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Shahminah 11/7/18 Gateway Science Wave blog Do Gamma waves affect language skills of children? Some scientist say that Gamma waves affect language skills and cognitive thinking of children if in exposure. New studies conducted by April Benasich (professor of neuroscience at Rutgers University in Newark), and her colleagues they have revealed that gamma wave activity in the brains of children provide a window into their cognitive development, and could open the way for more effective intervention for those likely to experience language problems. “Research into the adult brain has shown that gamma activity is the ‘glue’ that binds together perceptions, thoughts and memories,” notes Benasich. “Little research, however, has been conducted into the development of gamma activity in the infant brain and its possible connection to cognitive and language skills.” Well you may ask, What is the initial age range for this to happen? This could be the case for children  from ...

By Preeti Gurung Waves effects There are different types of waves everywhere in the earth. The types of waves are radio waves, UV light, long radio waves, gamma rays, microwaves, infrared and x-rays. Wave have many advantages and disadvantages such as some waves impact on the human body. Each of the wave have different negative and positive effects. Each of the wave help us and also impact human body. We use radio waves every daily in our lives. Radio waves is  use for communication, television, cell phones and radios all receive radio waves and convert them to mechanical vibrations in the speaker to create sound waves that can be heard. Nowadays most of people use radio waves for communication. Microwave are the most most essential wave in nowadays because in every house people have microwave they used in their daily life. Visible light is what we all see today it include colors such as rainbow. visible light is also defined wavelengths that are visible to most human eyes...

Possible New Particle By Luke Phillips Recently a possible new particle was discovered at the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva (Switzerland). This could change the very way we look at science. If this is really a new particle it would be outside the standard model. The standard model says that  everything in the universe is found to be made from a few basic building blocks called fundamental particles, governed by four fundamental forces. This Large Hadron Collider is the world's largest particle accelerator. A particle accelerator is  machine that throws protons together at high speeds and when the collide they break into particles.  These particles can form together to make heavier particles. However, these heavy particles are unstable and quickly break back down into protons.One of these heavy particles is the Higg's boson. This new unconfirmed particle is thought to be one of these heavy particles. The next steps are to get another team to test the findings of ...

Alice Bazyar November 8th, 2018 Wavelength Blog Dispersion of Light by Prisms White light or visible light includes many elements of colors that is formed by a triangular prism. The light is then transferred into a rainbow channel; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. This partition is called a Dispersion. Each color of the prism is a characteristic in a type of wave frequency. Some types of frequencies bend differently than others. An Optical Density is a measure of the tendency of a material to slow down light as it travels within. When a light wave encroaches upon an atom of a material, it is consumed by that atom; this makes the atoms in the cells to vibrate. If though, the frequency of the light wave doesn’t match the resonance, then the light wave will be addressed by the atom at the same frequency at which it encroached upon it. The optical density of a material is the result of the tendency of the atoms of a material to maintain the absorbed energy of the li...

Shahminah 11/7/18 Gateway Science Wave blog Do Gamma waves affect language skills of children? Some scientist say that Gamma waves affect language skills and cognitive thinking of children if in exposure. New studies conducted by April Benasich (professor of neuroscience at Rutgers University in Newark), and her colleagues they have revealed that gamma wave activity in the brains of children provide a window into their cognitive development, and could open the way for more effective intervention for those likely to experience language problems. “Research into the adult brain has shown that gamma activity is the ‘glue’ that binds together perceptions, thoughts and memories,” notes Benasich. “Little research, however, has been conducted into the development of gamma activity in the infant brain and its possible connection to cognitive and language skills.” Well you may ask, What is the initial age range for this to happen? This could be the case for children from...

  By Marc Gabay Waves are a very interesting topic, if you take the time to think about it thoroughly; for example, light waves or radiation. The kinds of light waves from our sun are visible light ways. On average, it takes roughly 8 minutes and 20 seconds for the sun's light rays to reach Earth. That being said, if the sun were to suddenly disappear out of the universe, it would take a little more than 8 minutes before we realized it was getting a bit chilly. Light travels fast, however space is so big and vast that it takes many years even for distant stars, galaxies, and/or planets to even come into sight. As a result of this, as we look onward into space, we're really looking back into time. Light waves are very interesting this way. Next, Another way that light waves are interesting is that they affect the human body in both positive and negative ways. These types of light waves can be UV light waves or infrared waves. Infrared radiation is pretty much just heat. Thi...

By Jacob Braunfield Waves Blog          Most of us take for granted being able to see everyday. Not only being able to register crisp and clear images, but also we can see them in color. Color is the frequency of the electromagnetic waves that are hitting an area. Colors that we can see are light frequencies that fall into the category of visible light. The highest frequency in visible light is  around 700, which we see as purple. The lowest frequency of visible light is 200, which we see as red.         Warmer colors are associated with lower wavelengths because that is where they fall on a scale of the wave frequency to color that we perceive. On average, it takes a longer wavelength of a color for a man to perceive the same deep shade that a woman can normally see. This is most likely because in ancient time men were the hunters and needed to  be adept at seeing movement. But Females were more often the gatherers, they wo...

Claudia Morales Gateways How Snakes See The World Claudia Morales Gateways How Snakes See the World Have you ever wondered how animals see color? Well there are some animals that see color but a lot can only see in black and white or even have infrared detection. Most snakes can't even see the dark and only somewhat of the light. But studies show that Vipers, Pythons, and Boas have a hole on their faces that have a membrane to detect infrared radiation. This hole is called a Pit Organ. Infrared radiation detects warm bodies up to one meter away. Infrared radiation can detect heat and not light so snakes could only see like the shape of their prey and not their actual figure. I think it’s cool how they can only see heat coming off of people or animals as small as a mouse. But then i also feel bad for the snake because they can't see that well. BUT it would also be easier for them to poison us or the small animals. So i think mother nature made a grea...

Lauren Kelley   Waves Blog   11/7/18   The Good Gamma Rays   As we studied waves this chapter, we learned of many types ranging from harmless long radio waves to the deadly gamma rays. Also, while I was working on my electromagnetic project I researched and  found out just how dangerous they are! The rays can cause DNA damage, cancer and radiation sickness.  So,  this got me thinking; are there any positive uses of gamma rays?   Although quite ironic, gamma rays are used to treat cancer as well as cause it. The rays can destroy the cells through a technology called the gamma ray knife.  The knife uses concentrated gamma ray beans. When someone chooses the  treatment,  it is called a surgery even though that is not close to what is happening. The reason it is called a surgery is because the outcomes are similar. The surgery is effective because it causes the blood vessels to gradually close off, killing the ...