diffusion
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For many years, biology textbooks have described protein movement inside cells as a largely random process called diffusion.
From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026
These flows move actin and other proteins toward the front of the cell much faster than diffusion alone.
From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026
“The light in the sky is actually bouncing off the clouds, so the clouds are a diffusion rather than a straight-up hard light source.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
“Multiple industry players over time, particularly Nvidia, have argued that smuggling or diffusion of AI technologies to China were tall tales,” Burnham said.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026
Africa and the Americas are thus the two largest landmasses with a predominantly north-south axis and resulting slow diffusion.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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