membrane
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To test whether diamond could behave differently under extreme mechanical conditions, the HKU team used a recently developed edge exfoliation method to produce an ultrathin, flexible polycrystalline diamond membrane.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
The material was already buried when Constance arrived and it was his job to dig a 6m-deep trench around the outside of the mound before it was sealed using plastic membrane sheets and liquid clay.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Those that make a sound when a stretched membrane is struck or otherwise manipulated—think, for instance, of a drum—they called membranophones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
She shared that her cancer had spread to her peritoneum, a membrane that lines the abdominal and pelvic cavities and protects internal organs.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Under certain circumstances, the membrane surrounding blepharisma disintegrates and comes independently loose, like a cast-off shell, leaving the creature a transient albino.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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Meningitis is an infection and swelling of the fluid and membranes around the brain and spinal cord, according to the Mayo Clinic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Collagen membranes generated a greater amount of bone overall, but the bone formed with the keratin scaffolds was more organized and structurally secure.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Over the following weeks, the team tracked how effectively the membranes supported new bone growth across the damaged regions.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
"Because these crystalline membranes can be fabricated over large areas and transferred onto different supports, this approach provides a practical path toward twist-engineered oxide electronics."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
The tricky, unsolved thing is how to get the polymers to arrange in membranes and invent replication.
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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