… and raised in the Dutch Netherlands. I graduated from the University of Utrecht in 1963, after receiving my Ph.D. in Physics. From 1966 to 1981, I was a professor of physics at that university. I later then joined the faculty of the University…

… of different minerals, containing sources of useful metals such as manganese, iron, copper, nickel, lead, zinc and cobalt. The nodules are formed by about 24% of manganese, 15% iron, 1.5% of nickel and smaller abundances of the other elements.…

… every day of the year. Caffeine is the ingredient that makes the public crave coffee, soda, chocolate and many other caffeine-carrying products. Americans consume about 45 million pounds of caffeine each year. In the United States, coffee drinkers…

… speculate that the smallpox virus may have made it's way to humans as early as 400 B.C. (Preston 54). Some even suggest that the young Pharaoh Ramses V may have died of the virus in 1157 B.C. (Preston 54). No one can really say for sure where…

… Mercury is a very interesting substance. Named after the second planet of our solar system, Mercury has been used in thermometers, barometers, electrical devices, etc. Mercury is rarely found out in the open, but an unknown discoverer obtained…

… Comp Maria Curie was born November 7, 1867 in Warsaw, Poland. She's famous for her extensive research on radioactivity, and for being the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her work has effect the world in incredible ways. Marie's maiden name was…

… to a pool party to celebrate. He confuses the deep end and shallow end and dives head first into the pool, breaking his neck and becoming a quadriplegic. At age 19 he has his first urinary tract infection because of an indwelling urinary catheter and…

… successfully cloned the first sheep, named Dolly. He used a variant technique of nuclear somatic fusion to split an adult cell creating an identical double. Since then, the cloning of mammals has come a long way. We are able to clone healthy, disease-fre…

… is a disease of the central nervous system (CNS), the nerves that comprise the brain and spinal cord. Its cause is unknown, and it cannot be prevented or cured. It is not fatal, however, and great progress is being made in treating it and identifying…

… fall for each other, for them to say they have "chemistry". The funny thing about that statement is that there is more truth to it than the average person realizes. Those warm, fuzzy, nervous, and jumpy feelings we have from that special someone…