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femsci-nerd t1_iy8v6i7 wrote
Reply to comment by Clementine1234567 in LPT: when making your bed and fighting with the fitted sheet…The tag always goes in the bottom right corner by Clementine1234567
different brand place the tag on different corners. This LPT is not universal
femsci-nerd t1_iuifb1p wrote
Nitrogen in the air is in the form of N2 and it rather stable because it has a triple bond between the N atoms. It takes more energy to break the N2 triple bond and bacteria have been selected to do that energy requiring step. It gets broken down in the soil by bacteria in to amino-compounds which are more easily reactive and accessible for the plant. It's all governed by thermodynamic. For the plant, it is easier to take up N from the soil because it is usually broken in to molecules that are only single bonded to it and N has an extra pair of unpaired electrons that plants access much more easily and with a favorable thermodynamic.
femsci-nerd t1_iuiemb8 wrote
The WBCs know to "follow" the bacteria through the process of chemotaxis. Invaders like bacteria quickly get covered with cytokines and IgM and these are the things that the WBCs are attracted to. It's basically driven by thermodynamics but they are reacting to the blood soluble things that get quickly bound by non-self molecules.
femsci-nerd t1_iuidx4u wrote
Reply to Connie Willis by ricocrispies
I have read most of CW's work. She is amazing! Lincoln's Dreams is a fave!
femsci-nerd t1_iueqn0b wrote
Reply to comment by Meri_Stormhood in What do fungi excrete, if at all? How would a permanent hyphae affect the ground its living in? by Meri_Stormhood
After the bomb was dropped in Nagasaki and Hiroshima they were called The Pink Cities because they turned pink from the aspergillis. There are spores everywhere and extreme temp changes cause them to bloom. The extreme heat of the bombs shocked the spores open and within 2, weeks the cities turned pink. To destroy the ecosystem to the point where fungi could not thrive wold be to destroy the area to the point that NOTHING could live.
femsci-nerd t1_iudtd7z wrote
Reply to What do fungi excrete, if at all? How would a permanent hyphae affect the ground its living in? by Meri_Stormhood
Fungi break down things like dead animals in and around the soil so the simplier biochmeicals in the animal are made available in a form that trees and plants can absorb. They are a VERY important part of the ecosystem!
femsci-nerd t1_iu4tj8d wrote
Reply to [Homemade] Heavy Cream Yogurt by Preesi
This is cultured cream. If you whip it it will become cultured butter which has an amazing taste very different from sweet cream butter!
femsci-nerd t1_jbl4wnw wrote
Reply to Web-based kissing device horrifies Chinese social media users by speckz
You know what men are going to ask their long distance GFs to do with this device.....