by portline | Jun 27, 2023 | Fun Facts
Ask most any scientist or student of science and theyll tell you that the most strange and perhaps most violently destructive entity in the universe, Black Holes. That said, trying to divorce black holes and quantum physics is problematic because so much of what is...
by portline | Jun 27, 2023 | Pathogens
Apple scab is one of the most grave diseases in the production of apples. It attacks the leaves, reducing the foliar area of the plant and resulting in lower yields. Most of the severe damage is caused by the fruit, producing crusts that affect its development and...
by portline | Jun 27, 2023 | Pathogens
Angiostrongyliasis is an emerging zoonosis, difficult to diagnose and prevent, caused by a nematode of the genus Angiostrongylus. The infective stage for humans is the third larval stage that develops in terrestrial gastropods. Transmission to man is by raw...
by portline | Jun 22, 2023 | Fun Facts
The Nature of Light has been a well researched and debated topic for centuries! In 1803, a physicist named Thomas Young famously proposed an experiment that changed the way we thought about waves and particles alike to this day! Youngs Double Slit Experiment...
by portline | Jun 22, 2023 | Fun Facts
In 1928, a young English physicist Paul Dirac (1902-1984), formulated a mathematical equation that combined Einstein’s principles of relativity with Niels Bohr’s postulates of quantum physics. This equation was considerably complicated. But when this mathematical...
