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I am interested in identifying the maximum potential dissolved sucrose (%w/w) that plant sap could have, and which (biological, physical, chemical) factors constrain the observed sucrose concentrati
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After someone dies they become stiff, this is termed Rigor Mortis and happens because the cells run out of ATP (I think). But why do the cells need it to remain flexible
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According to my lecture notes testosterone generally increases sexual behavior. Given that it's generally thought to be the male hormone I'm not quite sure whether they mean that it also increases s
How could you use radioactively labeled molecules to determine if the genome of a newly identified bacteriophage that infects E. coli is RNA or DNA?
What two body systems perform the actual adjustments in pH and what other systems help to monitor and regulate those systems?
I am most interested in intellectually demanding tasks (e.g., chess matches, solving a puzzle, taking a difficult exam) versus tasks with a similar posture but less demanding (e.g., reading a newspa
A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism, and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins or one of its surface proteins.
Humans have, in a relatively short amount of time, evolved from apes on the African plains to upright brainiacs with nukes, computers, and space travel.
Today I wondered what the first organism to evolve vision would have been. I assume that it would have been kind of primitive and basic, but of course extremely innovative and eventually useful to a
Do they simply begin ATP production as soon as the correct reactants are present? Or, because they have their own DNA, do they have more complex strategies that vary to benefit the mutual cooperatio
I have just started reading up on structure-based methods for drug design (this is completely not my field so apologies for stupid questions that will be coming along!)
I know NADH is used in cellular respiration and NADPH is used in photosynthesis. What difference does the phosphate group make that the same one isn't or can't be used for both?
A while back there was a lot of noise about resveratrol, a naturally occurring phenol which was touted as a potential anti-aging drug due to its role in regulating the SIRT 1 gene.
Place the following statements in the correct order for an action potential to be generated.
As far as I understand, various abilities like flying, sight, hearing etc. were caused by slow evolution, where those with a greater ability to these things had better chance of survival.
Beyond ABO-Rh, is there any advantage or disadvantage (excluding the obvious difficulties in finding a donor after accident/trauma) in the 30 other blood type suffixes recognised by the Internati
Do the antibiotics consumed by a human-being distinguish between what they kill? Or do they just kill every bacteria they find? And if that's the case, which bacteria do antibiotics find or do they
Microbiology question on prokaryotic, archaean, and eukaryotic cells and evolution. Compare and contrast prokaryotic, archaean, and eukaryotic cells. How have these differences influenced the curre
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