Biology

Biological symmetry refers to the symmetry found in organisms, including plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria. Specifically, symmetry refers to correspondence of body parts, in size,…

Alcohol dehydrogenases (ADH) are a group of dehydrogenase enzymes that occur in many species and promote the interconversion of alcohols and aldehydes or ketones to…

Marine biodiversity includes coastal and marine plant and animal species, their genetic variety, the habitats and ecosystems they form part of, and the ecological processes…

Biodiversity can refer to descriptions or assessments of the status and condition of all or selected groups of organisms, from the genetic variability to the…

Magnetic immunoassay (MIA) is a novel type of diagnostic immunoassay using magnetic beads as labels in lieu of conventional enzymes (ELISA), radioisotopes (RIA), or fluorescent…

Genetically Modified (GM) foods were first approved for human consumption in the United States in 1994, and by 2014–15 about 90 percent of the corn,…

A wetland is a place where the land is covered by water, either salt, fresh, or somewhere in between. Wetlands are areas of marsh or…

Fossil fuel is a fuel formed by natural processes and any of a class of hydrocarbon-containing materials of biological origin occurring within Earth’s crust that…

Micromeritics is a field of science that deals with small particles and that is applied especially in soil physics. The term micromeritics was given to the…

Capillary action is the ability of a liquid to flow in narrow spaces without the assistance of, or even in opposition to, external forces like…

Cell adhesion is the process by which cells interact and attach to neighboring cells through specialized molecules of the cell surface. It is essential in…

Reverse Osmosis is how you can get small particles out of the water, even in solution, by forcing it through a filter (a membrane). It…