Gulf Oil Spill Disappearing Quickly On April 20, 2010 a massive explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling well caused 4.9 million barrels of oil to spill into the Gulf of Mexico from BP’s Macondo well. The explosion killed 11 workers…
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On the basis of their reaction to gram stain, bacteria can be divided into two major groups- a) Gram positive bacteria b) Gram negative bacteria To understand the difference between gram positive and gram negative bacteria, it is essential to…
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Nature isn’t always on everyone’s doorstep to offer up a bounty of food, but for those who have the opportunity to take a trip to the countryside, camp out in the wild, or bed down near a beach, there is…
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The Use of Thermus Aquaticus in the Polymerase Chain Reaction Scientists use an understanding of the various biological processes common to all life forms in order to further our ability to research and investigate life. In the Polymerase Chain Reaction…
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Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria and are among the most common organisms on the planet, if they can be classified as such. They accomplish their infection and propagation with two cycles that work in concert: the lytic cycle and…
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Human beings, by our very definition, are still a part of nature – as much as some of us might not like to admit it. There is no escaping that fact, no matter how technologically advanced we may be now….
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The following is a troubleshooting guide to the most common problems encountered when trying to view specimens with a compound microscope. There are many reasons why someone using a compound scope may have difficulty seeing the specimen. Once the microscope…
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Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria. They accomplish their infection and propagation with two cycles that work in concert: the lytic cycle and the lysogenic cycle. These life cycles are the driving force for the spread of bacteriophage infection. LYTIC…
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How the human race will truly end. The rate of which people are being born is higher then the rate of which people are dieing, all due to the fact that people are having more coitus, because it is deemed…
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It would seem that no good news can come out of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. There is no denying its devastating effect on the Gulf, its wildlife, the shores that border it, and the economies…
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