Lasers are intense beams of concentrated light. These beams are powerful enough to cut through lumps of metal and zoom miles into the sky. Although laser technology seems new, it has been with us for nearly six decades: the first practical laser was...
A decomposer is an organism that breaks down complex organic matter from dead or decaying organisms to obtain energy. It may sound unpleasant, but decomposers do nature’s dirty work. They eliminate dead or dying organisms, and while doing so...
Magnets are materials that generate a field that attracts or repels certain other metals (such as iron and nickel) from a specific distance. This invisible field, known as a magnetic field, is responsible for the fundamental properties of a magnet...
The history of the “rose gold” started in the mid 19th century in Imperial Russia. Peter Carl Fabergé was one of the first jewelers to use this precious metal in his most ornate creations. Mixing yellow gold with copper resulted in an...
One may think that precipitation is just about rain, but that’s not the case. In simple terms, precipitation is any type of water particles, liquid or solid, that form in the atmosphere and falls on the earth’s surface. METAR weather...
Not all animals are as attractive and eye-pleasing as cats, dogs, and pandas. There are animals that can be termed as ‘ugly’ and are not so pleasing to the eyes. The ugliness of an animal can be morphological (such as unusual body parts...
White gold is an alloy of gold. It is made by mixing pure gold with silverish-white metals, such as silver and palladium. It was originally developed to imitate platinum, a precious white metal. In the industry, “white gold” is often...
Titanium nitride belongs to a group of refractory metals in which a nonmetallic element (Nitrogen) forms a compound with a transition metal element (Titanium). This metallic compound has a brown color and appears gold when applied as a coating. It...
Styrene is a liquid hydrocarbon known for its incredible capability to undergo polymerization — a process in which individual molecules react with each other to form large, three-dimensional networks or polymer chains. Styrene is primarily...
The findings from years of psychological researches have led us to believe that humans are the most intelligent species on the earth. We possess a larger prefrontal cortex (a brain section associated with cognition) than any other animal species and...
USB, or Universal Serial Bus, is a standard connection type and communication medium between a wide range of electrical devices, including computers and peripherals. It was introduced in 1996. The idea was to standardize communication or data...
The number of security threats is increasing day by day, making high speed wired/wireless network insecure and unreliable. According to the study conducted at the University of Maryland, hackers attack internet-connected devices every 39 seconds on...