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Which author was inspired by 19th-century 'galvanism' experiments to write a famous sci-fi novel?
sonia Drag electrical signals along nerve pathways to discover how your brain talks to your body.
sonia A fierce debate over whether electricity came from inside the frog or the metal tools sparked the invention of the battery.
What did Alessandro Volta invent in 1800 to prove that electricity didn't just come from animals?
What part of the cell acts as the gatekeeper, controlling the flow of ions to generate electricity?
sonia Early scientists publicly shocked dead muscles, inspiring Mary Shelley to write her famous novel, Frankenstein, in 1818.
Which two common dietary minerals are most responsible for generating electrical charges in human cells?
What term did Luigi Galvani use to describe the electrical force he believed was inherent to living tissues?
Frog leg battery: Luigi Galvani's 1780 frog experiments proved biological tissues utilize electrical charges, which later inspired Mary Shelley's classic novel Frankenstein.
Who was the Italian scientist that publicly reanimated muscle movements in deceased subjects using electricity in 1803?
What animal did Luigi Galvani use in his 1780 experiments that led to the discovery of bioelectricity?
A specialized pore-forming protein that regulates the flow of ions across a cell membrane. In 1984, Frances Ashcroft discovered how these cellular pores regulate the electrical impulses triggering insulin secretion.