Search Results for: mass
Unified atomic mass unit
Definition noun, plural: unified atomic mass units One twelfth the mass of a neutral atom of the most abundant isotope of... Read More
Molecular mass
'''molecular mass The molecular mass of a substance (less accurately called molecular weight and abbreviated as MW) is the... Read More
Waist-hip Ratio Should Replace Body Mass Index As Indicator Of Mortality Risk In Older People
Waist-hip Ratio Should Replace Body Mass Index As Indicator Of Mortality Risk In Older People Older people with high... Read More
Quick Rebound From Marine Mass Extinction Event, New Findings Show
In 1980, Luis Alvarez and his collaborators stunned the world with their discovery that an asteroid impact 65 million years... Read More
Mass flowering crops enhance pollinator densities at a landscape scale
The EU response to recent declines in pollinators and consequent loss of pollination services has been the inclusion of... Read More
Researchers Devise Way To Mass-produce Embryonic Stem Cells
COLUMBUS, Ohio Researchers at Ohio State University have developed a method for mass-producing embryonic stem... Read More
Mass extinction’s cause: ‘Sick Earth’
USC earth scientists turn up clues to explain disappearance of 90 percent of ancient species What really caused the largest... Read More
Atomic mass
Atomic mass (Science: chemistry, physics) The mass of an atom relative to other atoms. The present-day basis of the scale of... Read More
Role of reaction kinetics and mass transport in glucose sensing with nanopillar array electrodes
Role of reaction kinetics and mass transport in glucose sensing with nanopillar array electrodes Venkataramani Anandan1,... Read More
Environmental Disaster in Southern Spain Compared With Cretaceous Mass Extinction
Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) have compared the disaster caused by the Aznalcóllar spillage in the... Read More
Mass action transmission
Mass action transmission (Science: epidemiology) transmission of infection which occurs at a rate directly proportional to... Read More
Blame Our Evolutionary Risk of Cancer on Our Body Mass
A key enzyme that cuts short our cellular lifespan in an effort to thwart cancer has now been linked to body mass.Until... Read More
Lessons from the past: Evolutionary impacts of mass extinctions
Colloquium Paper David Jablonski Mass extinctions have played many evolutionary roles, involving differential... Read More
Relative Atomic Mass
(chemistry) the ratio of the atomic mass of an element to half the atomic mass of... Read More
Mass extinction
Definition noun The extinction of one of more species in a relatively short period of geological time, usually as a... Read More
MASS phenotype
Definition noun A medical disorder in which MASS stands for mitral valve prolapse, aortic root diameter at upper limits of... Read More
Inner cell mass
Inner cell mass a group of cells found in the mammalian blastocyst that give rise to the embryo and are potentially capable... Read More
Mass Spectrometry as a Diagnostic and a Cancer Biomarker Discovery Tool
Review Opportunities and Potential Limitations Eleftherios P. Diamandis From the Department of Pathology and... Read More
Mass-action ratio
Mass-action ratio The ratio of the product of all of the product concentrations divided by the product of all of the... Read More
Mass Extinction Of Freshwater Species In North America
The first estimate of extinction rates of North America's freshwater animals shows that they are the most endangered group... Read More
Apperceptive mass
Apperceptive mass The already existing knowledge base in a similar or related area with which the new perceptual material is... Read More
Mass action theory
Mass action theory That large areas of brain tissue function as a whole in learned or intelligent... Read More
Injection mass
Injection mass Coloured solutions or suspensions injected into the vascular system to render vessels and their walls... Read More
Unified physics theory explains animals’ running, flying and swimming
December 30, 2005 - A single unifying physics theory can essentially describe how animals of every ilk, from flying... Read More
Planet Or Failed Star? One Of Smallest Stellar Companions Seen By Hubble
Planet Or Failed Star? One Of Smallest Stellar Companions Seen By Hubble This... Read More
Flight Speeds among Bird Species: Allometric and Phylogenetic Effects
Flight Speeds among Bird Species: Allometric and Phylogenetic Effects Thomas Alerstam1*, Mikael Rosén1, Johan... Read More
New Technique Boosts Size Of Proteins That Can Be Analyzed
Imagine you had to break a secret code, but you could see only part of the message. That's the kind of frustration... Read More
Dinosaur Deaths Outsourced to India?
Boulder, CO, USA - A series of monumental volcanic eruptions in India may have killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago,... Read More
Molecular weight ratio
molecular weight ratio --> molecular weight The sum of the atomic weight's of all the atoms constituting a molecule; the... Read More
Molecular weight
molecular weight The sum of the atomic weight's of all the atoms constituting a molecule; the mass of a molecule relative to... Read More
Scientists Discover Record Fifth Planet Orbiting Nearby Star
This artist's concept shows four of the five planets that orbit 55 Cancri, a star much like our own. The... Read More
Watching how planets form
Anatomy of a planet-forming disc around a star more massive than the sun Artist's... Read More
Rearing an army to save wheat
Scientists try to rear wasps to fight off the wheat stem sawfly With wheat stem sawfly natural enemies in demand, Montana... Read More
Developmental changes in shoot N dynamics of lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) in relation to leaf growth dynamics as a function of plant density and hierarchical position within the canopy
Developmental changes in shoot N dynamics of lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) in relation to leaf growth dynamics as a function... Read More
Massa intermedia
Massa intermedia --> interthalamic adhesion The variable connection between the two thalamic masses across the third... Read More
Hubble Finds That Earth Is Safe From One Class Of Gamma-ray Burst
Homeowners may have to worry about floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes destroying their homes, but at least they can remove... Read More
Deadly Astronomical Event Not Likely To Happen In Our Galaxy, Study Finds
The afterglow of GRB 030329 (white dot in center of image), as detected on April 15,... Read More