Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the body. It is the leading cause of death worldwide causing around 10 million deaths in 2020 or nearly 1 in 6 death. The most common types of cancer are breast cancer(2.2 million cases per year), lung cancer(2.1 million cases per year), colon and rectal cancer(1.93 […]
A wave is called propagating dynamic disturbance of one or more quantities. Waves can be periodic, in such a way that, the quantities oscillate repeatedly about an equilibrium value at any frequency. A wave is said to be a travelling wave, when the entire waveform moves in one direction, Infract a pair of superimposed periodic waves travelling in opposite directions form a standing […]
Humankind has always looked up to the mystifying moon. However, it has been more than half a century since humans landed on the moon. 52 years ago, on July 20th, 1969, Apollo 11 from the Apollo program landed on the moon with its commander Neil Amstrong. The lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo […]
A Möbius strip ( Möbius band ) or Möbius loop is a surface that is formed by connecting the ends of a strip of paper together with a half-twist. This shape was discovered by August Ferdinand Möbiusin and Johann Benedict Listing the year 1858. The discovery of the Möbius strip leads to formation of the […]
19 july 1869, fifty-three years ago India nationalized 14 private banks, which has helped India to emerge as one of the greatest economies in the world and it’s potential being recognized around the globe. On this note, let’s get to know how Bank nationalization was done. History of nationalization Bank nationalization was not a new […]
In 1901, Max Planck published an analysis in which he succeeded in reproducing the observed spectrum of light emitted by a glowing object. In order to accomplish this, Planck had to make a mathematical assumption of quantized energy of the oscillators .Einstein later proposed that it is not the energy of radiating atoms, but the electromagnetic radiation […]
A stock market, share market or equity market is the aggregation of sellers and buyers of stocks. It represents ownership claims on businesses,which include securities listed on a public stock exchange, and also a stock that is only traded privately, such as shares of private companies which are sold to investors through equity crowdfunding platforms […]
The Spanish flu, also known as Influenza is caused by H1N1 influenza virus. This pandemic began in 1918. It was also known by the misnomer Spanish flu or great influenza pandemic. The first case was reported on march 1918 in US. It is affected about 33% world’s population. You may heard about it during the […]
What does hydrophobic mean? The word hydrophobicity is derived from two Greek words “hydro”, meaning “water”, and “phobos”, meaning “fear”. In chemistry, the substances which exhibit the property of hydrophobicity are known as hydrophobic substances. Hydrophobic substances are usually water repellant or non-wetting in nature, but at the same time they are fat or oil […]
