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membrane

[mem-breyn] / ˈmɛm breɪn /
NOUN
covering layer
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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

"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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