Figure 1: Age-related diseases are devastating for the people affected and the family members supporting them. Finding new and better treatments for these diseases is a top medical priority Source: Unsplash Ageing is a mysterious, albeit inevitable, part of life for which the science is hardly understood. Only in the 1980’s was it determined that …
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Figure 1: Examples of emotional expressions Source: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels Raising two fingers to make a peace sign can be seen as a cute gesture across East Asia. Turn those fingers inwards though, and you might cause some trouble in the UK. Kissing on both cheeks between strangers is a salutatory greeting in France, but if …
Figure 1: One of the few things that we know about it, einsteinium has a strong luminescence because of its highly radioactive nature. Many of its other physical and chemical properties remain unknown due to its rarity Source: Wikimedia Commons In studying the chemical properties of transition metals many properties such as the placement of …
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Figure 1: 3D printed models of the SARS-CoV-2 virion (the blue sphere in the background) decorated with spike proteins and a larger model of the spike protein (the multi-colored shape in the foreground; the Receptor Binding Domain is the green section of the model) Source: Wikimedia Commons The so-called “UK”, “Brazil”, and “South Africa” variants …
Figure 1: This is an image of a child with pneumonia. The fluid build-up in the lungs (known as pleural effusion) is visible here Source: Wikimedia Commons Pneumonia is a common illness with a variety of causes. It is often triggered by some form of viral or bacterial infection, like influenza. The alveolar space, the …
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Figure 1: The image above shows an artist’s depiction of a magnetar in a cluster of other young and bright stars Source: Wikimedia Commons Neutron stars are one of the most perplexing celestial objects in our universe and are believed to be formed from supernovae and the collapsing cores of massive stars. These anomalies are …
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From Nepal’s bengal tiger to Kenya’s big Lions, conservation of large carnivores is a substantial challenge. And researchers have found that oftentimes locals’ preconceived notions and attitude towards these big carnivores may only make it worse. On a hot and dry day in Northern Kenya, Tim Noonan, an extreme videographer, was visiting a special group …
Figure 1: Damage caused to reactor 4 of the Chernobyl plant after the explosion Source: Wikimedia Commons Introduction: The notorious Chernobyl Disaster took place at reactor 4 near the town of Pripyat, Ukraine on the morning of April 26, 1986. According to the National Cancer Institute, the accident caused 5 million people in Belarus, Russia …
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Figure 1: This graph compares stress level with performance at any job within the workplace Source: Wikimedia Commons The experience of emotions, which can elicit different kinds of stress, is an integral part of our lives. There is no clear-cut definition of stress but many professionals in the field of psychological science tend to classify …
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Figure 1: The image above shows the steps for inertial confinement fusion. In the first step, energy is concentrated toward a target with the materials for fusion in the center, after which point, in step two, the energy causes an explosion, which creates compression. In the third step, compression generates the extreme thermal conditions needed …
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