There are various completely different telescopes that had been created for various completely different observations within the study. Some of these telescopes are even used together with computers to seize and save new information that has been found. Ever because the very beginning of time men have shown an interest in the stars and the …

June 23, 2013 FEED Resource Recovery Inc. was founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 2007 with the goal of developing more efficient solutions for supermarket food waste. FEED partners directly with supermarkets to help them remove traditional waste hauling practices, reduce emissions and generate clean, sustainable power for onsite operations. We talked to CEO Ryan Begin …

WickedSciences started as a spark in the heavy-thinking/imagineer culture of CableOrganizer.com (wire covers and label makers) in August 2007. At that time, I (Daniel) was working for Paul Holstein (now one of the churning minds at WebAnalyticsDemystified). One of my first projects working for Mr. Holstein and the family at CO was the construction of …

The average consumption of sodium, per consumer, is more than 3,000 mg a day, but the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that healthy Americans without risk of hypertension consume no more than 2,300 mg of sodium per day. Last month, we looked closely at the results of the International Food Information Council (IFIC) and …

August 2, 2011 A Kindle 3 is surely an ebook reading device. Ebook is a temporary for Electronic book wherein it work as the sunday paper though the display useful for reading is way not even close to books which are made of paper. A guide readership a device utilized to display ebook formats, that …

August 24, 2011 The body of a human is artistically designed. The sculpture and the best way portions are organized is in point of fact a miracle of god. The human body comprises many important portions which now not allow allows the body to run but enhances it performance for a better living. Nerve? although …

While we were writing up the article on the All-Sky Camera, an astronomer here at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory mentioned that the DAO owned an all-sky camera, which was used to determine the amount of cloud cover on a potential observatory site. A search of the facility didn’t turn it up (Ed note, July 18th: …

October 29, 2013 There is no current evidence to prove that blood type diets will provide beneficial health effects, despite their prevalence within the diet and health industry, according to a recent review performed by the Centre for Evidence-Based Practice, Belgian Red Cross-Flanders and published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. In this systematic …

Scientists have merged the two disciplines of genetics and evolution into population genetics that demonstrates how gene frequencies change in populations, studies genetic variation, and applies genetic change to evolutionary theory. Any study of natural populations usually demonstrates genetic change. That finding seems perfectly reasonable in the light of natural selection theory. Yet basic Medelian …

Anthony L. DeFranco University of California, San Francisco The B cell antigen receptor (BCR) regulates B cell development, tolerance to self, activation, and continued survival. Antigen-induced oligomerization of the BCR leads to phosphorylation by the Src-family tyrosine kinases Lyn, Fyn, and Btk of key tyrosines within the Ig- a and Ig- b subunits of the …

We are now used to being impressed by the beautiful astronomical photographs in magazines, newspapers and on TV. For me however, there are three photographs which stunned me when I first saw them, and still intrigue me today. The first was taken back in 1968 by the crew of Apollo 8. It shows the Earth …

Kevin Liu February 13, 2012 Neurogastronomy: How the Brain Creates Flavor and Why It Matters – Reviewed. The preeminent expert in the field lays the foundation for a new brain-based understanding of how we experience food. When Modernist Cuisine, the Art and Science of Cooking finally came out in early 2011, food geeks around the …

Posted by Cassiopeia rotating in the night sky While looking into space both through the eyepiece of the telescope and with the unaided eye there are many motions that are observed. The most obvious movement, especially through the telescope is the rapid “motion of the sky”. Because you are magnifying everything, you see the stars …

While astronomy has been a life-long interest, it wasn’t until December of 2003 that I took an active role in the hobby. My own journey into Astronomy started out by not following the advice I had been given, instead I purchased a Meade NG-60 telescope, a small refractor. With it’s shaky mount and useless finder, …

Although white and brown dwarfs give off heat and have habitable zones around them, just like our Sun, a new study suggests that they are not likely to be orbited by planets which can support life. This is because the way they emit the energy is different from that of regular stars, causing planets in …

Residents of Haida-Gwai and all nature lovers were saddened and angered by the deliberate destruction of a rare “Golden Spruce” tree January 23rd. This 50 m. tall tree on Crown land was more than 300 years old and was prized both in Haida legends and by biologists seeking to preserve the biodiversity of British Columbia. …

Forensic scientist Eric Carita dispels a few popular myths about forensic science and describes how he came to find (and love) his profession. Narrator: Crimes are solved by examining clues and developing evidence. On TV, it’s all glamor, in real life, a forensic investigator like Eric Carita will tell you it takes patience and creativity. …

Since vapour pressure is very dependant of temperature as is also the equilibrium constant K, I fear that when operating the Cyranose as an analytical tool in a production unit (e.g. sampling during a distillation of a chemical for the perfume industry), one might get different results during winter time (e.g. -100C) then during summer …

June 29th, 2008 In a recent post about Calculated Metrics, Dan mentioned an idea that pages within a path or funnel to conversion have specific purposes which can be drawn out in metrics and measured against each other contextually. For an eCommerce website, making a distinction about success prior to a user completing a sale …