Category Science

Lithium Element: The Light Metal Powering Modern Technology

Lithium-Element

Introduction Lithium is a soft, silvery-white alkali metal with the symbol Li and atomic number 3. Known for being the lightest metal and the least dense solid element, lithium has garnered significant attention due to its extensive applications in batteries,…

Helium Element

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Helium: The Element that Powers the Universe Helium is a colourless, odourless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert, monatomic gas that heads the noble gas group in the periodic table. Its atomic number is 2, and it is the second lightest and second…

Hydrogen Element

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Hydrogen: The Element of the Future What is Hydrogen? Hydrogen, the simplest and most abundant element in the universe, is a colorless, odorless, and highly flammable gas. It is represented by the symbol H and has an atomic number of…

Human Health and Disease

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Human Health and Disease for UPSC aspirants Human health is the state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. Health increases productivity and ensures longevity. What is Human Health? Ways to Ensure Good Health Why do Diseases Occur? Common Diseases…

DNA and RNA Explained

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Nucleus Chromosomes Nucleotide & Nucleoside Nucleic Acids DNA & RNA Comparison of DNA and RNA S.No. DNA RNA 1. Deoxyribonucleic acid Ribonucleic acid 2. It occurs inside the nucleus of cell and some cell organelles but it plants it is…

Nanotechnology: A Brief Note 2024

A brief note on Nanotechnology Introduction Why is nanoscale so significant? Nanomanufacturing There are two ways to manufacture nanomaterials: A. Top-Down Approach B. Bottom-Up Approach Generations of Nanotechnology Nanotechnology is divided mainly into four generations which also gives a road map for…

Carbon and Its Compounds 

Chapter 4: Carbon and Its Compounds  Introduction: Two or more elements combine to form a compound. There are two types of compounds: Organic Compounds and Inorganic Compounds. Organic compounds are made up of carbon and hydrogen (generally known as hydrocarbons)…

How do organisms reproduce?

Class 10 Chapter 6: How do Organisms Reproduce   Introduction Do organisms create exact copies of themselves? Different types of Reproduction Asexual Reproduction It is a mode of reproduction involving a single parent. There are different modes of asexual reproduction- Fig.1.…

Common Diseases in Humans

The disease is a condition of disturbed functioning of the body caused by infection, defective diet, heredity, environment, or deprived condition of the brain. Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. Health is described as the state of complete physical,…

Heredity and Evolution: Genetics

Introduction In biology, any differences between cells, individual organisms, or groups of organisms of any species either by genetic difference or by the effect of environmental factors on the expression of the genetic potential, are termed as variations. Variations may…