When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Concretion - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concretion

    Concretions in Torysh, Western Kazakhstan Concretions with lens shape from island in Vltava river, Prague, Czech Republic Marlstone aggregate concretion, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States A concretion is a hard and compact mass formed by the precipitation of mineral cement within the spaces between particles, and is found in sedimentary ...

  3. Ground substance - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_substance

    Ground substance is an amorphous gel-like substance in the extracellular space of animals that contains all components of the extracellular matrix (ECM) except for fibrous materials such as collagen and elastin. [1] Ground substance is active in the development, movement, and proliferation of tissues, as well as their metabolism.

  4. Cell (biology) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_(biology)

    He coined the term cell (from Latin cellula, meaning "small room" [41]) in his book Micrographia (1665). [42] [40] 1839: Theodor Schwann [43] and Matthias Jakob Schleiden elucidated the principle that plants and animals are made of cells, concluding that cells are a common unit of structure and development, and thus founding the cell theory.

  5. EXPLAINER: Chicken made from cells in a lab; what it is and ...

    www.aol.com/explainer-chicken-made-cells-lab...

    The United Stated Department of Agriculture on Wednesday, June 21 permitted two California firms to sell the products, known as The post EXPLAINER: Chicken made from cells in a lab; what it is and ...

  6. Structures built by animals - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structures_built_by_animals

    The dynamics of heat in animal shelters is influenced by the construction material which may act as a barrier, as a heat sink or to dissipate heat. The cocoons of insect are a case in point. An interesting example is the case of silk caps which cover the pupal cells of the Oriental hornet Vespa orientalis. Firstly, the silk insulates the pupa ...

  7. Engineers Made Themselves Some Cyborg Cells - AOL

    www.aol.com/engineers-made-themselves-cyborg...

    Scientists from Taiwan and California have unveiled Cyborg Cells, a natural-artificial hybrid.

  8. Cnidaria - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnidaria

    Pacific sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens. Cnidaria (/ n ɪ ˈ d ɛər i ə, n aɪ-/ nih-DAIR-ee-ə, NY-) [4] is a phylum under kingdom Animalia containing over 11,000 species [5] of aquatic invertebrates found both in fresh water and marine environments (predominantly the latter), including jellyfish, hydroids, sea anemones, corals and some of the smallest marine parasites.

  9. Marine biogenic calcification - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_biogenic_calcification

    Marine biogenic calcification is the production of calcium carbonate by organisms in the global ocean.. Marine biogenic calcification is the biologically mediated process by which marine organisms produce and deposit calcium carbonate minerals to form skeletal structures or hard tissues.