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A seven-year-old in Kerala has been detected with the West Nile Virus. The central government has sent the team to the state and is monitoring the case closely.West Nile Virus is a viral infection which typically spread by mosquitoes and results in neurological disease as well as death in people.The Virus is the member of the flavivirus genus and belongs to the Japanese encephalitis antigenic complex of the family Flaviviridae.
White phosphorus should be kept under water, as it is dangerously reactive in air, and it should be handled with forceps, as contact with the skin may cause severe burns.
Mercury is a transition metal. A transition metal is one of the elements found between Groups 2 (IIA) and 13 (IIIA) on the periodic table. The periodic table is a chart that shows how chemical elements are related to one another. Mercury has long been known as quicksilver, because it is a silver liquid.
The chemical element with the lowest melting point is Helium.
The element which has highest melting point is isotope of Carbon.
The hemoglobin is built around iron (Fe), where as chlorophyll is built around magnesium, (Mg).
Hydrogen-powered cars like this one may be commonplace in the future. On July 18, BP and GE announced plans to jointly develop up to 15 new hydrogen power plants for generating electricity over the coming decade.
Fluorine is the most electronegative element, and chlorine is the second most. Both of these (as well as the other halogens) have 7 electrons in their outer shell.