Osmotic pressure is the force water exerts on the semi-permeable membrane (plasma membrane) surrounding the cell. Water moves across the plasma membrane in response to an unequal distribution of ...

Costochondritis — a benign condition that causes inflammation of the cartilage connecting your ribs to your breastbone. Also ...

As the pools grow, so does pressure beneath the permafrost, and eventually ... which could then trigger more crater ...

Mysterious craters have emerged in Siberia’s Yamal Peninsula over the past decade, perplexing scientists. These craters, ...

Pressure is the force per unit area. To increase pressure, increase the force or reduce the area the force acts on. To cut up your dinner you can either press harder on your knife or use a sharper ...

They are mainly comprised of five types, including thiazides, loop diuretics, potassium-sparring diuretics, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, and osmotic diuretics. Diuretics can be prescribed to treat ...

It has a critical role in maintaining the blood’s osmotic pressure and additionally serves as an important carrier protein for endogenous and exogenous ligands such as fatty acids, metal ions and ...

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However, one device can save the day. Behold the pressure cooker! “I first started using my pressure cooker because I could remember my gran using it”, says Manchester-based cook, Pippa ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009;24(9):1494-1503. With the application of molecular approaches, efforts towards measuring the bacterial load using DNA in SBP patients have recently been made ...