Tuesday, November 27, 2012

An arguable misnomer in physics: the term “quantum mechanics”

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Analog or digital ,  uninterrupted or pixilated , continuity or discontinuity , field or particle ? These pairs of opposing adjectives ...
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

A lead-free borosilicate glass, G 702 EJ, named Py-Right, Pie Rite and eventually Pyrex

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PYREX ® is  is a transparent, lead-free borosilicate glass with a low thermal expansion coefficient—an example of  a material with good he...
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Crystal City—a pseudonym for Corning, New York

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The upstate New York city of Corning is located on the Chemung River in Steuben County. Along the river, the buildings of Corning Glass Wo...
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Acronym in cytology and organogenesis: SFEBq for serum-free floating culture of embryoid body-like aggregate with quick reaggregation

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SFEBq stands for s erum- f ree floating culture of e mbryoid b ody-like aggregate with q uick reaggregation. A complex acronym for a compl...
Thursday, October 18, 2012

Rhyming in harmony about dinosaur's anatomy

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Bert Leston Taylor (1866-1921), using B. L. T. as his initials, was writing humorous columns for newspapers [1-3]. He also engaged in wri...
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

An English-American mess: the term ‘turtle’

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Do you think you know what a turtle is? A dictionary definition sounds like this: “any of various chelonian reptiles, especially those o...
Monday, October 8, 2012

One plant genus and 14 plant species named after Francis Guthrie, who first made the graph-theoretical Four-Color Conjecture

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In 1852, the English law student Francis Guthrie at the University College of London conjectured that four colors would suffice to color a...
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