voltaic cell
voltaic cell a simple device with which chemical energy is converted into electrical energy. Two dissimilar metals (e.g., copper and zinc) are immersed in an electrolyte (e.g., a dissolved sulfate). If the metals are connected by an external circuit, one metal is reduced (i.e., gains electrons) while the other metal is oxidized (i.e., loses electrons). In the example above, copper is reduced and zinc is oxidized. The difference in the oxidation potentials of the two metals provides the electric power of the cell. The voltaic cell is sometimes also called the galvanic cell. The names refer to the 18th-century Italian scientists Alessandro Volta and Luigi Galvani .
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Debate: Middle age
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/21/1999; ; 700+ words
; An American study last week claimed middle age as the prime of life. Lies, says Yasmin Alibhai...seedy past takes on a new magic. This is the age to be middle aged because, unlike the middle aged of my parents' generation who didn...
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Middle age comes late, say women. (Opinion).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Newspaper article from: Marketing to Women: Addressing Women and Women's Sensibilities; 6/1/2002; 700+ words
; Women believe middle age comes later than men think it does...many women (26%) as men (13%) say middle age begins at 55 for women, and 30...versus 18% of men) say men reach middle age at 55. Men are considerably less...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Has middle age ceased to exist? Clubbing, dating, backpacking - today's fifty somethings just refuse to grow up.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 11/9/2009; 700+ words
; ...prescriptions, I have the sense that middle age, as both a concept and a reality...both. And all as by-products of middle age. I'm beginning to wonder if it...psychological well-being to embrace middle age rather than deny it. To see...
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 "Buffalo Grove Countryside (IL)")
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Having the middle-age blues
Newspaper article from: Buffalo Grove Countryside (IL); 6/14/2007; 700+ words
; ...who was probably close to my age. "Wait a second," I said. "Do you mean the old middle aged or the new middle aged? Because the old middle...I started to wonder what age was considered middle aged nowadays. First, I asked...
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How the hip skip out on middle age
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/30/1996; ; 700+ words
; Forever Cool: How to Skip Middle Age," reads a blurb on the cover of...Loren might consider wearing." Middle age, writes Snowden, "is far more...of what she calls "The Avoiding Middle-Age Lifestyle." She has lots more...
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Is middle age an age of anxiety?(CULTURE NOTES)
Magazine article from: Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association; 6/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...suicide rate among women ages 50 to 54." [ILLUSTRATION...around the world, middle-aged people were unhappier...than those in any other age group." Yet, other...that among Americans, middle age is the happiest time...Americans between the ages of 50 to 65 are ineligible...exorbitant ...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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HOW MEN FEEL ABOUT MIDDLE AGE.(Living Today)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 6/24/1987; 700+ words
; ...and a recent study of middle-aged men seems to support...challenging the stereotypes of middle age as never before, the study...high divorce rate, many middle-aged men are being thrust...families a an advanced age. "Today," says Fisher...
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MIDDLE-AGE WORKERS IN TAIWAN HIT BY EMPLOYMENT CRISIS: SURVEY.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 10/7/2008; 700+ words
; ...two per cent of middle-age Taiwanese workers...of workers in that age group. While 48...reluctance to hire middle-age workers include less...shortcomings among middle-age workers, many...most suitable for middle-age workers are...
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AMERICANS CRUISING THROUGH MIDDLE AGE
Transcript from: World News Tonight with Peter Jennings; 2/16/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...There was a landmark study published today on middle age. What life is like during middle age, to be even more precise. For so many people...observation from the study about those of us in middle age. The average person said they felt between 10...
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Late Middle Age: Transition to the Third Age
Magazine article from: Annual Review of Gerontology & Geriatrics; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...PERSONALITY CHANGE OVER MIDDLE AGE Analyses of personality change in the Mills women from age 27 through ages 43, 52, and 61 show several...to the shaping of their Third Age. Except as indicated, the...from young adulthood through middle age may be related to the fact...
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Middle Ages
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Middle Ages period in Western European history that...productivity, and population expansion. The High Middle Ages As Europe entered the period known as the High Middle Ages, the church became the universal...
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Clothing of the Middle Ages
Book article from: Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
Clothing of the Middle Ages The Middle Ages (c. 500 – c. 1500) was, as its name implies, a great age of transition. The Roman Empire...sophisticated. By the end of the Middle Ages, Europe was developing distinctive...
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Headwear of the Middle Ages
Book article from: Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
Headwear of the Middle Ages People living in Europe during the long period of history known as the Middle Ages (c. 500 – c. 1500...Less is known about hairstyles in the Middle Ages than in many other eras, in part...
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Body Decorations of the Middle Ages
Book article from: Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
Body Decorations of the Middle Ages The Middle Ages (c. 500 – c. 1500) were a time when people...frowned on excessive decoration, and people, early in the Middle Ages especially, simply did not have the wealth to purchase...
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Europe in the Middle Ages
Book article from: Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
Europe in the Middle Ages From as early as 100 b.c.e., administrators...the larger historical period called the Middle Ages (c. 500 – c. 1500 c...center of life throughout Europe in the Middle Ages was the Roman Catholic Church...
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