Hall, Linley Erin

This book investigates the likelihood of another killer pandemic similar to the 1918 influenza pandemic, and includes information on what we can do to fight killer viruses.

Provides an introduction to deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, and ribonucleic acid, or RNA, and explains how they work together to make proteins.

Explores careers in the field of biotechnology; discussing areas of biotechnical research, different jobs, education requirements, the future outlook of the industry, and controversies. Includes a glossary and lists of resources and further reading.

Provides information about killer viruses which is aimed at helping students determine fact from fiction in relation to possible outbreaks and their effects, and includes suggestions on ways readers can stay healthy.

Presents a comprehensive study of Newton's three laws of motion in connection with important research done in the field of physics, and discusses their application to the study of the movements of actual objects.

Discusses the transactinides, including dubnium, rutherfordium, hassium, and darmstadtium, examining their atomic structure, radioactivity, synthetic creation, properties, compounds, and names.

Collects fourteen articles from "Scientific American" magazine on fossil fuels, nuclear energy, fuel cells, energy storage, and alternative energy sources.

Examines the problem of starvation in Africa; discussing the country's geography and history of famine, the elements that cause it, and strategies to fight it; and cites examples of twentieth and early twenty-first-century food shortages.