Science

Selenium is a non-metallic chemical element, a member of the group XVI of the periodic table. It is a chemical element with the symbol Se…

Cellular agriculture is the production of agricultural products from cell cultures. It is just a method of making foods that conventionally come from animals, but…

About 30 volcanic islands and islets in the central Pacific Ocean, about 500 miles (800 km) southeast of Japan, are known as the Bonin Islands,…

Animal welfare means how an animal is coping with the conditions in which it lives. It is the well-being of non-human animals. Formal standards of…

Aquafarming is the controlled process of cultivating aquatic organisms, especially for human consumption. Aquafarming also is known as aquaculture, is the farming of fish, crustaceans, mollusks,…

An amyloplast is an organelle that is present in plant cells involved in different biological pathways. Specifically, amyloplasts are a leucoplast type, a subcategory for…

Microcline (KAlSi3O8) is polymorphous with Orthoclase and Sanidine. It is an important igneous rock-forming tectosilicate mineral. It is the form of potassium feldspar that is…

Iron ores are minerals and rocks from which it is possible to extract metallic iron and their deposits are contained in sedimentary rocks. The ores…

The food system is a complex web of activities involving the production, processing, transport, and consumption. This term is used frequently in discussions about nutrition,…

The Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan (Arabic: مسجد ومدرسة السلطان حسن‎) is a huge Mamluk period mosque and madrassa situated in Cairo, Egypt, near the Citadel.…

Energy crops are crops cultivated specifically to provide feedstock for energy industries. These are low-cost and low-maintenance crops grown solely for energy production by combustion…

Plastids are storage organelles contained in plant cells, including chromoplasts (they carry colored pigments for organisms such as flowers) and chloroplasts (which carry the green…