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Professional Scientists of Lemmy: What is your field of study's, most complex unanswered question? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by TehBamski@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Dogyote@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No? Water can't carry anything across the membrane.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh. Then how does the stuff get across the membrane? Does the membrane allow stuff to move over a concentration gradient without the water?

[–] Dogyote@slrpnk.net 1 points 6 months ago

Water can move freely across the membrane, but the stuff that's dissolved in the water cannot move across the membrane.