Sunday, July 19, 2015

Acronym in biology: HHO for Havers-Halberg oscillation

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Biological rhythms in animals have fascinated observers of nature for a long time. An example is the circadian rhythm , a diurnal rhythm ...
Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Topotaxis: geomagnetically driven orientation and navigation above the ocean floor

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The composed noun topotaxis is built from the Greek words topos , meaning place , and taxis , meaning order or responsive movement . The...
Monday, July 6, 2015

Acronym in experimental physics: MINOS for Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search

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Neutrinos are subatomic particles ( leptons ) with half-integer spin and without electric charge. They come in three types or flavors: ele...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Labeling exoworlds: Name an exosolar planet! Try CosmoBlue!

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If you want to get involved in naming well-characterized planets that were discovered in exoplanetary systems prior to December 31, 2008,...
Monday, May 25, 2015

A main-belt asteroid named after forest-canopy scientist Margaret D. Lowman

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A Mont-Blanc-size  main-belt asteroid , orbiting near Jupiter and discovered by astronomer couple Carolyn S. and Eugene M. Shoemaker  at ...
Friday, April 3, 2015

The IUPAC color books: terminology, nomenclature and ontology in chemistry, biochemistry and materials science

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Here is a brief overview—hyperlinks included—of those color books  by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry ( IUPAC ) tha...
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Monday, March 30, 2015

New Harmony—a small southwestern Indiana town first named Harmonie—considered the birthplace of North American geology

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Which small town can say of itself that it is today a scientific center of national significance ?  If you can't find a current one, w...