by portline | Jun 16, 2023 | Fun Facts
Louis Pasteur is one of the best-known scientists, his legacy of important discoveries and inventions forever securing his place among the most important scientists of all time. As a chemist and microbiologist, Louis Pasteur made groundbreaking scientific discoveries...
by portline | Jun 16, 2023 | Hormones
Hormones are chemical compounds which, when released by endocrine glands into the blood or nervous system of living beings, exert modulating effects on functions of other cells and body structures. One of the most well-known and important human hormones is the...
by portline | Jun 16, 2023 | Fun Facts
A Josephson Junction is an effect that occurs by putting two superconducting materials between a thin layer of non-superconducting material (insulator). They are named after Brian Josephson, the person who discovered them. In the 1960s, he wrote about this phenomenon...
by portline | Jun 16, 2023 | Pathogens
Super-bugs, although the term sounds novel, are microorganisms that have always been with us, are in the community, but have a peculiarity, and that is that they are capable of surviving antibiotics. They are those microorganisms that are resistant to a wide variety...
by portline | Jun 14, 2023 | Addiction, Mental and Emotional
Addiction is a serious issue facing every part of society. No group of people is immune from the dangers of addictive behavior; it affects the young and the old, the wealthy and the less wealthy. We may think of addicts who are disadvantaged, who have challenging...
