Salt of the Earth

Cerium is a rare earth element of the lanthanide series (atomic no. = 57– 71) of the periodic table. Among the various rare earth metals, cerium granted a hugeattention towards scientific community due to its catalytic antioxidant property. Usually, antioxidants protect cells from oxidative damage, mediated by ‘reactive oxygen species’ (ROS), which include free radicals such as superoxide anion (O2•-), hydroxyl radical (•OH), singlet oxygen (1O2) and non-free radical species like hydrogen…

work in current light water reactors. Where thorium really excels, though, is in a new type of reactor called a “molten salt reactor”. Japanese company IThEMS is in the process of developing technology for these reactors, and they hope to eventually make a shift from the standard light water reactors to these and use the waste generated from the current reactors in the molten salt reactors. Government research is also taking place, with India and China paving the way. Because India holds…

“The Christian and the Secularist hold different beliefs about the universe. They can’t both be right. The one who is wrong will act in a way which simply doesn’t fit the real universe.” Elaboration- C. S. Lewis one of the most renowned theologians of time, made this statement about only one belief system truly making sense. In Freud’s Last Session by Mark St. Germain, is written as a conversation between Freud and Lewis about their theologies and the arguments for their respective viewpoint.…

Green American History 16 May 2016 History Term Paper On August 6th and August 9th 1945, the whole world would change forever when the United States dropped the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. These nuclear weapons affected the earth 's environment. It also negatively affected people 's health around the world. In addition it significantly affected how dangerous the Cold War could have been. How did President Truman 's decision to drop nuclear weapons impact the world…

poem that examines the transition from life to death with a strong religious perspective. It compares life to a play, race, and a pilgrimage; all having some sort of inevitable end to them. He believes that his body and sins will be left behind on earth and his soul will become pure once again when he returns to heaven. Theme(s): Death, religion, sin, the body and soul. Methods: The very first words, “This is my play’s last scene; here heavens appoint My pilgrimage’s last mile” already…

Introduction: Bacteria are very diverse and are part of the prokaryotic domain. Some bacteria can be harmful, but others can also be beneficial in many ways. There are bacteria everywhere on Earth; places that you would think would have bacteria, like your gastrointestinal tract or our skin (Wenner, 2007). Although bacteria are small in size and are a simple cell organism, it is essential to life. There are different ways in how to distinguish and classify bacteria. One way is you can look…

China has been seen as a land of mystery to us in the west. It has been able to withstand the change of the civilizations closest to it, such as India and Russia. It has also made itself a major player in the world economy. How did it become a civilization? There are 7 characteristics that a group of people need in order to be considered a civilization. They are: An urban focus, new political and military structures, a new social structure based on economic power, the development of more…

The fear of numbers is called numerophobia or arithmophobia which is the exaggerated, constant and often irrational fear of numbers. The website fearof.net says: “Arithmophobic might fear all kinds of numbers, especially complex mathematical computations. Just the thought of solving a difficult arithmetic equation in school or doing calculations in day-to-day life could cause intense panic in the sufferer.” I wish I would have known about this phobia in high school, I would have tried to get…

skeptically since there are a few areas of knowledge and ways of knowing that we can look at. Then, what are evolutionism and creationism? First, evolutionism was a term to describe the process of how living organism emerges from a microorganism that was on earth billion years ago. In the other hand, creationism is the opposite of evolutionism which means…

“Over 60% of our planet is covered by water more than a mile deep. The deep sea is the largest habitat on earth and is largely unexplored. More people have traveled into space than have traveled to the deep ocean realm....” -The Blue Planet Seas of Life. It is hard to believe that most of our planet is made up of vast oceans, practically right under our nose, yet so much is still unknown about it. To think that we have come across so much information, and made so many advances in regards to…