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Air Space

The space in the atmosphere immediately above the earth.Air spaces are present in some cells for a variety of reasons. Sometimes air spaces are present in hydrophytes (aquatic plants) that assist in buoyancy.


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Re: sterilization in microwave oven

... and travel down. The first water molecules they hit are the ones in the air space above the contact lens saline solution. These molecules reach temperatures well in excess ...

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by brzezinski2
Thu Sep 03, 2009 12:01 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: sterilization in microwave oven
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... insane amounts of data, after 100 years the limbs of these people may not even fully develop so we will have to suspend them in tanks or in space because the gravity will crush their bodies ahh, i can't go on any more hehe Sounds like one of those spice-addicted Steersmen from Dune!

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by robsabba
Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:28 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: What would you not do as a biologist
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Views: 132

Pitfalls of Evolutionary Psychology: Exaptation

... throughout the universe and can be seen both in the math of the spiral formed by Nautilus mollusks and the spiral in galaxies seen by the Hubble space telescope. Rather than viewing our existence as some unique product of evolution, we might find that other intelligent beings share features with ...

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by jeremyo
Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:12 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Pitfalls of Evolutionary Psychology: Exaptation
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Views: 133

What would you not do as a biologist

... insane amounts of data, after 100 years the limbs of these people may not even fully develop so we will have to suspend them in tanks or in space because the gravity will crush their bodies ahh, i can't go on any more hehe

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by telanerv
Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:44 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: What would you not do as a biologist
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Views: 132

plasma membrane replentishing Question

... more replacing. macrophage: these cells engage in phagocytosis, therefore because they are continually engulfing things from the extracellular space, they would need to replace their membrane otherwise they would continue to become smaller and smaller. Am I correct in choosing the macrophage, ...

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by NewtoBiology
Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:07 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: plasma membrane replentishing Question
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