I need to accelerate corrosion in steel parts that are used in a salt-water environment. Is there a technique for doing so?

I have a structure that employs d-ring swiveling tie-downs that corrode during use and become "frozen". I have sample swivel assemblies that I wish to corrode to see if I can free them using one...

01 March 2021 3,739 3 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

Does anyone ever solved this following Matlab error : "Error using imaqdevice/start (line 95) pointgrey: Failed to stop the camera acquisition." ?

I use Matlab 2014b to capture some images with a PointGrey camera connected with USB3 port. I initialize the camera in a function which basically execute these followed lines : vid =...

22 February 2021 6,386 1 View

Making my research papers available for readers?

17 February 2021 8,533 2 View

3T3-L1 cells, is this a bacterial contamination or a cross contamination with different cell line? or something else?

Hi, I am experiencing some difficulties with 3T3-L1 cells culturing recently. I am working with 3T3-L1 cells for almost 4 years now and have seen bacterial contaminations/ unhealthy cells and...

13 February 2021 4,040 3 View

What are the main conditions suited for synthesizing a PVDF thin film by solvent casting method?

I have been trying to synthesize PVDF thin film by solvent casting method. I started by using 2:3 DMSO: acetone as solvents. The solution was stirred for 3hrs at 60 deg and was dried at 90 degrees...

09 February 2021 8,850 3 View

Wave velocity and rock density paradox?

Practically it is known that seismic velocity increases as rock density increases, why then does the wave velocity equation involving elastic moduli and density indicate that velocity is inversely...

09 February 2021 1,843 3 View

What is the magnitude of yearly rhizopdeposition in tropical forests?

Hi all, I am trying to find reference values on annual soil rhizodeposition rates for different kinds of forests, with a particular interest for tropical rainforests. Do we have an idea of the...

26 January 2021 4,278 4 View

Recipe for old qiagen DNA extraction buffer AP2?

Hi there, I'm looking for the recipe for a buffer no longer made by qiagen, but that i need for a procedure i'd like to carry out. I'd like to follow the extraction procedure laid out in the...

17 January 2021 8,496 1 View

Will an electromagnet core be as efficient if it is made of several pieces?

If you had a design for an electromagnet core that required it to be assembled out of several parts would it still produce as strong a magnetic field as the same core but made out of a single...

17 January 2021 5,821 3 View

As Europe embraces vaccination, wondering how Africa would accept the idea of Vaccination. Do you think Covid Vaccination would be popular in Nigeria?

Covid 19 Vaccination

25 December 2020 567 16 View

Can I get Sectoral FDI data for Nigeria?

Hello All, I am currently doing my dissertation on the impact of FDI on Nigerian economy on sectoral basis. I have gleaned the databases of all relevant local and international agencies for data...

30 November 2020 6,863 4 View

Hi, I Am Currently Researching On Wind Energy In Nigeria. Pls, Which Software Can Plot This For Me Or How Can I Get The Same Plot For Nigeria?

This is a plot of wind speed in America at 100m and 80m. what software can i use to plot this

17 November 2020 914 8 View

To what extend do you agree with this proposition on sustainable procurement??

" Picture a world where every product and appliance is environmentally friendly, where every supermarket item is fair trade, where corruption is an urban myth and poverty a long-distant memory....

19 May 2020 1,933 3 View

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My interest with the science and technology curriculum dates back more than ten years ago in Nigeria when I began as a fresh biology graduate teacher with the aspiration of literally igniting the...

17 May 2020 3,366 11 View

Can anyone suggest a source for wavelengths below 240nm?

I have been search for UVC LEDs recently. However, finding an LED with a peak wavelength below 240nm is becoming difficult. Can suggest a way to obtain an easy solution for this. I am aware of...

12 April 2020 516 5 View

Is OPEC+ truly a Cartel or a Tale of Two Countries?

Background Information The knowledge of Economics is, to me, a derived demand - not an end in itself but a means to an end. What do I mean by this? We were thought in school how a cartel operates...

09 April 2020 8,568 9 View

Does anybody have automated protocols for RNA extraction/isolation to share?

Hi community! given the current situation, my research is on a slow down and I'm helping with COVID-19 testing. The current situation has made it difficult to procure new equipment for high...

25 March 2020 9,812 3 View

What to do when you found a published paper that doesn't belong to you but has your name as the author?

I found a published paper online (attached here) that bears mine and colleague's names as authors but the paper doesn't belong to us. The work was claimed to be carried out in Kenya. We are in...

22 March 2020 4,860 7 View

What are the possibilities or otherwise of AI integration in Nigeria's Education system?

The research attempts to proffer possible direction that could take our education to full automation so that we may reduce over reliance on humans most pressingly on those science areas where...

11 February 2020 5,363 3 View