Osmotic Pressure
I must have been feeling “osmotic pressure” since I missed posting for the last month. We all know that that excuse is as lame as learning by osmosis from a book under your pillow. Now, let’s review osmotic pressure. Osmotic pressure is the minimum pressure required to stop solvent from flowing through a membrane into …. Read More
Scientific Method
A recent news article by Drs. Glazier and Ko from UCLA Health noted that a fecal transplant has been used to cure C diff. With further reading, I learned that the process replaces diseased microbes with those from a healthy person. This scientific method has been successful. There are no known medicines for C diff. …. Read More
An Engineers View of Osmosis
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 new theory and explanation for osmosis.
Covid-19
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 working on developing solutions. We still have a long way to go
Cell Transport Models
We have looked at vesicles, cell behavior, and biological osmosis. Basically, living organisms are composed of single or multiple cells. From the “Fundamentals of Medical Physiology”, we know that the cell is the smallest unit of life and cells are the fundamental building block of all living things. Cells take in nutrients to generate energy …. Read More
Honey
Honey is a natural topic for Valentine’s Day. Here, we are discussing natural honey. A sweet viscous liquid produced by honeybees. A hive of honeybees can produce 100 pounds of extra honey annually and contains more than 60,000 bees. Each bee produces a partial spoonful of honey during its three to 5-week lifetime. There are …. Read More