16 Terms
Home > Industry/Domain > Science > General science
General science
A variety of science subjects concerning the fundamental knowledge about different aspects of our world and their underlying principles.
Industry: Science
Add a new termContributors in General science
General science
Metal forming
Science; General science
Manufacturing processes by which parts or components are fabricated from metal stock. In the specific technical sense, metal forming involves changing the shape of a piece of metal. In general ...
Ore and mineral deposits
Science; General science
Ore deposits are naturally occurring geologic bodies that may be worked for one or more metals. The metals may be present as native elements, or, more commonly, as oxides, sulfides, sulfates, ...
Disease outbreaks in livestock due to global warming
Science; General science
In September of 2007, bluetongue infection in a cow was reported for the first time in the United Kingdom on a farm near Ipswich, Suffolk. Within a short time, three more cases were identified and ...
Homo erectus
Science; General science
Late in the nineteenth century, the Dutch physician Eugene Dubois travelled as a military doctor to the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) in search of the fossil remains of human ancestors. He was ...
Anthrax bacillus and the immune response
Science; General science
One week after the attack on the World Trade centre on September 11, 2001, powdered anthrax spores were sent through the public mail system to addresses in the United States, resulting in 22 cases of ...
Interference from power-line telecommunications
Science; General science
Power-line telecommunications (PLT) means the use of existing electric power lines (mains wiring) for broadband communications purposes. To achieve data rates of the order of tens of megabits per ...
Latent, persistent, slow virus infection
Science; General science
Initially inapparent (covert) viral infections in which an equilibrium between the virus and the host has been established. Pathology may occur periodically, or chronically at a low level. If ...
