membrane
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His design costs roughly £74 and involves about ten components, from the printed pieces that the liquid flows through, to a membrane, gaskets, electrodes and current collectors.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
According to the study, the buildup of toxic proteins destabilizes the outer membrane of the nucleus, causing it to shrink and eventually disintegrate.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
Over the next two weeks, dozens of workers from Ukrainian emergency services faced freezing winds as they battled to put out the fire that spread through the membrane between the roof and the ceiling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
That makes it one of the most durable platinum-free cathodes developed so far for anion-exchange membrane water electrolyzers.
From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026
She had a soft landing on a warm bouncy surface and was feeling lucky—until she opened her eyes and found herself staring through a glowing gold membrane at another, much larger face.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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"A defining feature of the chip was precision current injection, which we used to permeabilize neuronal membranes for intracellular access," Ham said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
Those tiny spaces exist throughout nature and technology, including nanoscale pores, membranes, and biological channels.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026
The new membranes draw inspiration from biological systems such as aquaporins, which regulate the movement of molecules through precisely sized channels.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
Phosphatidylcholine helps membranes remain flexible and able to reorganize when needed.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026
To stay alive, you have to be able to hold out against equilibrium, maintain imbalance, bank against entropy, and you can only transact this business with membranes in our kind of world.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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Life Science: Cell Biology
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Florida EOC Biology 1
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