by Tiffanie Branch What is Cellular Respiration? Cellular respiration is defined as the conversion of fuel into energy and nutrients within the mitochondria and cytosol of cells. This series of biochemical reactions is also called a “metabolic pathway.” Two types […]
Continue Reading
Endothermic? Exothermic? What Does That Mean? Let’s break these words down. Starting with “endothermic”, the prefix “endo” means “within, inner, absorbing, or containing”, and the prefix “exo” means “outside, or out of”. Of course, the word “thermic” means “heat”. So, […]
Continue Reading
So, what are prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells? A cell is the smallest structural and functional unit of an organism. The most basic cell is made up of a nucleus (the part of the cell that controls all its functions), cytoplasm […]
Continue Reading
Sir Isaac Newton, English author, mathematician, theologian, astronomer, and physicist, wrote his Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, a book that changed the way scientists thought about mechanics and the way we interact with the physical universe. In Principia, Newton outlines his laws of […]
Continue Reading