Advancements in the Past Decade
The approximate number of months it took to develop a Covid-19 vaccine
What is ten months?
Energy derived from panels that convert sunlight into energy.
What is solar energy?
(Myth/Fact) There is no gravity in outer space.
What is Myth?
The type of organism that is salmonella.
What is bacteria?
What is positive?
Tool used to genetically modify human embryos (twin girls) in 2018
What is CRISPR-Cas9?
The percentage of the total energy produced in the world that is wind energy.
What is 10%?
The term from when an object is simultaneously in all 3 states of matter at once (liquid, solid, gas)
What is triple point?
The internal maintenance of the human body.
What is Homeostasis?
The atomic symbol for gold.
What is Au?
Renewable energy derived from the Earth's internal heat.
What is geothermal energy?
This planet is the only one to spin in the opposite direction of the Earth.
What is Venus?
The process where embryos grow into the shape of a complete organism via the differentiation of cells, tissues, and organs.
What is morphogenesis?
Chemical element named after Albert Einstein.
What is einsteinium?
A preventative treatment that directs cells to produce specific proteins. It has recently been shown to be promising for reducing the risk of pancreatic cancer recurrence.
What is a mRNA vaccine?
Made of methane and ethane
What is natural gas?
A radioactive fruit that is high is potassium.
What is a banana? (They have potassium-40, a radioactive isotope!)
The emission of light by living organisms such as a fireflies or bacteria.
What is bioluminesence?
A type of glass that is heat resistent.
What is pyrex glass?
A device that generated and sustained ultrahot plasma (which is essential for nuclear fusion) for 22 minutes and 17 seconds
What is the WEST tokamak reactor?
The reaction involving atomic nuclei that is the source of the Sun’s energy
What is nuclear fusion?
This principle states that within a particle, factors such as momentum and position cannot be known with absolute precision. The more accurately one aspect is known, the less accurately another is known.
What is the Uncertainty Principle/ What is Heisenberg’s principle?
The building blocks of protein.
What are amino acids?
A substitute for platinum in jewelry.
What is palladium?