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I wonder if this sort of silica coating could be an alternative to lipid-wall cells for silicate-based extraterrestrial life.
I assume you mean cell membranes (cell walls are in found in plants, fungi and bacteria and made from polysacharides). However, it seems like an impermeable wall is less the issue than trans-membrane structures which facilitate selective transport of different species (ions, molecules, etc).
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I assume you mean cell membranes (cell walls are in found in plants, fungi and bacteria and made from polysacharides). However, it seems like an impermeable wall is less the issue than trans-membrane structures which facilitate selective transport of different species (ions, molecules, etc).
What does species mean here? I haven't seen this usage before.
Throwback to the greatest debate of all time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPDdRrMVEnA
This is amazing. They both give pretty compelling arguments. Can anyone else throw anything else into the ring? Is a fish wet?
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Or pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Been waiting for 25 years to use that word seriously. :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico...
You've just unironically and contextually used what's currently the longest recognized word in the English language in an unforced manner. There has to be a prize for this.
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Blenders can be replaced. I would worry more about silicosis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicosis
Or pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Been waiting for 25 years to use that word seriously. :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico...
It doesn't say how to get the water back from the powder.
I wonder if this sort of silica coating could be an alternative to lipid-wall cells for silicate-based extraterrestrial life.
I assume you mean cell membranes (cell walls are in found in plants, fungi and bacteria and made from polysacharides). However, it seems like an impermeable wall is less the issue than trans-membrane structures which facilitate selective transport of different species (ions, molecules, etc).
Throwback to the greatest debate of all time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPDdRrMVEnA
https://chemistscorner.com/have-you-formulated-with-dry-wate...