Science Alert: Scientists Have Discovered an Entirely New Shape, And It Was Hiding in Your Cells
Gizmodo: The 'Scutoid' Is Geometry's Newest Shape, and It Could Be All Over Your Body
The original research article:
Scutoids are a geometrical solution to three-dimensional packing of epithelia
Gizmodo: The 'Scutoid' Is Geometry's Newest Shape, and It Could Be All Over Your Body
The original research article:
Scutoids are a geometrical solution to three-dimensional packing of epithelia
The 'scutoid' shape (d) was named in homage to the scutellum
– a posterior portion of the thorax in some insects, which resembles the same mini-triangle shape (e)...
Some fun and educational videos about scutoids...
Some fun and educational videos about scutoids...
The STEMulus Network: NEW SHAPE DISCOVERED...
Brand new 'scutoid' shape discovered by scientists in skin cells...