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The main function of phosphorus is in the formation of bones and teeth. It plays an important role in how the body uses carbohydrates and fats. It is also needed for the body to make protein for the growth, maintenance, and repair of cells and tissues.
Graphite is the only non-metal element that is a good conductor of electricity.
Scientists have discovered a sixth taste, although they can’t actually agree on what it tastes like. Researchers in the United States say the sixth taste is calcium, a sort-of bitter, sort-of sour flavour that they have identified as having its own taste receptors in the tongue.
Umami is a Japanese term
that means happiness. Milk,
meat, sea food, mushroom
etc contain factors that
provide the taste of umami.
A sixth taste named
oleogustus is also identified.
It is the taste of lipid.
Osteomalacia in children is known as rickets, and because of this, use of the term osteomalacia is often restricted to the milder, adult form of the disease.
Osteoporosis is a disease of bone , leading to an increased risk of fracture.
Osteosarcoma is the most common type of malignant bone cancer
Osteomyelitis is an infection of bone or bone marrow with a propensity for progression, usually caused by pyogenic bacteria or mycobacteria.
It is destroyed by oxygen, heat (above 70 degrees) and it leaks out into the cooking water because it is a water soluble vitamin
Astronomers typically use kiloparsecs to express distances between parts of a galaxy, or within groups of galaxies. So, for example: One parsec is approximately 3.26 light-years.
There is only one stable atom that does not have neutrons. It is an isotope of the element hydrogen called protium.
Protium, which contains a single proton and a single electron, is the simplest atom.
There are three isotopes of the element hydrogen: Protium?, deuterium, and tritium.
The main role of chloroplasts is to conduct photosynthesis, where the photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll captures the energy from sunlight and converts it and stores it in the energy-storage molecules ATP and NADPH while freeing oxygen from water.
Coolant in a nuclear reactor is used to remove heat generated from it. It flushes out heat to electrical generators and environment.