Osmotic Pressure
I must have been feeling “osmotic pressure” since I missed posting for the last month. We all know that that […]
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2021
Pressure Reduced Osmosis
Pressure Reduced Osmosis is being investigated as a green power source. A prototype plant has been built in Norway. We […]
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A recent news article by Drs. Glazier and Ko from UCLA Health noted that a fecal transplant has been used […]
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Hello, I am happy to be back. And I would like to hear from you if you are reading this […]
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Thank you for signing in to DrOsmosis.com. We will delay public posts for awhile as we attempt to resolve the […]
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Osmosis is a natural process. In its simplest form, water flows through the membrane into a solution. It is important […]
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One must fully understand the history to appreciate today’s textbook thermodynamic theory of osmosis.
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2020
Nobel Lecture by Jacobus H. van’t Hoff
van't Hoff Nobel prize for his work with osmotic pressure. The theory of Osmosis is not the theory of osmotic pressure.. See Atkins applied pressure to a vessel […]
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Jean-Antoine “Abbe” Nollet (1700 – 1770) was a scientist and a priest. He was noted for his scientific experiments with […]
Learn moreWhat is difference between Osmosis and Diffusion?
Osmosis is the movement of a solvent across a semi permeable membrane into a more dilute solution of the solvent. […]
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After our papers on seed storage were rejected several times, we found that our design approach for seed storage warehouses […]
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As I entered my favorite hardware store I saw multiple containers of hand sanitizer and cleaning agents on display. Many […]
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Heat and moisture enter the warehouse through the walls and with outside air, some heat and moisture may be exchanged […]
Learn moreWater Purification
Water Purification Osmosis, the simple experiment of a column of wine capped at the bottom with a membrane from a […]
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Engineers do not study osmosis.. It was a chain of circumstances that led this engineer to study the theory and history of osmosis. We backed into offering a […]
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Covid-19 pandemic has opened my eyes to the incredible complexity of the human body and to the many scientists and engineers that have improved our understanding and are […]
Learn moreCell Transport Models
We have looked at vesicles, cell behavior, and biological osmosis. Basically, living organisms are composed of single or multiple cells. […]
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Honey is a natural topic for Valentine’s Day. Here, we are discussing natural honey. A sweet viscous liquid produced by […]
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We recently requested a professional review for our book “Osmosis: The Molecular Theory”. That was again an interesting experience. We […]
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2019
Rocket Sled
Before we wrote the Theory of Osmosis, I helped a friend build a track grinder for a rocket sled track. […]
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We were intrigued by the photos and blowups in John Clancy’s excellent book “The Human Body-Close Up” we browsed through […]
Learn moreDifference between Diffusion and Osmosis.
Quora digest posed the question “What is the difference between Diffusion and Osmosis?” We reviewed Guyton’s Textbook of Medical Physiology. […]
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The osmosis experiment demonstrated that water flows uphill through a membrane from the pure water side into the wine. A […]
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HTMD Engineering was given the opportunity to design and build a cold storage facility for DeKalb Genetics for their hybrid […]
Learn moreMaple Tree Details
Our previous blogs about trees, “My Tree Leaks”, “Maple Syrup” were based on our theory of osmosis, “Osmosis: The Molecular […]
Learn moreSeed Storage
Seeds are living organisms. They breathe and exchange heat and moisture with their environment. With warm temperatures and enough moisture, […]
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Maple Tree Details Our previous blogs about trees, “My Tree Leaks”, “Maple Syrup” were based on our theory of osmosis, […]
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My Tree Leaks This year, I discovered that my maple tree leaks. A wet spot appeared on the sidewalk near […]
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During my college days, it was a well-known “fact” that I could learn by placing a book under my pillow […]
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2018
Our Amazing Kidneys
We have proposed that osmosis is directly related to vapor pressure and that free vapor molecules exist in liquids and […]
Learn moreCell behavior in hypotonic / hypertonic solutions.
Our efforts to apply the vapor pressure theory of osmosis to medical physiology have been difficult. The difficulty appears to […]
Learn moreMe and My Celery
Me and My Celery…… Recently I decided to have a celery snack. The celery from my refrigerator was not crisp, […]
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Osmosis is the mechanism for transferring fluids and nutrients across membranes. It occurs in plants and animals and maintains the […]
Learn moreMolecular Theory Application to Biology
We have introduced a molecular model for osmosis and have shown that free molecules exist in liquids and solids. The […]
Learn moreOsmosis flow for Vesicles and Cells
I recently learned of the 2013 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine shared by James Rothman, Randy Schekman and Thomas […]
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Seed Storage Factors. Many elements affect the viability of stored seeds. Two principal factors that we can control are seed […]
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My tree drips. We proposed a model for maple tree sap collection. Sap rises as vapor in a tree. When […]
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Vapor Pressure II As we noted previously, the osmosis process of molecular movement through a membrane is directly related to […]
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We are approaching maple syrup season. Sap is collected from Late February to April. Forty gallons of sap boil down […]
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HYBRID Seed Corn Hybrid seed corn has been specifically developed with special characteristics for: wet/dry growing seasons, soil types, plant […]
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2017
Vapor Pressure
Others have suggested that vapor pressure is the driving force for osmosis, they were slapped in the face also. Osmotic […]
Learn moreReverse Osmosis
REVERSE OSMOSIS The Osmosis experiment has intrigued many people for years. Water flowed uphill through a membrane into wine. Water […]
Learn moreTransport through a Membrane
Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain flow through a membrane. These are: Bulk pressure driven flow The entire flow […]
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A membrane is a soft pliable sheet made from plant, animal, or a man-made Material. Membranes can be described as […]
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OSMOTIC PRESSURE JA Nollet’s simple experiment (1748) to investigate the filter efficiency of a bladder membrane produced an enigma which […]
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I don’t even know how I ended up here, but I thought this post was great. I don’t know who […]
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