Aquaporins are "the plumbing system for cells‚" said Agre. Every cell is primarily water. "But the water doesn’t just sit in the cell‚ it moves through it in a very organized way. The process occurs rapidly in tissues that have these aquaporins or water channels." For many years‚ scientists assumed that water leaked through the cell membrane‚ and some water does. "But the very rapid movement of water through some cells was not explained by this theory‚" said Agre. Aquaporins selectively conduct
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Television has purpose serves for development of people. Television has some influences on society. It has some influences are positive‚ some influences are negative‚ but it’s very important for people’s life. In fact‚ television is good invention for entertainment what make people’s life become more convenient and comfortable. TV can help people feel relaxed‚ avoid stress by several gameshow‚ when they working in longtime. They can use it in anytime and very easy to use. They can watch film
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May 7‚ 2013 St. Augustine‚ Discovery to Present Day It was April in the year 1513 that Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in an area between Cape Canaveral and the mouth of the St. Johns River. Over the years‚ archeologists have performed many “digs” at the Fountain of Youth‚ which is a National Archeological Park‚ where the village called Seloy was once occupied by the Timucuan Indians. This is where the city of St. Augustine began. Ponce de Leon arrived during the Easter season which
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‘The world will have to grapple with a range of problems in the future’ The world will inevitably change as time continues to expose the past’s perception of the future to the now. As the earth ages‚ generations to come adapt to the new world they perceive to be as It is near impossible for every parent to educate their young on everything they have ever learned; thus attitudes and morals are continually fluctuating. It is undeniable that it has already affected society it is evident throughout
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faster and cheaper with new technology‚ which doesn’t pollute. When the new blocks would be built‚ there would be necessarily a park or at least a little square with a lot of trees and green grass‚ since it would be really important for the people to have a place to spend their free time at. Recreation would be really important‚ so there would be way more parks in the city‚ allowing people to forget they live in the city for at least a few hours. Such parks would be accompanied with small lakes created
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In the 19th Century the world was a very different place‚ many beliefs and opinions were a lot different to those we speak of in this present age. Diseases such as tuberculosis‚ cholera and other infectious diseases claimed a lot of lives. This essay will cover three major developments that have occurred; Life style changes‚ The Establishment of the NHS and finally; surgery and anaesthetics and how they have changed health in society for us today. There are a lot of factors which played a role in
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The Great Idea That Keeps Giving The idiotic society we all know today would be much worse if it weren’t for the ancient Chinese inventions. In fact America itself would most likely not be an independent country if it weren’t for the Chinese. The most important Chinese invention that has affected everyone was the invention of paper. Paper was not well adapted by the West‚ in fact it took years‚ and years for the west to understand how to make and use paper. Paper helped us record history‚ to learn
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all know that penicillin is one of the top known class of antibiotics prescribed today. Although this drug has been getting numerous applauds since the mid 1900s on its effectiveness; it did not start at that way. The biggest challenge to this discovery was it mass production‚ which later came down the road. This drug was discovered in a very unusual way by Alexander Fleming in 1920. Fleming had returned from a summer vacation and began sorting petri dishes‚ which contained colonies. Which are
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The microscope has been one of the greatest inventions in the history of science and has had the most impact on the course of science. Ever since the first microscope was invented in 1590‚ they have improved our knowledge in basic biology and biomedical research‚ as well as many other things‚ all of which are important. The smallest object a human can see with the naked eye is 0.2 mm‚ for example‚ algae cells. The light microscope‚ however‚ allows us to see things almost 1000 times smaller that what
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The Model T‚ the radio‚ the washing machine: all inventions of the 1920s. The ‘20s were the decade of the idealist‚ the entrepreneur‚ and the innovator. Inventions popularized in the 1920’s would re-shape the American way of life. According to the Model T Ford Club of America‚ Ford sold 1‚555‚454 Model Ts in 1919. The influence of the Model T can be seen in every aspect of American life. The mass production of the car led to the widespread use of the assembly line‚ an innovation that would streamline
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