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membrane

[mem-brayn] / ˈmɛm breɪn /
NOUN
covering layer
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What happened when crude oil passed through the membrane was unexpected.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

The use of actual crude oil was an important part of the research because it allowed the team to examine how the membrane performed with the complicated mixture of hydrocarbons found in industrial feedstocks.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

In this case, however, the same phenomenon made the membrane highly effective at separating different molecules.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

Nevertheless, the findings suggest that membrane filtration could become a practical way to improve the efficiency of existing facilities.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

At the top of the tunnel, the green membrane rippled.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

When cells experience physical stress, changes to their membranes can initiate the same chain of molecular reactions involved in inflammation.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

One early step occurs when stressed cell membranes release arachidonic acid, a fatty molecule that serves as the starting material for producing 5-oxoETE.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

Cell membranes are thin, flexible barriers made largely from fatty molecules called lipids.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

These structures do not have membranes, but they can concentrate RNA molecules in one place.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 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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