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Antarctic Ice Rift Growing.....

Antarctic Ice Rift Growing, Satellite Images Show

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Science and satellite

Research Satellites

Certain satellites are important for scientific research. These satellites gather data for scientific analysis. This includes observations of the atmosphere of our planet, the stars, the sun and other parts of space. Demeis states that earth orbiting satellites can observe celestial objects without the interference from the Earth's atmosphere (72). These satellites are able to record data without the interference of gases, lights, and magnetic fields produced on earth. Scientific satellites are not restricted to earth orbits, they also orbit the sun, moon, and other planets.

Observation Satellites

Observation satellites help to observe many features of the earth's surface. Oberright states, "Scientists use earth observation satellites to locate mineral deposits, to determine the location and size of freshwater supplies . . . and to detect the spread of disease in crops and forests"(150b). The U.S. satellites of the LANDSAT and SEASAT series find such data. The LANDSAT satellites have been used "for making estimates of global wheat production, for forest and range land inventories, for mineral and oil exploration and geological mapping, and for environmental monitoring and impact assessments"(Charyk 87). SEASAT has "detected ocean currents, tides, and storm surges"(Charyk 87). It's instrumentation "included a radar that measured altitude to an accuracy of 10cm (4in) and wave heights from 1 to 20m (3 to 65 ft)"(Charyk 87). The earliest of these types of satellites were used for cartography, or the surveying and mapping of the Earth's surface.

Weather Satellites

Weather satellites are one of the most important instrumentation used to predict the weather. The photos of these satellites "locate weather features--storm systems, fronts, upper-level wind direction and speeds--that are characterized by certain cloud formations"(Charyk 87). Island and coastal weather stations use this data to find and track major storms. Satellite data can "provide information about ocean, desert, and polar areas where conventional weather reports are unavailable or limited"(Charyk 87). Meteorologists, weather forecasters, have received enormous benefits from satellites. As early as 1960, NASA launched Trios 1 the word stands for Television and Infrared Observation Satellite. One of the first benefits to come from this system was the classification of clouds according to brightness, formation, color, height, shape, and size. This greatly helped meteorologists in the prediction of hurricane and tornadoes with earlier and greater accuracy.

Photo luminescence

Photo luminescence

• Molecules that have an electronic excitation are excited
• Molecules that have a vibration excitation are hot
• With light absorption, molecules may become hot and excited
• Physical process that leads to excited molecules can be
  physical(e.g. absorption of light), mechanical (e.g. friction),
  or chemical(e.g. reactions)
• When excited molecular states decay back to the ground
  state,resulting in the emission of light, they are undergoing a
  luminescence process
• Generation of excited molecules by light absorption, that then
  decay emitting visible light, is photo luminescence
• Photo luminescence processes are divided into 2 classes:
     – Fluorescence and Phosphorescence

Unbelievable

The Seven Year-Old Surgeon Akrit Jaswal (born April 23, 1993) is an Indian adolescent who has been hailed as a child prodigy who has gained fame in his native India as a physician, despite never having attended medical school. He gained fame for performing surgery at the age of seven.He is a Hindu Rajput
of Jaswal clan from Punjab.
According to his mother Raksha Kumari Jaswal, Akrit was an early starter, skipped the toddler stage and started walking. He started speaking in his 10th month and was reading Shakespeare at the age of 5. At 7, he performed an operation on a 8 year old girl whose fingers were fused together after being burnt. Akrit developed a passion for science and anatomy at an early age. Doctors at local hospitals took notice and started allowing him to observe surgeries when he was 6 years old. Inspired by what he saw, Akrit read everything he could on the topic. When an
impoverished family heard about his amazing abilities, they asked if he
would operate on their daughter for free. Her surgery was a celebrated
success.After the surgery, Akrit was hailed as a medical genius in India. Neighbors
and strangers flocked to him for advice and treatment.At age 11, Akrit
was admitted to a Punjab University. He's the youngest student ever to attend an Indian university. That same year, he was also invited to London's famed Imperial College to exchange ideas with scientists on the cutting edge of medical research. Akrit says he has millions of medical ideas, but he's currently focused on developing a cure for cancer. "I've developed a concept called oral gene therapy on
the basis of my research and my theories", he says, "I'm quite dedicated towards working on this mechanism."Growing up, Akrit says he used to see cancer patients lying on the side of the road because they couldn't afford treatment or hospitals had no space for them. Now, he wants to use his intellect to ease their suffering. "[I've been] going to hospitals since the age of 6, so I have seen firsthand people suffering from pain," he says. "I get
very sad, and so that's the main motive of my passion about medicine, my passion about cancer." Currently, Akrit is working toward a bachelor's degree in zoology, botany and chemistry. Someday, he hopes to continue his studies at Harvard
University.He became India's youngest university student and is currently studying for a BSc in a Punjab University, Chandigarh, India. He possesses books such as Gray's Anatomy, and textbooks on surgery, anaesthesia, anatomy, physiology, cancer, and others. Akrit claims to have mastered them with his daily habit of studying
for an hour.

He has an estimated IQ of 146 from a
single test.

Lets Take This Blog To a Second Stage .............

My blog deals with research.....

Being a member of science society my last 110 post always aimed at telling you that research is very important part of our life whether its our science field or any other.This blog will always continue to do so.  

Second stage will include........

1.Graphic representation about research
2.Surveys and analysis
3.Special emphases on scientific research
4.Include research important in our daily life
5.Changes in methods and development in society of research.

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Research Questions should be SMART...

Question Tip: Questions should be SMART...
• Specific 
• Measurable 
• Attainable 
• Relevant 
• Timely 

Types of Research Questions:   

Exploratory:  Seeks to gain an understanding of a new topic that has not had much research on it before.  

1. Exploratory research 

   typically addresses the “What” questions.   

• What types of professional development opportunities would teachers find helpful? 
• What types of extra curricular activities are students involved in? 
• What types of learning aids are effective with students who have learning disabilities?  

2. Descriptive:

 Presents a picture of a specific situation.Descriptive research asks the How? and Who? questions.

• How did Aboriginal students score on the grade 3 provincial test? 
• How do students from X school use X technology? 
• How did the implementation of X program effect X student group? 
• How did teachers rate “named” professional development opportunity?
 
3.Explanatory:  Builds on exploratory and explanatory research.It goes beyond exploring a  topic or providing a picture of it.The goal is to identify the reason certain things occur. Explanatory research asks the “Why” questions. 
• Why do some teachers integrate new technology X into their classroom, and other do
not? 
• Why did “student group” achieve “x-result” on the provincial test? 

exploratry research