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28/06/2014

Ramadan is only four weeks long. It's a small window of opportunity, so don't let it pass you without taking full advantage of it. :)

04/06/2014

1,3-Butadiene:-
• 1,3-Butadiene ranks 36th in the most produced chemicals in the United States.
• Three billion pounds per year are produced in the United States and 12 billion globally.
• 1,3-butadiene is produced through the processing of petroleum and is mainly used in the production of synthetic rubber, but is also found in smaller amounts in plastics and fuel.
• Exposure to 1,3-butadiene mainly occurs in the workplace, including the following industries: synthetic elastomer (rubber and latex) production, petroleum refining, secondary lead smelting, water treatment, agricultural fungicides, production of raw material for nylon, and the use of fossil fuels.
• Exposure can also occur from automobile exhaust; polluted air and water near chemical, plastic or rubber facilities; cigarette smoke; and ingestion of foods that are contaminated from plastic or rubber containers.

15/02/2014

Timeline Photos

13/02/2014

Three cheers for teachers everywhere!

13/02/2014

Help analyze cancer data by playing a space game on your smart phone!

A new game launched enables users to help Cancer Research UK analyze data. And all you have to do is play with a spaceship.

Learn more about it here: http://bit.ly/1frSkMO

13/02/2014

All aboard the magic school bus!

More info: http://bit.ly/1bNSagI

Photo credit: Mallouk Lab/ Penn State

11/02/2014

The Most Distant Galaxy Has Been Discovered | I Fu***ng Love Science

Astronomers have confirmed the discovery of the most distant galaxy ever detected!

There have been great strides recently in determining the origins of stars in the Universe. Combined data from the Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes has revealed the furthest known galaxy to date and was believed to have formed about 13.2 billion years ago when the Universe was still quite young.

11/02/2014

When this little animal was born, the planet only held about 200 million people. By continually renewing their cells, small freshwater polyps known as hydras are able to come close to achieving a type of biological immortality - in a controlled lab setting, researchers have found that 5% of a hydra population would still be alive after 1,400 years.

Read more: http://bit.ly/1bkI2RN

10/02/2014

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09/02/2014

Where are you?

09/02/2014

When electricity was first discovered it had very few practical uses. Today, it powers almost everything in our lives.

09/02/2014

صورة تخيلية لكوكب الارض مقارنة بالغلاف الجوي والغطاء المائي للكوكب، مدهش أليس كذلك ؟!

09/02/2014

سبب تلك الأضواء هو اصطدام جسيمات مشحونة عالية السرعة آتية من الشمس تصطدم بذرات الهواء في طبقات الجو العليا. تأتي تلك الجسيمات المشحونة من رياح شمسية حيث يوجهها المجال المغناطيسي للأرض ويبعدها عن دخول جو الأرض، وفي نفس الوقت يوجه بعضا منها فيهبط على القطبين بعيدا عن الأماكن المسكونة على الأرض. بهذا يحمي المجال المغناطيسي للأرض الكائنات الحية من تلك الجسيمات الخارقة الضارة للحياة

08/02/2014

More info: http://bit.ly/1l657bn

Image via: NASA/JPL-Caltech

08/02/2014

All the good chemistry jokes argon, so chemistry cat is branching out into physics.

08/02/2014

يحدث على سطح المريخ عواصف كهرومغناطيسية ضخمة، ينتج عنها موجات راديو تصل للأرض ويمكن سماعها على راديو AM.

استمع لتسجيل عبر: http://info.ghrebaa.com/post/75889532071