Author - Marcílio Santos

The Natural Cycles in the Gulf of Alaska Accentuate Ocean Acidification

According to new study from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, changes in major wind and ocean circulation systems can briefly accelerate or reverse the rate of ocean acidification in the Gulf of Alaska.According to Claudine Hauri, a researcher at the UAF International Arctic Research Center, ocean acidification is typically viewed as a slow push...

The Connection of Sociology with Other Social Sciences

Sociology is such a significantly variable area that restricting its interpretation to a couple of words would be an injustice to it. It is among the numerous social sciences that take care of the man and his ventures in society. In contrast, the other sciences are history, geography, philosophy, political science, economics, and even...

Nativism: What is and How it Affects Society

The caricature depicts how nativism affected minority ethnic groups in the United States. Credit: Angelo LopezThe movement refers to the preservation of native culture, as opposed to acculturation. Nativism is an anti-migrant philosophy.Nativism, according to Myron Weiner, is a form of ethnic politics. It is a type of ethnic originality in which persons who...

The Colonial Division of Labor’s Function in Development Projects

French caricature (from 1885): German chancelor Bismarck divides the African continent among the colonial powers. Credit: AKG/Picture AllianceThe concept of development was introduced during the colonial era. European countries began to colonize 'non-European' countries. According to Philip McMichael, colonialism is "the subjugation of one culture through physical and psychological tactics by another- a colonizing...

Secularism and Its Effects on Modern-Day India

The illustration reprents the separation from the State and the Church. Credit: RUBÉN ALEJANDRO MOREROWhen early man examined natural happenings, he was determined to find an explanation. Knowledge for natural phenomena, as well as the desire to control them, pushed our forefathers to seek refuge in the concept of a supernatural power, which evolved...

Reforestation Could Help Reefs Avoid Disaster

A study done by the University of Queensland discovered that increasing reforestation efforts in coastal areas could considerably reduce the amount of sediment runoff reaching coral reefs and enhance their resilience.The research project examined over 5,500 coastline coastal locations around the globe and discovered that almost 85 percent of them leached silt to coral...

Ultracold Quantum Fragments Break Timeless Symmetry

The symmetry in dynamic development found in many natural events aid scientists in their comprehension of a system's fundamental mechanism. These symmetries, nevertheless, are not always obtained in quantum physics. For the first a period of time physicists from Heidelberg College's Center for Quantum Dynamics demonstrated the theoretically predicted divergence from traditional symmetry in...

Radiography is being used by scientists to better understand the development of fluid and powerful microjets.

The projections of a study from 2020 that computationally evaluated the influence of melting on shock-driven metal microjets were experimentally corroborated by scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). According to a previous investigation, melting the foundation material did not always result in an important rise in jet mass.The LLNL, led by David Bober,...

A Brand-New Concept of Superconductivity

A team of researchers from the College of Tsukuba's Division of Quantum Condensed Issue Physics has devised a new theory of superconductivity. Based on the estimation of the 'Berry connection,' this model contributes far more to explaining new findings from experiments than the current theory. The research could enable future electrical grids to send...

Introduction to Particle Physics

Fragment ZooPhysical scientists thought there were only three basic elements for most of the first half of the twentieth century: the known proton, neutron, and electron. Nonetheless, by the mid-1960s, that image had shifted. Improvements to particle accelerators and detector technology set the stage for the discovery of a seemingly infinite number of new...