spongelike

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Ertürk’s team found that treating mouse bodies for 2 weeks with a chemical called beta-cyclodextrin dissolves cholesterol in the cell membrane, creating spongelike holes in the whole organism without damaging other parts of the tissues.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 25, 2023

The researchers first modeled spongelike environments on a computer and found that varying chamber sizes would allow many different bacterial strains to thrive.

From Scientific American • May 27, 2022

They sip carbon dioxide out of the air, catching it in spongelike filters.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2021

While it is true that some lovers leave indelible marks in one’s memory, a healthy brain remains spongelike and able to canonize new experience.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2020

He added commercial fertilizers and nitrates to it—the nitrates were, of course, distinct from the gaseous nitrogen that had been held, spongelike, by the subsoil, and had helped supply the greenhouse with atmosphere.

From Asteroid of Fear by Gallun, Raymond Z.