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It feels next would be trying isolate the component that make CO2. Try to use smaller sample. Put them under microscope, etc.
by j16sdiz 5mo ago
It feels next would be trying isolate the component that make CO2.
Try to use smaller sample. Put them under microscope, etc.
- wagwang 5mo agoI might be dumb, but I figured they would just continuously subdivide the sample until they isolated it. Maybe CO2 sensors wont be sensitive enough?
- greenbit 5mo agoMaybe it's the very molecules that the live cells were using, just doing their thing without the cells. Cells concentrate things by confining them in a small volume, but otoh, if you have damp particles, the thin water layer on the particles would be a kind of confining space, with the added advantage of surface area to exchange gases with.
- andrewflnr 5mo agoThis is addressed later in the article. They think there's probably some of that activity but don't think those molecules could last long enough to produce the observed effect.