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Important Portals & their Founders

   Google— Larry Page & Sergey Brin  Facebook— Mark Zuckerberg  Yahoo— David Filo & Jerry Yang  Twitter— Jack Dorsey & Dick Costolo  Internet— Tim Berners Lee  Linkedin— Reid Hoffman, Allen...

Cell Division and Cycle

Chandrayaan-1

Chandrayaan-1 was India's first unmanned lunar probe. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in October 2008 and operated until August 2009. The...

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What is Cloud Computing?

Cloud computing is a general term for anything that involves delivering hosted services over the Internet. These services are broadly divided into three categories:...

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Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid and Ribose Nucleic Acid

DNA stands for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid while RNA stands for Ribose Nucleic Acid. Compounds of Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen and Phosphorus. Made up of Nucleotide Monomers...

Story of Hydrogen Bomb Development

In 2016 North Korea claimed the Hydrogen Bomb Development by their scientists and its successful test and left entire world shocked and terrorised. Later Observers...

The Circulatory System: Carrier of Life

The Circulatory System is built of the heart and blood vessels comprising of arteries, veins and capillaries. The principal function of the of the...

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List of Science Abbreviations

The study of science is a quest for knowledge, often as opposed to intuition, belief, etc. It is, in fact, systematised knowledge derived from...

Jonas Stalk – Developer of Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine (IPV)

Dr. Jonas Stalk is credited for his discovery of a vaccine which cured Polio. Polio, also known as Poliomyelitis or infantile paralysis is an acute...

Ebola virus

Ebola virus (EBOV) is the sole member of the Zaire ebolavirus species and the most dangerous of the five known viruses within the genus Ebola virus. Four of the five known...

The Greenhouse Effect

The greenhouse effect is a process by which thermal radiation from a planetary surface is absorbed by atmospheric greenhouse gases, and is re-radiated in...

SPACE AND OUTER SPACE

 The term space is used to denote the entire Universe, i.e., the Earth and if§ atmosphere, the Moon, the Sun and the rest of...

EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Q. Why is fire extinguished by sodium bicarbonate? A. Sodium bicarbonate decomposes on heating to produce carbon dioxide gas. The gas is neither combustible nor...

Numbers in Human Body

¤ Number of bones – 206. ¤ Number of ribs – 24. ¤ Number of bones in skull – 22. ¤ Number of bones in face –...

Human Intelligence : Interaction of Genetic and Environment

Human intelligence is not only difficult to measure; it's also difficult to define. Human intelligence is shaped by both internal genetic factors and external...

Classification of Food

1. Carbohydrates: Sugar, honey, starch, potatoes, rice, wheat, etc., are carbohydrates. They are compounds of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, sugar, starch, etc. They provide about...

NERVOUS SYSTEM

NERVOUS SYSTEM Nervous system controls and regulates the activities of all the other systems of body. It coordinates the reception of external stimuli and responds...

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM Breathing involves intake of oxygen (inspiration) from atmospheric air and expulsion of carbon dioxide (expiration). The respiratory system is composed of nostrils, wind...

BLOOD CIRCULATION

BLOOD CIRCULATION Composition of blood: Blood is made up of fluid called plasma (60%) and a greater number of blood cells called corpuscles (40%). Plasma is...