CHEMISTRY: So if you have 11 roller wheels, how many roller blade skates can you make? You know, really, limiting reactant is almost that simple. Well, the concept is anyway! You deal with limiting reactants in your life all the time. Now we’re just applying that same concept with chemical reactions! 🙂
Here’s our lesson from Thursday – first a review of stoichiometry problems. Then – limiting reactants. Fun times!
While most crustaceans have black or darker colored eyes, young shrimp and prawns have either clear or light eyes. The eyes reflects the water so this protects them from predators. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/glassy-eyes-young-crustaceans-predators
Scientists have made new creatures called “living machines” or “xenobots” that can swim, heal themselves, and sweep up debris from skin cells that come off of frog embryos. Scientists took a clump of the skin to see what would happen, and the clumps made themselves into balls and began to swim.
I read about how mammals live longer when living with family and friends. For example, naked mole-rats live over 30 years, and they live in big societies. On the other hand, golden hamsters, who live alone, live about 4 years. Living together provides protection, food, and keeps genes flowing.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mammals-groups-longevity-genetics
Astronomers have discovered that there are millions of stars spawning in our galaxy that they did not know about. This source says that in the blink of an eye, 20 million stars form in our milky way.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/milky-way-star-formation-astronomy
Fossils from thousands of years ago have shown some plants could fold in half. Bite marks are on the same point but different leaves of the plant which shows that the leaf would fold in half. This also shows the plant must have been symmetrical.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/plant-fossil-leaves-fold-insect-bites
Scientist have invented a bio-material that heals tissue damage and help reduce inflammation after s heart attack. The bio-material has been animal tested for a while now. After a few more safety test, this bio-material could potentially be used on humans in the near future.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-biomaterial-heals-heart-attack-damage
Scientists have found that natural icicles are different than pure water icicles. Natural icicles have a small bit of salt in them and tend to look like skinny cone with ripples in them. However, scientists have taking out all the salt from the water to make pure water icicles. They describe their irregular shape as a melt candle. They also noted that natural icicles have a blue film on the outside, which the lab made ones lack. They believe it happens this way because the way the two freeze are different.
source : https://www.sciencenews.org/article/icicles-pure-water-salt-ripples
Did you know that researchers are learning how the concrete in Roman times is still holding together. Researchers have discovered that by mixing calcium oxide with ash and water, they can make cement like that of the Romans. Despite thinking that the cement could blow up when mixed, it didn’t, and testing showed that it had the ability to be fixed when there were cracks. This could change architecture and old cement ways by creating a sturdy and fixable concrete that has stood the test of time.
Did you know that researchers are learning how the concrete in Roman times is still holding together. Researchers have discovered that by mixing calcium oxide with ash and water, they can make cement like that of the Romans. Despite thinking that the cement could blow up when mixed, it didn’t, and testing showed that it had the ability to be fixed when there were cracks. This could change architecture and old cement ways by creating a sturdy and fixable concrete that has stood the test of time.
Source:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/chemists-long-lasting-roman-concrete
This week I learned that scientists have found a way to heal tissues after a heart attack. They inject biomedicals into the heart directly after a heart attack to heal the tissues instead of during because all of the tissue in the heart after a heart attack goes away after 6 hours. So if they inject the biomedical into the heart before that the tissue can be healed.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-biomaterial-heals-heart-attack-damage
scientist have discovered a new biomaterial that healed a animals heart after a heartattack and it could potentially heal a humans heart. a heart attack kills cardiac tissue leaving permanent damage. Scientist karen christman and her team have been trying to develop a biomaterial to stop tissue from scarring immediately. this biomaterial has been tested on pigs and rodents and it has been proven to reduce inflammation in the tissue around the heart almost immediately. concluding that this new development can possibly save lives
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-biomaterial-heals-heart-attack-damage
Scientist have built a robot that could pick up a liquid, this robot can pick up a single drop and move it. This device is gonna be essential for doctors for moving blood and saliva as a example.
Source:https://www.snexplores.org/article/innovation-2023-robot-can-pick-up-drop-of-liquid
It is difficult for researchers to determine the exact definition of burn out. Many state that it is exhaustion and the feeling of low personal accomplishments. Some also say that it is another term for depression. Researchers agree that exhaustion is the root of burning out. However, stress is also a determining factor.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/people-work-burnout-depression-wellness
Scientists have found that trauma can interfere with a person’s sense of time and sense of space. Researchers have found that emotions frequently dictate whether we experience time as passing fast or slow. Researchers reported in 2012 in Frontiers in Psychology that traumatic events which come with intense emotions, can cause people to experience time in slow motion.
Scientists have found that trauma can interfere with a person’s sense of time and sense of space. Researchers have found that emotions frequently dictate whether we experience time as passing fast or slow. Researchers reported in 2012 in Frontiers in Psychology that traumatic events which come with intense emotions, can cause people to experience time in slow motion.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/trauma-distorts-time-self-new-therapy
Scientist have done studies that show that animals that live in groups tend to live longer than the ones that are more independent. Living in groups give more protection to the animals along with having groups to hunt for prey with. You would think living in groups might cause arguments between the animals, possibly over mating or food but that is not the case.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mammals-groups-longevity-genetics
NASA has seen a powerful solar flare from the sun. This flare caused blackouts in some parts of the earth. They said it’s one of the most extreme flares they’ve caught. https://www.theepochtimes.com/sun-unleashes-powerful-x2-2-solar-flare-causing-temporary-blackouts_5075054.html?welcomeuser=1
A lot of people have been burnout from how the work of covid-19 pandemic affected them. Some say burnout happens for overworking yourself while others say it’s from exhaustion disorders. The true definition of burnout is “exhaustion, cynicism and i efficacy is arbitrary” as psychologists Wilma’s Schaufeli and Dirk Enzmann say. Burnout can also be a depressive condition. But they way to help burnout is to improve to workplace around you that could of cause the burnout or cognitive training programs could help. Burnout is a serious problem that we should all try avoid or not face.
Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/people-work-burnout-depression-wellness
Scientists have very recently discover a bio material that can help heal heart attacks! The bio material will be applied to the heart and the tissue surrounding the heart very soon after the heart attack occurs, it will hit help to restore the damaged tissue. And even though it is just for animals right now, they are hoping that it could soon be applied to human hearts
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-biomaterial-heals-heart-attack-damage
The earth’s inner core may be completely change it’s direction. This cycle could change our everyday lives completely. It could change the time in our days and the earth’s magnetic field!!
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/earth-inner-core-reverse-rotation
I read about how icicles don’t get ripples due to a film left on the ice. This also happens because the water layer is thinner than the bumps that could form on the ice .
These creatures have small darker eyes and hide in the scenery very well and gives them good camouflage. This is so they could hide from predators and not be seen or eaten by predators. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/glassy-eyes-young-crustaceans-predators
I read an article that claimed that schools shouldn’t start until after 8:30 am. The article says that schools that start after 8:30 am allow students to be more awake during class time. What makes them able to be more awake during class is their “internal clock” which makes it easier to wake up after sunrise.
https://www.snexplores.org/article/lets-learn-about-school-start-times-later
A significant way to reduce the effects of climate change is cutting carbon emissions. We need to change how we produce and use energy, instead of omitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, we can use solar, wind, or hydropower energy to reduce climate change.This can happen as early as the year 2050.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/net-zero-carbon-emissions-climate
By studying mice cells, scientists have found that intestinal tissue patches contract similarly to muscles in the digestion tract. Digestive conditions could be treated through growing these same patches in human cells. A layer of cells in our intestines take in nutrients from the food that we digest. This layer is surrounded by a layer of muscle that contracts to help mix and break down food and therefore helps with digestion.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2360581-intestine-cell-transplant-may-one-day-help-ease-digestive-issues/
I read an article about a study on how trauma may affect our sense of time and self. From this study I learned that trauma has the ability to completely alter the way someone may look back at their life and recount previous traumatic events. There are more studies being focused towards this subject, and even some help such as offering aid towards the affected persons future, and how they will plan out the rest of their life.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/trauma-distorts-time-self-new-therapy
Heart attacks can permanently damage your heart.
They scar the heart after only six hours. This damage can cause the heart to not work properly. However a new discovery has been made. Biomaterial can be delivered to the heart after this attack causing it to heal from the inside out. However this has only been true in animals.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-biomaterial-heals-heart-attack-damage
This article talks about a new biomaterial delivered to the heart to stop heart attacks in animals and it possibly could help humans too. This works by preventing scar tissue around the heart, maybe saving lives just hours after a heart attack. It is less expensive than stem cells and has a lot of potential. This biomaterial could also help brain damage as well.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-biomaterial-heals-heart-attack-damage
Scientists, in hopes of stopping heart attacks, is creating a new biomaterial in order to stop the heart attack early before it damages the tissue around the heart. Because of this, scientists used experiments on animals in order to see if there hypothesis were correct. For this reason, scientist are one step closer to being able to stop a heart attack a couple of minutes when it happens.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-biomaterial-heals-heart-attack-damage
Today I learned that after a cardiac arrest scars form only 6 hours after causing the heart to have permanent problems. Scientists are working on a biomaterial tho to help stop scarring from occurring after a heart attack. Scientist’s produced a hydrogen that will bond to a heart and help the scarring. This new material is less expensive to use also
my triumph this week is staying on top of all of my homework and staying ahead on all test, quizzes, labs, and homework.
My triumph this week was turning in my homework on time and understanding how to work the problems out.
My triumph this week is doing my web post after forgetting to do. Also for studying for quizzes and tests earlier.
My triumph this week was remembering to read the lab before class so I knew what was going on and studying for the test ahead of time instead of trying to study all the material Thursday night.
My triumph this week is reading my lab early and understanding what it was about and studying ahead for the test on friday.
My triumph this week is this webpost. I forgot last week and so I’m very glad I remembered to do it