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Lysis, or the bursting of a cell, happens because of a cell swelling excessively causing it to burst, due to the movement of water into the cell by osmosis. However, this isn't the case for all cells!

Electron volts, like joules, are a unit of energy. This may sound confusing- why two? But think of it this way; length has two possible units- metric (metres) and imperial (inches). We can use either unit...

The need to build up a sufficient level of vocabulary and retain it is extremely important when taking on the written and oral componants of the A level exams both when it comes to to comprehension and ex...

The brain is made up of structures alled neurons, which acts processed and sends information through electircal impulses. Because neurons do not touch eachother, hese electrical impulses are sent through ...

Descartes went through three increasingly strong arguments in an attempt to bring doubt to every single thing that he knew. The first is the argument from illusion, in which he suggests that his senses ma...