The half-life of an Element The half-life of an Element The half-life of a substance is the time it takes for half of the substance to decay. The term half-life…
The Halogens – Group 17 The halogens are chemical elements under the second-to-right column in the periodic table, also known as Group 17. The elements in the group are fluorine,…
Great Blue Hole, Belize The Great Blue Hole, also known as the Belize Blue Hole is a giant marine sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It lies near the…
Hemoglobin Hemoglobin (or haemoglobin) is a protein in red blood cells that contains iron. It is used to transport oxygen around the human body. Hemoglobin is…
Electron Transfer Chains Electron transfer chains (ETC) are the cellular mechanisms used for getting energy from sunlight in photosynthesis. It is the last component of aerobic respiration and…
Krebs Cycle The Krebs cycle (named after Hans Krebs) is a part of cellular respiration. Its other names are the citric acidity cycle, and the tricarboxylic acid…
Miracle Fruit The miracle fruit is the berry of Synsepalum dulcificum, a plant from West Africa. The chemical produced by the fruit makes other foods taste sweet.…
Gradient Measures The gradient measures how steep a curve is. Gradient (Slope) of a Straight Line. On a graph of the function, it is the slope of the…
Glycoprotein – a Molecule A glycoprotein is a big molecule. It is composed of a protein and a carbohydrate (which is usually a sugar-like substance). They are simply proteins…
Door To Hell, Turkmenistan The Door to Hell or Gates of Hell, actually known as the Darvaza Gas Crater (Turkmen: Garagum ýalkymy), is a natural gas field that collapsed…
Glycolysis Process Glycolysis is a metabolic process in most organisms. It is the first stage in cellular respiration. It is the first step in the breakdown of…
Blood Falls, Antarctica “Blood Falls” is an outflow of an iron oxide-tainted plume of saltwater, flowing from the tongue of Taylor Glacier onto the ice-covered surface of West…