For this experiment, we're going to examine how this pressure affects the cherries - and the farmers that grow them! Osmosis is the diffusion of fluids through membranes. It is the way plants absorb ...

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American Journal of Botany, Vol. 33, No. 4 (Apr., 1946), pp. 278-285 (8 pages) The germination of alfalfa seeds was tested on substrates supplied with solutions of NaCl and mannitol at osmotic ...

Chemotherapy is known for its painful side-effects. It also has limitations when the cancer has metastasized to the lymph nodes. The lymphatic drug delivery system, where anticancer drugs are injected ...