Chemical reaction rates are influenced by a variety of factors, including temperature and the presence of catalysts. For example, an increase in temperature will increase reaction rates. According to collision theory, the reaction rate is equal to the...

The transition state of a chemical reaction is a particular configuration along the reaction coordinate. It is defined as the state corresponding to the highest energy along this reaction coordinate. At this point, assuming a perfectly irreversible...

Jordan has been undergoing considerable economic and political transition since the early 1990s, and recent indicators show the results of these changes are coming to fruition. In the long term this transition will ensure the viability of the Jordanian economy. However, in the...

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. Tucked inside the ozone layer, baking under midwinter's microwave effect, a no-longer new pickup truck hurtled down I-405 as the neat runways of John Wayne Airport shimmered on a typical Anaheim afternoon. Huddled grimly over the wheel, the mustachioed driver,...

In Virgin, Hanne Blank reminds us that the idea of virginity exists for no other animal species. And what would our world be like if for us, too, the idea simply did not exist? No Donna Martin, struggling to keep her legs firmly shut through...