Sentences with phrase «living tube shaped»

Coral are multicoloured varying from gold to red, orange, green, brown and yellow The soft, living tube shaped coral polyp protects itself by forming a hard layer of calcium carbonate called the corallite.

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So far the blocks have been used to build a variety of living 3D shapes that have never before been created on a cell - by - cell basis, such as tubes and solid spheres.

In research published in this week's issue of the journal Science, a team from Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research used common baker's yeast as a living test tube to show how just a small amount of a Parkinson's - related neuronal protein called alpha - synuclein (aSyn) can convince neighboring proteins to abandon their normal shape and form these deadly clusters.

Whether we wear a lab coat or haven't seen a test tube since grade school, science is shaping all of our lives.

Consider stocking at least a few representatives from each of the following groups: Sponges — many types, shapes, sizes and colors Zoanthids — colonial anemones (some can be harmful to true corals) Anemones — short tentacle, long tentacle and carpet Corallimorphs — mushroom anemones, Ricordea, Discosoma and elephant - ear Cerianthids — tube - dwelling anemones Mollusks (with and without shell)-- sea slugs, sea hares, nudibranches, turbo snails and many types of living shells and clams Cephalopods — octopus and cuttlefish Worms — feather dusters Arthropods — crabs, hermit crabs, shrimp and lobsters Echinoderms — sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea stars (starfish), serpent stars and brittle stars.

The soft, living, tube - shaped coral polyp protects itself by forming a hard layer of calcium carbonate around itself, which is called the corallite.