34 injured in Leyte town plaza blast

34 hurt in Leyte town plaza blast By Elvie Roman Roa & Roel T. Amazona HILONGOS, Leyte, Dec. 29 (PNA) — At least 34 persons watching an amateur boxing bout were injured in an explosion at the town plaza here Wednesday night. Leyte police provincial director Supt. Franco Simborio said[…]

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PNP chief warns vs. indiscriminate firing

PNP chief warns vs. indiscriminate firing, targets zero casualty on New Year revelry MANILA, Dec. 27 (PNA) — Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Director General Ronald Dela Rosa, on Tuesday warned against indiscriminate firing as the PNP targets to achieve “zero casualty” in welcoming the New Year. ”We want zero[…]

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Power out in 5 provinces due to ‘Nina’

Power out in 5 provinces due to ‘Nina’ MANILA, Dec. 26 (PNA) — The provinces of Albay, Batangas, Camarines Sur, Quezon and Sorsogon have suffered power outages due to the onslaught of Typhoon Nina. In an advisory issued Monday, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) noted that in[…]

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Gibbs free energy

Gibbs free energy ▸ noun Chemistry a thermodynamic quantity equal to the enthalpy (of a system or process) minus the product of the entropy and the absolute temperature. (Symbol: G) – ORIGIN named after J. W. Gibbs (see Gibbs, Josiah Willard).

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gauss

gauss /gaʊs / (abbrev.: G) ▸ noun (pl. same or gausses) a unit of magnetic induction, equal to one ten-thousandth of a tesla. – ORIGIN late 19th cent.: named after Karl Gauss (see Gauss, Karl Friedrich).

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