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Nitrogen
Nitrogen is the chemical element of atomic number 7. It is colorless, tasteless, and odorless, and as a diatomic gas is relatively inert. It also makes up 78% of the atmosphere and is a constituent of organic compounds found in all living tissues.
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Videos
It's raining acid? Acid rain refers to precipitation that is more acidic than normal rain (which itself has a pH of 6, s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 15, 2017
Earth & The Environment
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...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 24, 2017
Cancer
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...
APR 02, 2017
Microbiology
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...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 22, 2017
Microbiology
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...
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Kerry Evans
MAR 22, 2017
Videos
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...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 20, 2017
Videos
Perhaps you have never thought about where all a whale's poop goes. Well, as soon as you think about it, you've got your
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 14, 2017
Cancer
When medical professionals are targeting a patient’s cancer, the goal is first to eliminate the cancer and if that
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 08, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
LA JOLLA, CA – March 8, 2017 – Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have devised a versatile mo
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
FEB 15, 2017
Videos
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...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 14, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work has demonstrated that bone injuries can be repaired using a sheet of a carbon compound that has photocatalytic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 09, 2017
Videos
In an effort to reuse and recycle every possible thing we can, here are some tips on what you can do with your coffee gr
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 17, 2017
Microbiology
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 12, 2017
Neuroscience
Dementia is becoming a huge problem globally. Experts estimate that there are now almost 47 million people living with d
...
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Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 06, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
The ability to efficiently and cleanly break common chemical bonds is of great interest to pharmaceutical and industrial
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
NOV 14, 2016
Plants & Animals
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 09, 2016
Earth & The Environment
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...
Written By:
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NOV 06, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Neglected diseases are those that affect the world’s poor and are usually common in tropical areas. A new discover
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 30, 2016
Microbiology
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 23, 2016
Videos
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2016
Microbiology
Corals live in the ocean, of course. Well, so do many microbes - bacteria, viruses, and algae, for example. It’s n
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 30, 2016
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 25, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Some call it the wood-wide web. Officially, it is known as the mycorrhizal network. And what is it actually? A vast inte
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 25, 2016
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard