Home Â» Photon. Definition. noun, plural: photons. (physics) A quantum unit of light energy or electromagnetic radiation. Supplement. A photon is a quantum of radiant energy with a visible wavelength. It is an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle. It is a discrete concentration of energy. It is a massless elementary particle that moves at the speed of light. It has no electric charge 1 and is stable.
CC is short for Copy Cat. Read the Be An Original poem on wowzone. Meet CC! CC, the first successful cloned cat, was introduced to the world on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2002. She was born on December 22, 2001, and... She is as cute as a button, said a spokeswoman for Texas A&M, where the work was done with a grant from philanthropist John Sperling's Apollo Group Inc..
Human Genome Project. Back to top of page. Dolly, a Finn Dorset sheep, was born on July 5th, 1996, at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her birth, not revealed to the public until February 3rd, 1997, sparked controversy instantly, because Dolly was the world's first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell. Kolata, who broke the news of the cloning of the sheep Dolly in The New York Times, reveals the story behind Dolly, reaching back to the earliest attempts to clone, uncovering events that led to Dolly's birth, and exploring questions that Dolly represents for the future. 2  by Martha C. Nussbaum and Cass R. Sunstein.