Apoptosis - A natural process where cells deliberately destroy themselves when they are damaged, old, or no longer needed, keeping organs healthy and removing potential threats.
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@glasgowscience.bsky.socialApoptosis - A natural process where cells deliberately destroy themselves when they are damaged, old, or no longer needed, keeping organs healthy and removing potential threats.
@scienceandsnark.bsky.socialScience Word of the Week: formication, the sensation of bugs crawling on your skin. Say it slowly in a meeting. https://scienceandsnark.etsy.com/
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@glasgowscience.bsky.socialDiffraction - The bending and spreading out of light, sound, or water waves when they pass through a narrow gap or hit an obstacle.
@scienceandsnark.bsky.socialThis week's word: immiscible, won't blend no matter how hard you shake it. Oil and water is the textbook example.
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@glasgowscience.bsky.socialAdaptation - A physical or behavioral trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.
@glasgowscience.bsky.socialPhenotype - The characteristics you can observe in an organism, such as its height, eye colour or behaviour
@glasgowscience.bsky.socialNewton - The unit used to measure force, which is basically any push or pull. Holding a small apple in your hand takes about one newton of force to balance out gravity!
@glasgowscience.bsky.socialJoule - A standard unit of energy. One joule is the energy used when a force of one newton moves an object one metre