{"id":239581,"date":"2023-10-26T21:59:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T21:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=239581"},"modified":"2023-10-26T21:59:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T21:59:31","slug":"scientists-discover-sperm-defy-one-of-newtons-laws-of-physics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/scientists-discover-sperm-defy-one-of-newtons-laws-of-physics\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists discover sperm defy one of Newton&apos;s laws of PHYSICS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Scientists discover for the first time that sperm defy one of Newton&#8217;s laws of PHYSICS<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Scientists found sperm tails deform to propel the agent through liquid<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The elasticity of the tails should expend more energy and hinder mobility\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>READ MORE: Scientists share more proof pollution damages sperm<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Scientists say they have discovered that the way sperm swim defies one of the laws of physics.<\/p>\n<p><span>Researchers at Kyoto University found the sperm&#8217;s flagella, or tail, propels the agents forward by changing their shape to interact with the fluid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sperm do not elicit an equal and opposite reaction from their surroundings. The experts say this movement method defies Newton&#8217;s law of motion, which states there is an equal and opposite reaction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The flagellum&#8217;s elasticity also suggests that there should be no movement at all, but instead, sperm whip their tails without releasing much energy into their surroundings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/26\/19\/4839638-12677263-About_one_in_seven_couples_have_trouble_conceiving_and_in_about_-a-1_1698345818314.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at Kyoto University found the sperm&#8217;s flagella, or tail, propels the agents forward by changing their shape to interact with the fluid\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The team used human sperm cells and algae for the research because both have flagella that help them propel through the liquid, New Scientist\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Men&#8217;s sperm rates have more than HALVED since the 1970s, experts warn\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/26\/20\/77048365-12677263-image-a-2_1698348150389.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"274\"><\/p>\n<p>Men&#8217;s bulging waistlines are blamed for the worrying trend and &#8216;everywhere chemicals&#8217; in the environment.<\/p>\n<p>These tails are elastic, which can deform and return to their original shape, which should not be able to propel the swimming agents through the surrounding liquid that acts as an obstacle.<\/p>\n<p>Algae and sperm cells were analyzed under a microscope, where the researcher found the pair used their tails to move by making<span>\u00a0wave-like movements that pushed and pulled them through the surroundings in liquid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the case of Newton&#8217;s law of motion, the movements should ultimately\u00a0slow the swimmers down.<\/p>\n<p>The whipping of a sperm&#8217;s tail should lose energy since it is deforming against its surroundings, but in flapping, the\u00a0flagella avert\u00a0an equal and opposite reaction that conserves energy.<\/p>\n<p><span>By bending in tiny ways in response to recourse from the liquid, the flagella were able to avert an equal and opposite reaction, thereby conserving their owner&#8217;s energy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Researchers call this ability &#8216;odd elasticity.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Odd elasticity is not a generic term for activity in solids, but rather a well-defined physical mechanism that generates active forces in solids or in other systems in which a generalized elasticity can be defined without using an elastic potential,&#8217; according to a study published by Leiden University, which was not involved in the research.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-12677263\/Scientists-discover-sperm-defy-one-Newtons-laws-PHYSICS.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists discover for the first time that sperm defy one of Newton&#8217;s laws of PHYSICS \u00a0Scientists found sperm tails deform to propel the agent through liquid The elasticity of the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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