Chloropicrin – a chemical compound
Chloropicrin is a C-nitro compound that is nitromethane in which all three hydrogens are replaced by chlorines. It is also known as PS and nitrochloroform,…
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Researchers went back to the formation of the solar system
A group of international scientists went back to the formation of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago to gain new insights into the cosmic…
Tetrachloroethylene – a volatile chlorinated organic hydrocarbon
Tetrachloroethylene is a volatile chlorinated organic hydrocarbon that is widely used as a solvent. It is also known under the systematic name tetrachloroethene, or perchloroethylene…
Sodium Metasilicate (Properties, Structure, Uses)
The main component of commercial sodium silicate solutions is sodium metasilicate, which is a type of silicic acid salt and is known as an inorganic…
Study shows tea drinkers lead a longer and healthier life
Every one-cup increase in daily tea consumption was associated with a 4% reduction in the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. A study published today…
Every Year, Earth Sweeps Up More Than 5,000 Tons Of Extraterrestrial Dust
Our earth is swamped with dust from comets and asteroids every year. Shooting stars are formed as interplanetary dust particles move through our atmosphere. Any…
Burst Switching – in the packet-switched network
In a packet-switched network, burst switching is a capability in which each network switch extracts routing instructions from an incoming packet header to establish and…
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Behram Pasha Mosque, Turkey)
Behrem Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Behrem Paşa Camii, Kurdish: Mizgefta Behram Paşa) is an Ottoman-period mosque in the southwestern quadrant of Diyarbakr’s old walled city in…
The Dark Forest Hypothesis: an Unsettling Explanation for Why Aliens has not Made Contact
You have probably heard of the Fermi Paradox, but if you have not found it, here a brief summary: Given the high probability of alien…
Research found the most densely populated galaxy cluster in the primitive universe
A study led by researchers at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) and conducted with OSIRIS, an instrument on the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC),…
Scientists Are Looking Into a Mission to Our Closest Star System
The Alpha Centauri system is made of three stars and orbits at least two planets smaller than the three-star proximity. It is also the closest…
Repeating Fast Radio Burst Might Come From a Dancing Magnetosphere
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are mysterious, powerful, and extremely short-lived emission of radio waves almost exclusively beyond the Milky Way (with the exception here). Some…
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