Data collected by the NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (Australia) in 2008 shows that large tracts of sediments in S...

Marcellus shale is a massive rock formation that is possibly the largest source of natural gas in the USA. It extends from New York through ...

As much as 71% of Earth is covered by oceans and seas which evaporate continuously. Since the heat of evaporation of water is very high, th...

Wheat, potatoes, corn and rice contain starch and starch is a major component of the modern diet. Amylase enzymes secreted in saliva help br...

Crystal violet lactone (CVL) is known as a leuco dye. In a basic environment, the central carbon atom of crystal violet lactone (CVL) forms ...

Professor Alexander Scheeline of the University of Illinois has developed a method to turn a mobile (cell) phone into a portable spectromete...

The 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov for their "groundbreaking experiments regarding...