Mordenite: Properties and Occurrences Mordenite: Properties and Occurrences Mordenite is hydrated sodium, potassium, and calcium aluminosilicate mineral in the zeolite family. It is a zeolite mineral with the chemical…
Ecotoxicology – a study of the effects of toxic chemicals on biological organisms Ecotoxicology is the science devoted to the study of the adverse effects of chemicals on an ecosystem’s structure, functions, and biodiversity. It is the study…
Toxicology – a scientific discipline Toxicology is the scientific study of adverse effects that occur in living organisms due to chemicals. It is a scientific discipline, overlapping with biology, chemistry,…
Bougainville Island Bougainville Island (Tok Pisin: Bogenvil), Papua New Guinea’s easternmost island, in the Solomon Sea, in the Pacific Southwest. It formed the principal landmass of the…
Nanotoxicology – study of the toxicity of nanomaterials Nanotoxicology represents a new and growing research area in toxicology. It is the study of the toxicity of nanomaterials. The field of nanotoxicology is nascent…
Carbon nanotubes Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are cylindrical molecules that consist of rolled-up sheets of single-layer carbon atoms (graphene). They are tubes made of carbon with diameters typically…
Buka Island The Buka Island, Papua New Guinea, is the second-largest island in the Bougainville Autonomous Zone of the Southwestern Pacific Ocean, in the Solomon Sea. It…
Nanotechnology – study of matter at incredibly small sizes Nanotechnology is science, engineering, and technology conducted at the nanoscale, which is about 1 to 100 nanometers. It is the use of matter on an…
Ruthenium – a chemical element Ruthenium is one of the rarest elements in the Earth’s crust. Ruthenium is a chemical element with the symbol Ru and atomic number 44. It…
Shah Mosque, Esfahan, Iran A mosque located in Isfahan, Iran is the Shah Mosque (Persian: مسجد شاه; “Royal Mosque”), also known as the Masjed-e Emām (Persian: ‘Imam Mosque’). The mosque…
Claytronics – an abstract future concept Claytronics is an abstract concept that exists at the intersection of nanotechnology, computer science, and robotics. It is an abstract future concept that combines nanoscale…
Electrospray Ionization – a soft ionization technique Electrospray Ionization – a soft ionization technique Electrospray ionization (ESI) generates intact gas-phase ions from analytes in the solution for mass spectrometric investigations. It is…