General Concepts 4 min read
What are Enzymes? – Definition & Explanation
What Are Enzymes? Enzymes are proteins that act as catalysts within living cells. Catalysts increase the rate at which chemical reactions occur without…
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geophysics 2 min read
Magnetic measurements for an archaeological prospection
The magnetic method started to be used in archaeological prospection with an invention of the proton precession magnetometer which enabled…
General Concepts 3 min read
Denaturation and Protein Folding
Example o The gelatin dessert “Jello” gels due to the presence of a protein. When Jello is heated, its structure is…
geophysics 2 min read
Magnetism of rocks and minerals
The overall magnetization of the rocks is a vector sum of induced magnetization (the magnetization present only if an external…
General Concepts 5 min read
Protein Structure
The shape of a protein is critical to its function because it determines whether the protein can interact with other…
geophysics 2 min read
The external magnetic field
The changes in geomagnetic field caused by external sources have lower amplitude than changes stemming from the internal changes, however,…
General Concepts 2 min read
Peptide Bonding between Amino Acids
Amino acids are the building blocks for the proteins responsible for the biological functions within our body. Amino acids are…
geophysics 4 min read
Magnetic field of the Earth
From the point of view of the magnetic exploration we can divide the Earth’s magentic field onto three componenets: 1.…
geophysics 2 min read
Applications of the gravity method
The gravity measurements could, obviously, be applied anywhere where sufficient density contrast is expected. Nevertheless, there are situations and field…
General Concepts 4 min read
Amino Acids
Structure of an Amino Acid Amino acids are the monomers that make up proteins. Each amino acid has the same…
geophysics 3 min read
Gravity data interpretation
The interpretation of gravity data could be only a simple qualitative analysis in a way: “Look, there is a sharp…
geophysics 2 min read
Gravity data processing
Once the gravity data are measured the more demanding task is to be carried out – the data processing and…
