0 Question: What is your best invetion? Keywords: favourite, invention, preference Asked by demileedoo to Mark on 8 Mar 2014.
Mark Wallace answered on 8 Mar 2014:
I invented a way of making a model of the membrane that surrounds your cells using only oil, water, and molecules called lipids. You can see a movie of one of them on my website http://wallace.chem.ox.ac.uk
rosieroo223 commented on 9 Mar 2014:
whats a membrane ? 😀
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Mark commented on 9 Mar 2014:
Think of each cell in your body as a tiny bag of water, the membrane is the stuff the bag is made of.
Here’s a diagram of a cell – look for the ‘plasma membrane’. That’s what I really mean. 🙂
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rosieroo223 commented on :
whats a membrane ?
😀
Mark commented on :
Think of each cell in your body as a tiny bag of water, the membrane is the stuff the bag is made of.
Here’s a diagram of a cell – look for the ‘plasma membrane’. That’s what I really mean. 🙂