History and Evolution of the Bobcat Design

The Melroe Manufacturing Company was founded in 1947 by Edward Gideon “E.G.” Melroe, the son of Norwegian immigrants. It was located in a small town by the name of Gwinner, North Dakota. E.G. had developed a grain harvesting attachment and spring-tooth harrow on his farm, and the demand from surrounding farms was so great that he had to develop a plant to produce the product. His very first invention was called the Melroe Pickup. It was used on combines to pick up windrows of grain without... Read more »

What Is Combinatorial Chemistry?

Combinatorial chemistry has the greatest of potential to accelerate the drug discovery and the focus primarily has been very compelling to most companies in the pharmaceutical field. Almost every pharmaceutical company out there has some kind of such a department up and running in its laboratories. In 1980, Mario Geysen started to synthesize peptides in large amounts; they were first parallel fashioned, then later mixtures. R. Bruce Merrifield hailing from the University Rockefeller in 1960, developed... Read more »

The Legacy of the Helicopter Developed by Design

The helicopter and the airplane are undoubtedly the most important inventions of the 20th century’s aeronautical industry. People have had dreams of flying since they were born. Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian genius, was the first person who ever drew a sketch of a manually piloted helicopter. It stirred some water at that moment, but it wasn’t until the 20th century that the first modern helicopter was built, in the late 30s. There are many and important differences between the airplane... Read more »

The Ingenious Design Behind the Helicopter’s Success

The helicopter is, together with the airplane, the most important invention of the 20th century’s aeronautical industry. People have fantasized flying for millennia now. As early as Leonardo da Vinci, the genius who drew a sketch of a manually piloted helicopter, the concept was around. The first modern helicopter was built much later though, in the late 30s. The differences between the two main types of aircraft, the plane and the helicopter, are many. The former has to execute a forward motion... Read more »

Past Achievements, Future Plans for Space Exploration

Ever since the beginning of time, mankind has been fascinated with wonders of space. Before the mid-1900s, all mankind could do was gaze at the stars from Earth and wonder what it would be like to go into space. Man would look through telescopes and make theories on how the universe worked. Even with growing knowledge in the field, it was not until 1957 when the first Earth orbiter, the Soviet’s Sputnik 1, was sent into space and placed in orbit at an altitude of 1,370 miles and weighed 184... Read more »

Asteroids and Earth Impacts

Movies like Deep Impact and Space Cowboys presented stories about major meteorite impacts on Earth. These movies discussed what might happen if a meteor or asteroid was discovered on a collision course with Earth. Both movies involved space ships going to the asteroid and trying to blow it up or deflect it with nuclear weapons. In the end, mankind was saved just in time. Is an asteroid or meteorite impact possible? Could this really happen, or is it just “Hollywood” fantasy? If so, when... Read more »

Learning About Snake Facts And Behaviors

Snakes are probably the most misunderstood, and most illogically feared creatures on the planet. Of the 2,200-plus species of snakes in the world, fewer than 20 percent are venomous. People have an instinctual fear of snakes that stems back for thousands of years. It probably started out as a survival instinct, when there was no literature or way of telling which snakes were harmful or not. On the other hand, biblical literature has encouraged us to fear snakes for an entirely different reason.... Read more »

Canadian Scientists Discover Gene for Depression

Canadian scientists have identified a gene that makes some people susceptible to major depressive disorders. Speaking at the Forum of European Neuroscience today (9 July), Professor Nicholas Barden explained, “This is a major breakthrough in the realm of psychiatry and will have groundbreaking implications for diagnosis and the development of new anti-depressant treatment.” It has been known for many years that genetic factors are at the base of depression and bipolar disorder, but the... Read more »

General Eating Habits Of Snakes

There is no limit to the food items that you can even think of a snake might eat. Different species have different preys that they prefer to have. There are common preys that most of them like to have. According to season they might change their prey. Whatever is available in abundance would become the prey for the snakes. Depending on their growth their diet also varies. A simple search on the Internet for the phrase what do snakes eat would reveal a lot of interesting things to you. Some of the... Read more »

The Availability of the Clamp on Flow Meter

It is truly important to understand that there is not only one clamp on flow meter, but rather you are able to determine the type of flow meter that you need and/or want, and then you usually have the option of choosing a clamp on flow meter for that particular type of flow meter that you have chosen. Understanding Thermal Energy In order to understand what you would need a clamp on flow meter for to begin with, you first need to understand a bit about thermal energy; basically thermal energy is... Read more »