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arrow-up1187arrow-down1message-squareProfessional Scientists of Lemmy: What is your field of study's, most complex unanswered question?@TehBamski@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-square@Dogyote@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink2•1 year agoNo? Water can’t carry anything across the membrane.
minus-square@OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mllinkfedilink1•1 year agoOh. Then how does the stuff get across the membrane? Does the membrane allow stuff to move over a concentration gradient without the water?
minus-square@Dogyote@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink1•1 year agoWater can move freely across the membrane, but the stuff that’s dissolved in the water cannot move across the membrane.
No? Water can’t carry anything across the membrane.
Oh. Then how does the stuff get across the membrane? Does the membrane allow stuff to move over a concentration gradient without the water?
Water can move freely across the membrane, but the stuff that’s dissolved in the water cannot move across the membrane.