Order of Magnitude
A mathematical term used loosely to indicate tenfold differences between values. This concept is crucial to interpreting logarithmic scales such as pH or earthquake magnitude, where...
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Hamburg (dpa) - Researchers in Germany have discovered that a
protein found in semen makes HIV 100,000 times more virulent than it
is alone - thus helping to explain why mor...
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Polyvinylcarbazole (PVK) is a photovoltaic polymer, which means that the bulk polymer — after being exposed to visible or ultraviolet light — becomes an electrical conductor. PVK is use...
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Gargano: quite peeved
Charles Gargano, the chairman of the Empire State Development Corporation, is sometimes portrayed as a developer's best friend, but Wednesday morning, in his first extensiv...
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Hyphenation of gas chromatography (GC) with mass spectrometry (MS) allows identification and quantification of a wide range of trace amounts of GC-amenable compounds in complex matrices. Until now,...
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The Smithsonian Institution is preparing to launch its first broad appeal for private donations to help fill a funding gap that could be as high as $2 billion, members of the museum complex's gover...
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The debate regarding the polycarbonate substance called BPA and its use in plastic baby bottles continues. The following is a response to Fit Pregnancy's request for the Food and Drug Administr...
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Iran is two to three years away from having the capacity to build a nuclear weapon, a leading security think tank said Wednesday. But the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies ...
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American forces on Afghanistan's eastern border routinely fire upon and pursue Taliban enemies into Pakistan, defense officials told Congress on Thursday, offering the most detailed description to ...
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Attorneys for Conrad Black assured jurors as his corporate fraud trial opened in March that the case involving the former media tycoon and British lord was not another Enron.It wasn't. But Enron tu...
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Order of Magnitude
Semen itself makes HIV more deadly, study reveals
