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September 1

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 1

  1. Solubility of Tri n_Butyl Amine in Di Chloro Methane (MDC)
  2. Flight in young birds - instinct or acquired skill?
  3. Difference between a transactivator and an transcription factor?
  4. Rockhounding
  5. horsepower
  6. Discussing Evolution with a Friend...
  7. Why do 'flammable' and 'inflammable' mean the same thing?

September 2

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 2

  1. Epicycles and Fractals
  2. General Principles of Relativity Cant be Applied to light, Why ?
  3. How quickly does a fixed point in space move?
  4. Insane crossword question driving me crazy
  5. Drink mixing
  6. Timber shipping Markings
  7. Food Science Term
  8. Interest in fuels from tree sap or resin
  9. Staying up late
  10. pressure calculation

September 3

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 3

  1. Localized buckling
  2. Numbness in foot
  3. Amalgam Illness
  4. Entomology Question: Identifying Insects
  5. Pepper remains in the system for about 7 years...
  6. Eucalyptus as a source of gun powder
  7. Contaminating Water Supplies
  8. Picture
  9. Speed of Butterfly
  10. How could cat kill a rabbit?
  11. Boxes under a Spitfire's wing
  12. atoms
  13. Appearance of computer screens on television
  14. Moon Visible Daytime
  15. The axle and wheel

September 4

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 4

  1. Atkins diet and neuroglycopenia
  2. Ice and Hydrogen Bonding
  3. Roche limit
  4. Biking in the Rain
  5. needing to know what kind of spider i have found.????
  6. Kinematics formula
  7. softwood shipping markings
  8. Sutherland's constant
  9. Charon ?
  10. Psychologist >>> Physician
  11. Frequency
  12. meaning of convected in vortex dynamics
  13. Weather Systems?

September 5

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 5

  1. measuring mass
  2. Science Project
  3. What is this creepy crawler?
  4. Heat exchangers
  5. what is the capital of singapore?
  6. Genetics
  7. Exlpoding Paste
  8. How hot is it?
  9. Headphones - left and right?
  10. How flaps reduse noise
  11. physiology fluid balance
  12. Deviation from relativistic mass for high energy particles
  13. Gene database question
  14. WIKIPEDIA SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
  15. Schrodinger Equation
  16. SOLAR POWER IMPLEMENTATION IN SINGLE DWELLINGS
  17. What's up with the ElectroMagnetic Frequency, Kenneth?
  18. Names of Sun and Moon
  19. vitamins
  20. Can you keep a Kea as a pet?
  21. Bacteria that form structures?
  22. Scientific Method
  23. Naked Ear

September 6

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 6

  1. Shaving when stressed?
  2. Manufacture of Synthetic Diamonds, Plasma TV Displays and Plasma Air Conditioners
  3. Water flow resistence
  4. Bones
  5. Wireless Communication
  6. Brown specks in irises
  7. Orphahed clone
  8. Wave Structure of Matter
  9. Molecular recognition
  10. Mendelian tetrahybrid cross ratio
  11. Deserts around the Mediterranean due to global warming?
  12. Do eyeballs really not grow?
  13. Pancreatic cancer

September 7

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 7

  1. Creating a three dimensional display with diffraction patterns and coherent light
  2. Chickens
  3. iPod playlist randomization
  4. Moon Phases
  5. Elastic Behaviour in Polymers
  6. Entomologist needed; weird bug in my room!
  7. Pathogens in flower vase water??
  8. Identify this waterborne organism
  9. Can bamboo be grafted while growing?
  10. Why do spiders hang upside down in their webs?
  11. A theory for the origin and purpose of dark matter and energy. Could it be true?
  12. BF Skinner
  13. How much plutonium
  14. Global Warming Real Estate Speculations

September 8

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 8

  1. adrenal insufficiency
  2. Identifying slug like creature
  3. mobiles- radio access
  4. Brain IQ
  5. Heaty food?
  6. Sunrise vs. Sunset
  7. General Relativity
  8. Light as a wave
  9. Bicuspid valve
  10. hydrocodone vs.oxycodone

September 9

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 9

  1. Angioplasty vs. Thrombolytics
  2. Ozone cleaner
  3. Detection of Maltose
  4. Seeing the future
  5. wave ball
  6. Sensation of Vertigo
  7. "Natural genetic engineering"
  8. Softwood shipping Grade Markings
  9. Creatine and Body Fat Percentage
  10. dietary supplement

September 10

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 10

  1. Problem with Video Divs on the Reference Desk
  2. Can you kill yourself with a knife
  3. aircraft weapons
  4. Shotgun speaker
  5. urgent biology question
  6. How many times has flight evolved?
  7. which is the largest flower?
  8. what is the phenolics of lemon grass
  9. Distance travelled by the Space Shuttle
  10. Roundness
  11. downloading something to a persons brain
  12. Communicating with animals ??
  13. Cloning Machine ?
  14. Acid rain effect on churches
  15. Can changes in proportions of oxygen in our atmosphere affect combustion?
  16. electronics and communication
  17. Gray Hair
  18. MEDICAL EDUCATION IN CUBA
  19. Douglas-fir in Europe
  20. Cells
  21. beaver diet
  22. Date of Death
  23. Psychology

September 11

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 11

  1. Lift/Drag/Thrust/Weight Diagram
  2. Holes in Cheese
  3. Illness causing hair loss
  4. Incidence of brain tumours
  5. Birthrate skewed towards males?
  6. Relative size of the sun
  7. Determine the voltage/current for random LEDs
  8. What's this called?
  9. Rear Facing Missiles
  10. Water to burn

September 12

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 12

  1. White bread - is it bad for the gulls?
  2. a wild and crazy question
  3. Embarrassingly simple work question
  4. microorganisms
  5. Measure of temperatures
  6. GPS TIME SYNCH
  7. About Sinter & Pellet (copied from Village Pump (technical))
  8. Stupid question about light reflection.
  9. Airspray
  10. transistor
  11. Coprolalia - How does person learn the obscenes words?
  12. Seal identification
  13. Regeneration of limbs
  14. terms related to livestock management (Spanish translation)
  15. Genetic Relatedness of the Human Species?

September 13

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 13

  1. The Body's Capacity & Ability To Die
  2. Murder Victim's Multiple Stab Wounds
  3. Imported energy
  4. pneumonia vaccine
  5. Molar Mass of a Specific Substance
  6. Strength of chicken egg shells
  7. mms thru orkut!
  8. Weird bug
  9. Breaking locks
  10. sex
  11. Corpus Cawhatum?
  12. Two questions
  13. If you're a space artist ...
  14. Pain
  15. Tomato and Plastic.

September 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 14

  1. living forever
  2. climatology
  3. Accurate orrery
  4. Energy level of photon .
  5. Snowy Tree Crickets.
  6. science
  7. Type II supernovae
  8. iguanas
  9. US PATENT
  10. Why do cells divide?

September 15

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 15

  1. Green
  2. answer details please .
  3. Featured picture: Milky way
  4. meaning of organic cloths
  5. Science: Neptune Plant
  6. A few questions about distilling
  7. What city is Near the pipeline bridge over the Yukon River?
  8. Measuring SigFigs
  9. Scientific method
  10. What is the difference between monomer and polymer carbohydrates?
  11. Circular oscilloscope time base
  12. Heart palpitations

September 16

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 16

  1. Carbon based fossil fuel
  2. Delicious but dangerous
  3. Fusing vertebrae
  4. Re:The Sun and Moon
  5. Relative Age of Races
  6. Dacryocystorhinostomy in the UK
  7. Science blog
  8. Radio brightness of this or other earths
  9. The colour of Light
  10. And Energy, too
  11. Ozone effects
  12. Diagram

September 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 17

  1. Recycling plants
  2. Rotating liquids
  3. looking for the name of something
  4. Could science genetically engineer an organism which can survive for extended periods of time in outer space?
  5. double acting gasoline engines
  6. "violotion" of law of conservation of energy ?
  7. Field Maple
  8. Heron
  9. aerodynamics
  10. Symmetry
  11. Naming of electronic components
  12. railway semaphores
  13. Mama seagull - will she recognise her own offspring?
  14. steam engine advantages at high altitude
  15. Freaking out. (Bio/Med Q.)
  16. Cosmological Redshift and the conservation of energy
  17. Understanding Motion
  18. Comparator input capacitance

September 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 18

  1. soil conservation
  2. Fuzzy Logic
  3. Adjusting to high altitude
  4. Suspension of Disbelief
  5. Methanol poisoning
  6. Breast size
  7. Daisies and temperature
  8. [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 18#|]]
  9. Treating methanol poisoning with IV vodka/whiskey?
  10. Batteries
  11. Iris Color Change
  12. Want to buy a new parrot/parakeet - suggestions?
  13. Color of beta-Carotene

September 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 19

  1. Is this what it appears to be?
  2. Chemical Nomenclature
  3. Quantum physicist's name?
  4. Archaea or Bacteria, which came first?
  5. What is the long term result of electrolysis of water?
  6. Methanol and Ethanol
  7. Purpose of review articles from writer's perspective
  8. Developmental term I have forgotten
  9. Basic Axioms of Physics

September 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 20

  1. Plant has its own division?
  2. How can I jam a radio controlled car? (In the USA)
  3. Holographic Lightsabre
  4. Socks
  5. Engineering Projects
  6. Aeroplane Speed -advantage when flying east?
  7. differentiator
  8. Chest clicking. Not medical advice?
  9. aquatic plants
  10. Props go to any fan fan who answers this Q
  11. What gives airplanes lift
  12. Dominant and recessive
  13. FTL and the size of the universe
  14. Finding Average Acceleration from a Position-Time Graph
  15. Heat Absorbtion

September 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 21

  1. GEarth blue streaks
  2. Hypotheticals in chemistry
  3. building downtown nyc
  4. What will happen to this molecule?
  5. mitosis,meiosis in humans
  6. Colourblindness
  7. photons and gravity
  8. Physics
  9. Sky and Planet Earth
  10. INCORPORATION OF INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY
  11. fish in water
  12. Sleepless early-hours mulling over past bad events
  13. how old is stone bone
  14. Any Aussies here?...
  15. Number of neurons in the human brain
  16. Is there any way to stop melanin production in humans?

September 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 22

  1. Are there chemicals that will permanently depigment human hair?
  2. Colors
  3. Special Relativity and Mass Defect
  4. I'm drunk - how to sober up quick
  5. matter and anti-matter .
  6. are there any chemicals that can permanently inhibit the melanogenic enzymes, such as tyrosinase
  7. Retail trend in America
  8. Thrust sea level/vaccum
  9. Parts of the USA that have a similar climate to Scotland
  10. Hello... I'm Frank Necrosis
  11. human eye
  12. Black/Dark Outfit and White/Bright Outfit Regarding To The Sun's Heat Absorption
  13. mica-porphyrite at Biddlestone NE65 7DT
  14. How much of everything is nothing?
  15. Phase shifting
  16. finger-licking
  17. Calculations with uncertainty values

September 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 23

  1. Follow-ups to the Kinsey Reports...
  2. Bluetooth FHSS sync
  3. Color wheel
  4. How were Telegraph Relays (c1890s) used?
  5. Gq protein
  6. Reproducing experiments: practical considerations
  7. rabies and E coli
  8. Difference between "planets" and "stars"
  9. Burning a Volleyball
  10. Trachea
  11. please answer my questions (iron and sulphur)
  12. Antisocial personality disorder
  13. reverse culture shock ?
  14. Numerology
  15. Which is the most common chemical in households?

September 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 24

  1. solubility of sugar in water
  2. Body Mass Index Calculation
  3. Pair of electrons .
  4. particle spin .
  5. Color and octaves
  6. Two (make that Three) Quantum Physics Questions
  7. Jelly Shots
  8. Black women's buttocks
  9. ancient cultures and dinosaur bones
  10. CATEGORY OF DISTRIBUTION / LINE AMPLIFIERS
  11. Sunset/sunrise on the equator
  12. Yellow LEDs -- trivia
  13. LEDs again
  14. bonobos and humans
  15. What is the name of this plant?
  16. Peripheral nervous system: autonomic and somatic nervous system
  17. Dorsal root
  18. Seduction techniques
  19. Vogels minimum medium
  20. RTG shields
  21. Isaac Newton and Galileo
  22. Tail vein versus orbital plexus
  23. What's going to happen where
  24. Are there any foods that make you happier?
  25. Evolution of singing
  26. Activated Carbon
  27. Causes of global warming
  28. If a missile silo was bombed...
  29. violet
  30. Quantum Suicide
  31. Quantum Collapse

September 25

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 25

  1. database software for idea storage
  2. Housing economics
  3. Intron degradation
  4. What's the problem with Boltzmann brains?
  5. Pull-top cans
  6. doctor's question
  7. Atomic theory
  8. Medical and Scientific effects of high voltage low amperage high frequency electric current on the skin
  9. Pictures of brains by Wernicke and Broca
  10. electronics project
  11. Prion transmission in food products made from animal tissues: the safety of gelatine and related products
  12. cigarette butts
  13. What exactly is the relationship between muscle contractions (excercise & metabolism), and dilation/constriction of blood vessels (vasoconstriction & thermoregulation) ?

September 26

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 26

  1. What is this phychological behavior called?
  2. Runaway Global Warming
  3. More time or more space?
  4. chiral universe
  5. doubt regarding source and sink
  6. Honesty in research grant applications
  7. Typhoon in Hong Kong
  8. Number of protons in Chromium isotope
  9. Collared Doves - how much do they eat per day anyway?
  10. My Sun conure again
  11. Chromium
  12. DNA testing
  13. Niels Bohr
  14. Alexander Bell
  15. Facebook
  16. Fecal material
  17. Bariatric surgery

September 27

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 27

  1. eicosanoids
  2. Surgery
  3. Virial Theorem esp. GPE
  4. second law of thermodynamics
  5. The continuation of the world as we know it?
  6. photon and magnet .
  7. Sodium potassium pump
  8. Central Valley result of impact event...?
  9. quanta
  10. Enkephalin and enkephaline
  11. decline of the human body
  12. chemistry/food-grade
  13. Positronium energy levels and instability
  14. Proper temperature for deep freeze?
  15. neurophysiology
  16. Examples of Buffer Solutions
  17. Physiological Effects of Niacin
  18. insect brain

September 28

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 28

  1. Subway menu
  2. Transverse Doppler effect
  3. Fibreglass for oven insulation
  4. Insect identification
  5. preproprotein
  6. Hunger and grumpiness
  7. Geos

September 29

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 29

  1. Venusian atmospheric pressure
  2. using electrical appliances in Israel
  3. Penny battery - another wild and sovereign funded idea
  4. Has somebody access to this article on Earthdoc?
  5. Buffers
  6. Human eye frames per second
  7. Renaming proteins after discovery of function(s)
  8. Nitrogenous polysaccharide
  9. Pupil size
  10. STOP YOUR BODY'S MELANIN PRODUCTION
  11. [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 29#Swappin' spit<.2Fs> reagents|Swappin' spit reagents]]
  12. How to choose best undergraduate school for best mcat scores
  13. Resistor capacitance
  14. Contact Lenses and Frothy Solution

September 30

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2007 September 30

  1. Hydrocloride vs Dihydrochloride
  2. solar wind hydro and geothermal energies
  3. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
  4. Life!...
  5. how to test caffeine content??
  6. FIRE FIGHTING ROBOT
  7. Possible amnesia question.
  8. Amiodarone
  9. Mitochondria
  10. (Carbon) Emissions Data
  11. DNA
  12. Calculus needed?
  13. Graphics of a X-box 360 to graphics of a ps3
  14. ionosing gas
  15. Physics Phenomena i don't understand
  16. Perfect sharpness?
  17. What is the whitest substance ?
  18. Calories in alcohol
  19. big bang theory
  20. What is meg
  21. tick + blade of grass
  22. DEET
  23. Deserts
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