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Japan In Space Past, Present and Future
Guided by genius engineer Hideo Itokawa, Japan’s space program began with small scientific satellites more than 50 years ago. Since then, its space...
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Can Science Be Witty? Science Communication Between Critique and Cabaret
"Can science be funny?" takes a close look at an element of modern science communication that is as innovative as it is promising for the future:...
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Multicellular Organisms
The cell, as the backbone of life, is described in Sect. 1.13 . It is a standard unit of organization...
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Basic Properties and Functions
Living bodies consume all the substances necessary for life from the external environment. All cells and organisms need nutrients for: (1) constant...
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Matter and Information
It is obvious that living bodies are made of substances. But this is only one aspect of their existence. It has now been established that information...
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Materials, Devices, and Mechanisms of the Genome
As noted earlier, the genome is the main manipulator of matter and energy (Chap. 7 ) and information...
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Life Expectancy, Aging, and Death of Living Bodies
After successful reproduction, living bodies have to exist in an active state for a certain, usually quite long period of time. This is necessary to...
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Basics
Hundreds of definitions of “life” have been proposed by scientists and philosophers over hundreds of years of reflection. Some differ fundamentally...
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Information Constancy
Time is one of the basic characteristics of the material world, which determines the dynamism, direction, and interconnection of processes in space....
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Development or Self-construction
Multicellular organisms are characterized by the presence of a specific pattern and sequence of developmental processes from their genesis in the...
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The Unified System
We suggest that, as a global phenomenon, life consists of two inseparable components. On the one hand, life is associated with the process of...
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Survival Pathways for Living Bodies and Their Genomes
It is obvious that living bodies are very vulnerable. They consist of naked, delicate, pliable cells that do not have significant levels of...
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Self-reproduction of Genomes and Living Bodies
The existence of individual life, that is, the existence of each individual cell or multicellular organism, is physically and genetically limited in...
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The Importance and Use of Mofettes
Since CO2 plays a role in the chemical industry as well as in paint production, fire extinguishing, animal slaughtering and human medicine, mofettes...
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Mofettes
In the literature, mofettes are often incorrectly referred to as fumaroles. Especially in the older literature, the term fumarole is applied to all...
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Mofettes and Climate
The atmospheric CO2 concentration of our troposphere would still be of the order of about 280 ppm (0.028%) without human intervention.
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Danger from CO2: Human Tragedies
Since geogenic carbon dioxide fluxes can sometimes be very large in mofette areas, such areas pose a potential hazard to humans and wildlife.
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Geological-Volcanological Basics
The global carbon reservoir amounts to about 106 × 1015 t carbon and is distributed to over 80% in carbonate rocks. The remainder is made up of...
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Bacteria and Fungi
It is obvious that the fungal, bacterial and archaeal flora in mofette soils must also adapt to the given circumstances. Specific adaptation...