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When two atomic nuclei are heated to a very high temperature and high pressure, for example inside a star, their nuclei can join to make a larger nucleus. Energy is released when this fusion takes plac...

The formula for efficiency is:

efficiency = (useful energy / total energy)

Therefore, first we must find the total energy which is the sum of all of the branches of the Sank...

Scientists originally thought that atoms were like a 'plum pudding' in that they were a sphere of positive charge with negatively charged electrons scattered about inside it. This was because they obse...

Active immunity is due to the over production of antibodies by the organism itself after the body's defence mechanisms have been stimulated by the invasion of foreign micro-organisms. Whereas, passive ...

An allele that has the same effect on the phenotype whether it is present in homozygous or heterozygous state. Dominant alleles mask the effect of recessive alleles.