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A New Shape Called the 'Scutoid' Has Been Discovered In Our Cells (gizmodo.com)
Scientists have discovered a new shape called the scutoid (SCOO-toid) while studying epithelial cells, the building blocks of embryos that eventually end up forming our skin and lining our organs and blood vessels. The new "twisted prism" shape is "extremely efficient at keeping cells tightly-packed and organized in the literal twists and turns of development," reports Gizmodo. From the report: As embryos grow, their tissues curve and bend as they start to form into organs. Scientists thought the cells could stay tightly packed if they were bottle- or column-shaped, but computer modeling suggested that a more complex shape would be more likely. First, a computer model set out to predict which cell shapes would be most efficient at staying in contact with one another in both flat or curved layers. That shape ended up being prism-like, with six sides one end, five on the other, and a strange triangular face on one of the long edges of the prism. Using microscopy and computer imaging, the team confirmed that cells found in fruit fly salivary glands and cells in zebrafish were indeed scutoid-shaped. As noted in their paper published Friday in Nature Communications, the researchers believe these scutoid-shaped cells exist in any curved sheet of epithelial cells -- even in humans.
the burbs.
...with all of his schemes scuttled.
(Yup, scutoid and scuttle share the same Latin root Scutella, a Saucer, (full of secrets).)
discovered a new shape called the scutoid (SCOO-toid) while studying epithelial cells
See, our suuing nature is expressed even at the cellular level. Where the vampires, lycans and toids of the law are destroying each other.
Now I'm trying to imagine what I can design for my 3D printer to make use of this.
It doesn't seem any more efficient than the hexagonal design patented by bees a few millennia ago.
If I had a DeLorean... I would probably only drive it from time to time.
These scientists are always making claims about things that we can't see with our own eyes. There's no way my body is made from these imaginary shapes. Add this "discovery" to the pile of junk science like climate prediction.
Thas scute. (Get it?!?)L. LOL
They should have named them graboids.
No it hasn't been discovered in our cells, unless you're a fruit fly or a zebrafish. It was suggested due to computer modeling. TFA says it may be in our cells, and that the scientists think it's possible.
The title is just extra clickbaity. Talking about a new geometry isn't punchy enough, so looks like BeauHD decided to make an assertion that wasn't in TFA.
I love how you guys always frame it that way, as if there is no other way it can be. Only despots or buttfucking.
The summary clearly states that the headline is lying, unless the intended audience is fruit flies and zebrafish. Is there something we haven't been told, and if so does it explain the other frequent editorial errors?
When was the last new shape discovered? Euclid?
Scuz, Cunt, Trump. Been inundated with this for going on two years so of course mutations have begun in those who label themselves as republican.
Not in this case but others. Was already created probably before man, was only recently discovered. So yea your computer is really smart going through all the permutations within the constrains given.
Stfu, go somewhere else to troll you libtard