words - 3 Pages.... galaxies like NGC 4261. Currently they believe that the disk of dust is the remnant of a smaller galaxy that fell into the core of NGC 4261. The black hole will swallow up the gas from the smaller galaxy over the next 100 million years. Researchers believe that while the gas is being swallowed by the black hole, the process will produce some amazing fireworks.
The second puzzling question that astronomers are trying to answer is why isn't the black hole at the center of the galaxy? According to images from the Hubble Space Telescope, the black hole is 20 light-years from the center of the galaxy, but since the black hole is so massive it is hard to explain how it co ....
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Biological And Nuclear Weapons
909 Words - 4 Pages.... or for the actual ingredients for these weapons. One such case is that of Libyan dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi, who "was so fixated by the dream of owning atomic bombs that he allegedly offered to pay India the equivalent of its national debt- nearly $18 billion for the technology." But India refused to sell Qaddafi its technology.
Some of the countries that are suspected of having biological warfare programs are unfriendly toward the U.S. Some of these countries are located in the Middle East and some are signatories to the Biological Weapons Convention. This 1972 Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, prohibited its signatories from possessing or employing such weapons. Th ....
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Cisc And Risc Processor Technologies
1812 Words - 7 Pages.... instruction set and also the decisions and philosophies 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. ....
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Oxygen
954 Words - 4 Pages.... temperatures) which is vital in preventing harmful
ultraviolet rays of the sun from reaching the earth's surface. Aerosols in
the atmosphere have a detrimental effect on the ozone layer. Large holes in
the ozone layer are forming over the polar regions and these are increasing
in size annually. Paradoxically, ozone is toxic! Undiluted ozone is bluish
in colour. Liquid ozone is bluish-black, and solid ozone is violet-black.
Oxygen is very reactive and capable of combining with most elements.
It is essential for respiration of all plants and animals and for
practically all combustion.
history of oxygen
Leonardo da Vinci suggested that air consists of at leas ....
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Effects Of Murcury On The Enviroment
378 Words - 2 Pages.... Environment and People
Mercury is one of the biggest environmental problems that exist because it is hard to get of once in the environment. In the past, mercury was used to make things like paper, put in paint and thermometers, and as an agricultural pesticide. The Minamata Disease is a good example of what could happen if mercury enters into the environment. In the mid 1950's, more than 100 Japanese were poisoned by fish that contained methyl mercury. The mercury came from industrial waste that had been dumped into the bay where the fish were caught. The mercury bioaccumulated up the food chain. The cats the were eating the fish showed the symptoms first. They began ....
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Green Laws Boost Clean-up Iindustry
972 Words - 4 Pages.... That is to say that
one of the main reasons for the turn up is new legislation. Recent EU-directives
as to pollution may cause heavy demands on the purse of one company and
consequently pour that money down the pockets of the clean technology indu-stry.
Moreover the deadlines for plants to meet EU-directives are getting close, and
everything se-ems to show that the laws will be enforced.
Yet far from all companies have to meet with the
raised finger of the law to start investing in their environmental
responsibilities. Investments on a volunta-ry basis are often due to the fact
that it makes good ecnomic sense or because it gives the corporate image a face-
lifting. ....
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Herpes
746 Words - 3 Pages.... them from being exposed to active cold sores of adults and other children. This form of is annoying but harmless in both children and adult, but is however very harmful to a newborn. It can sometimes be difficult to distinguish whether or not someone has been exposed to the other form of , genital . This is because there are very often no symptoms that go along with the virus. This is not always the case though and when symptoms do occur they are often seen as a cluster of blister sores, usually on the vagina, vulva, cervix, penis, or anus. For genital , symptoms may last several weeks, go away but only to return again weeks, months, or even years later. Symptom ....
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Mountain Gorillas
554 Words - 3 Pages.... everyone else is supposed to be sleeping to, and then he gives a signal to wake up. When the old silverback gets too old, then his eldest son usually is the one to take over. The females are usually responsible for the nursing portion in the unit.
Gorillas are peaceful and tolerant by nature. Whenever two groups meet, they either ignore each other, or they give each other a grumpy grunt. Sometimes the two groups would even stay together, and then eventually separate. There are many rumors about gorillas being very violent, but there are no reports about it. There are times when they have little mock fights, but there is never any blood shed in them.
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