Scientists Discover a New Shape: the Scutoid

Jason Devaney : Aug 1, 2018
Newsmax.com

Scientists discovered the new shape in epithelial cells of certain animals. The cells act as "building blocks to form organs."

(Spain)—[Newsmax.com] What has six sides on top, five sides on the bottom, and a triangle on one side? A scutoid. (Screengrab of Illustration: University of Seville/via CBS Chicago)

Scientists discovered the new shape, which was previously thought to be a prism, in the skin and organ cells of fruit flies and zebrafish...

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