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I wonder if the Xenonite is a high-entropy alloy :-)
by tornikeo 5mo ago
I wonder if the Xenonite is a high-entropy alloy :-)
- PowerElectronix 5mo agoIn the book Grace says that it's a mess of proteins and molecules that he gives up on trying to understand
- weregiraffe 5mo ago>mess of proteins and molecules Because proteins famously aren't molecules.
- khalic 5mo agobe nice
- wyldfire 5mo agoThis is a legitimate, understandable way to discuss a mixture of abstract and specific things. This is a novel we are referring to, here. The intended audience is very, very broad.
- akiselev 5mo ago> Because proteins famously aren't molecules. Tertiary and quaternary protein structures are much more complex than molecules and have emergent properties.
- awakeasleep 5mo agoPeople refer to stuff like proteins as “biologics” and to things we synthesize traditionally as “small molecules” so it does make sense