Watch out, ion thieves working in the crowd! (IMAGE)

Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Watch out, ion thieves working in the crowd!

Caption

Common polymers used to mimic the natural crowding inside the cell may "steal" ions. They are real ion thieves! Photos were taken by courtesy of the Cosmos Museum in Warsaw.

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Source: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski

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