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• Energy and the Environment
  Solar Energy
  Renewable Energy
  Geomagnetic Storms
  Environmental Science
  Sustainability
   
  

  Solar panel

  Solar panels are devices for capturing the energy in sunlight. The term solar panel can be applied to either solar hot water panels (usually used for providing domestic hot water) or solar ... > more
• Chemistry
  Sports Science
  Inorganic Chemistry
  Materials Science
  Spintronics
  Physics
   
  

  Chromium

  Chromium is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Cr and atomic number 24. Chromium is a steel-gray, lustrous, hard metal that takes a high polish, and has a high melting ... > more
• Sports Science
  Transportation Science
  Vehicles
  Construction
  Quantum Physics
  Civil Engineering
   
  

  Bicycle

  A bicycle, pushbike, or bike, is a pedal-driven land vehicle with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. First introduced in 19th-century Europe, bicycles evolved quickly into their ... > more
• Sports Science
  Chemistry
  Spintronics
  Inorganic Chemistry
  Graphene
  Materials Science
   
  

  Manganese

  Manganese is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Mn and atomic number 25. Manganese is essential to iron and steel production by virtue of its sulfur-fixing, deoxidizing, and ... > more
• Electronics
  Graphene
  Spintronics
  Spintronics Research
  Nanotechnology
  Sports Science
   
  

  Silicon

  Silicon is the chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Si and atomic number 14. A tetravalent metalloid, silicon is less reactive than its chemical analog carbon. It is the second ... > more
• Nanotechnology
  Sports Science
  Chemistry
  Inorganic Chemistry
  Materials Science
  Physics
   
  

  Gold

  Gold is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Au and atomic number 79. A soft, shiny, yellow, dense, malleable, ductile transition metal, gold does not react with most ... > more
• Global Warming
  Climate
  Environmental Issues
  Early Climate
  Nature
  Environmental Policy
   
  

  Global warming

  Global warming refers to the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans in recent decades and its projected continuation. The global average air temperature ... > more
• Hazardous Waste
  Sports Science
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Environmental Policy
  Air Pollution
   
  

  Dioxin

  Dioxin is the popular name for the family of chlorinated organic compounds comprising of Polychlorinated Dibenzo Furans (PCDF) and Polychlorinated Dibenzo Dioxins (PCDD). PCDD/F's have been shown to ... > more
• Materials Science
  Chemistry
  Inorganic Chemistry
  Electronics
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Polymer

  "Polymer" is a generic term used to describe a very long molecule consisting of structural units and repeating units connected by covalent chemical bonds. A key feature that distinguishes polymers ... > more
• Aviation
  Vehicles
  Weapons Technology
  Engineering
  Sports Science
  Detectors
   
  

  Military aviation

  Military aviation is used to attack or defend a country through the sky. There are many types of military aircraft, but the basic types of military aircraft are bombers, fighters, Fighter bombers, ... > more

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