What is 4D Fetal Ultrasound?
Standard ultrasound captures images in two dimensions, but new technology allows the capture of ultrasound images in three and even four dimensions.
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What is Lisinopril?
If you’re looking for information on the medication lisinopril and the side effects that it causes, then you’ve come to the right place. …
Continue ReadingWill the Air Force's X-37 Spaceplane Launch in 2010?
Though the Space Shuttle’s retirement looms ever nearer, the United States Air Force is pushing ahead with an effort to produce their first ever …
Continue ReadingCT Scan of the Chest for Pleural Effusion: What to Expect
A condition known as pleural effusion can affect the lungs. This medical condition can cause many problems. In order to properly diagnose this …
Continue ReadingDNA replication and the Meselson-Stahl experiment
The Meselson-Stahl experiment was an important step in developmental biology research. Two scientists, Matthew Meselson and Franklin Stahl carried out …
Continue ReadingDuplex Arterial Scan: Find Out What This Test is Used For and How It Is Done
A duplex arterial scan is most commonly known as an arterial duplex scan. This simple and painless procedure allows images of the arteries in the …
Continue ReadingEdward Tatum - American Geneticist and Nobel Prize Winner
Edward Tatum shared the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with George Beadle and Joshua Lederberg. Tatum and Beadle had worked together to …
Continue ReadingHereditary Colon Cancer: Are There Genetic Markers for Colon Cancer? The Genetic Risk Associated with Colon Cancer
Colon cancer is one of the most prevalent forms of cancer. As the name suggests the colon or rectum is the hotspot for development of this cancer. The …
Continue ReadingImaging Black Holes
One of the more frustrating aspects about black holes is that by nature they are “unobservable,” sort of. If they swallow anything within …
Continue ReadingNothing But the Facts About the Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope or HST is undoubtedly the best optical space telescope of recent times. The extra ordinary quality of Hubble’s images …
Continue ReadingObservatories of the World - United States Naval Observatory - USNO
The United States Naval Observatory traces its beginnings back to President John Quincy Adams, who signed the legislative act establishing such an …
Continue ReadingOceans in the Solar System
There is a strong possibility that oceans exist currently and have existed in the past on other objects in our solar system besides Earth; if you were …
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