The most extreme example of this curvature of spacetime is a black hole, from which nothing-not even light-can escape once past the black hole's event horizon. Gravity is most accurately described by the general theory of relativity (proposed by Albert Einstein in 1915), which describes gravity not as a force, but as the curvature of spacetime, caused by the uneven distribution of mass, and causing masses to move along geodesic lines. Gravity has an infinite range, although its effects become weaker as objects get farther away. The gravitational attraction between the original gaseous matter in the Universe allowed it to coalesce and form stars which eventually condensed into galaxies, so gravity is responsible for many of the large-scale structures in the Universe. Investigation into the effects of weightlessness has shown that gravity may play a role in immune system function and cell differentiation within the human body. Gravity also has many important biological functions, helping to guide the growth of plants through the process of gravitropism and influencing the circulation of fluids in multicellular organisms. On Earth, gravity gives weight to physical objects, and the Moon's gravity is responsible for sublunar tides in the oceans (the corresponding antipodal tide is caused by the inertia of the Earth and Moon orbiting one another). However, gravity is the most significant interaction between objects at the macroscopic scale, and it determines the motion of planets, stars, galaxies, and even light. ![]() As a result, it has no significant influence at the level of subatomic particles. Gravity is, by far, the weakest of the four fundamental interactions, approximately 10 38 times weaker than the strong interaction, 10 36 times weaker than the electromagnetic force and 10 29 times weaker than the weak interaction. Jamoh also disclosed the agency has secured at least 20 convictions in the past one year in relation to poaching, piracy and other crimes in the Gulf of Guinea.Īccording to him, all 20 persons are serving a total of 119 years behind bars with some being given an option of fine.In physics, gravity (from Latin gravitas 'weight' ) is a fundamental interaction which causes mutual attraction between all things with mass or energy. He said the personnel to man the special surveillance aircraft are currently undertaking training in Italy. He explained that as part of the agency’s contributions to avert oil theft on the Nigerian waters, it is currently holding discussions with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to deploy its special mission aircraft to monitor the nation’s pipelines. With Nigeria losing $1 billion annually to piracy, the director general said NIMASA is working with sister agencies and security outfits to address the menace.Īccording to him, since President Buhari launched the Deep Blue Project in June 2021, incidences have dropped from 34 recorded last year to zero to date. Jamoh said the three key elements was responsible for high prices in good and service imported into the country. The director general also explained that efforts to ensure shipment of goods and services to Nigeria from Europe no longer attract war risk insurance is already ongoing. ![]() “If these funds are disbursed, the President Muhammadu Buhari administration and the Federal Ministry of Transportation will take credit, while it remains a legacy in your administration,” the minister said. “If there is a jinx about the CVFF, I am going to break it by getting it disbursed to deserving Nigerians. NIMASA chief had recently vowed to the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, that the jinx surrounding the non-disbursement of the CVFF, would be broken. ![]() Since 2007, successive ministers of transportation and heads of NIMASA have promised to disburse the CVFF to empower indigenous ship owners to acquire vessels but the promises have remained unfulfilled.
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