https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs Made with magic en-us 2020-03-23 21:49:04 UTC 2024-07-15 17:57:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f50e.png pxt5545 https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/471774975 Astronomers have found the edge of the Milky Way in a recently published study. The study findings prove that the galaxy spans the distance of 1.9 million lightyears.]]> 2020-03-23 21:55:54 UTC https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/471774975 pxt5545 https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/471782383 The spike protein (the one used to drill into the cell) has been determined by scientists recently and this helps provide information on the differences this virus has compared to SARS.]]> 2020-03-23 22:03:03 UTC https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/471782383 pxt5545 https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/471784508 With the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients, scientists have been examining the blood plasma to see the effectiveness it has on treating other patients who are still ill.]]> 2020-03-23 22:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/471784508 pxt5545 https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/471839237 The Parazen Pacificus is the first fish species known to 'mouthbreed' in the deep sea. Most fish are broadcast spawners in which they cast their eggs into the ocean to develop, but 'mouthbreeders' are unique in the sense that they develop their eggs in their mouths. Recently discovered, more studies may come in the future.]]> 2020-03-23 23:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/471839237 pxt5545 https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/471847844 Scientists recently measured the amount of energy a black hole explosion from hundreds of millions of years ago and it read to be the largest explosion to ever occur in the universe. It's energy is approximately 100 billion times the energy the sun would emit through it's entire lifetime.]]> 2020-03-23 23:22:11 UTC https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/471847844 pxt5545 https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/471851861 Sleep spindles were recently discovered in sheep. These bursts of activity during sleep have been known for helping with memory, but recent studies show that sheep exhibit these bursts when awake. The relationship that this has for sheep remains to be found.]]> 2020-03-23 23:27:57 UTC https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/471851861 pxt5545 https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/471859575 Studies on a mice's hippocampus has brought scientists closer to an answer as to how memories are forgotten. The study studied how microglia eat away at memories.]]> 2020-03-23 23:38:53 UTC https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/471859575 pxt5545 https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/471861047 Studies from the US indicate that 1 out of 5 severe cases are those of young adults. More data needs to be collected, but it indicates that no one is necessarily safe.]]> 2020-03-23 23:41:25 UTC https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/471861047 pxt5545 https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/471863246 In the desperate attempt to treat patients, doctors have tried using HIV drugs to no effect even though require an enzyme called protease to function. The drugs inhibit the function of protease, but it showed no effect on patients.]]> 2020-03-23 23:44:55 UTC https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/471863246 pxt5545 https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/471866713 Scientists have recently found a mineral that is found on tooth enamel in the back of the eye. These hint that the protein may lead to macular degeneration.]]> 2020-03-23 23:49:52 UTC https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/471866713 pxt5545 https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/471881708 Recently, scientists have discovered helpful hints on transplanting limbs with the help of cancer cell testing on rats.]]> 2020-03-24 00:15:49 UTC https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/471881708 pxt5545 https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/471882450 Transplanted organs are being tested to see whether they last longer when supercooled in labs. So far, the results have shown a positive correlation between supercooling and the duration of an organ.]]> 2020-03-24 00:17:10 UTC https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/471882450 pxt5545 https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/475434430 Scientists found that squids edit their genes in the cytoplasm in comparison to most lifeforms. This discovery needs to be tested but has shown evidence that it helps with on the go gene editing. ]]> 2020-03-25 21:14:35 UTC https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/475434430 pxt5545 https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/475539041 Astrologists are discovering particles called axions which may reverse what we know about how matter makes up the universe.]]> 2020-03-25 22:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/475539041 pxt5545 https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/475548888 A new hominid species was discovered in the Philippines recently and it its predicted that they existed around 50,000,000 years ago on Luzon. ]]> 2020-03-25 23:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/475548888 pxt5545 https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/475550575 Recently unearthed fossils of tools used by the Homo erectus seems to be more elaborate than scientists previously imagined they would be. Some tools have double-edged blades that could have been very multipurpose.]]> 2020-03-25 23:13:08 UTC https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/475550575 pxt5545 https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/475553078 The Henneguya salminicola, who is a distant cousin of the jellyfish, has shown signs of surviving without the mitochondria. Scientists are further looking into how this parasite lives without much self sufficient energy.]]> 2020-03-25 23:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/475553078 pxt5545 https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/475554775 The Wonderbird is recently unearthed as the earliest known modern bird from 67 million years ago. It has the common anatomy with many other common birds and is most closely associated with the common fowl.]]> 2020-03-25 23:18:14 UTC https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/475554775 pxt5545 https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/475556560 The asteroid Ryugu has been discovered to have texture similar to "freeze-dried coffee." This combination of an airy core compact with carbon may give astrologists an indication on how planets are formed.]]> 2020-03-25 23:20:46 UTC https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/475556560 pxt5545 https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/475558046 WASP 76b is a planet located around 400 million lightyears away which has been observed to have iron rains. This gas giant belongs to a certain group called ultrahot gas giants which more research needs to be conducted on.]]> 2020-03-25 23:22:49 UTC https://padlet.com/pxt5545/t6x11opss0fs/wish/475558046