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What is the difference between a protein and a peptide?

A peptide is usually a short sequence of amino acids. Proteins are much larger structures, also comprised of amino acids, but having different levels of organisation such as forming secondary, tertiary and q...
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What is the difference between hydrophillic and hydrophobic molecules?

Charged or polar molecules such as salts, sugars and amino acids dissolve readily in water and so are called hydrophilic ("water loving"). Uncharged or non-polar molecules such as lipids do not dis...
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What is 'completing the square' and how can I use it to find the minimum point of a quadratic curve?

Completing the square is a process used to put a quadratic curve into a particularly nice form. The form we want is y(x) = r(x+s)^2 + t for some numbers r,s, and t. A 'general' quadratic we would expect to b...
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Is GDP a good indicator of vulnerability to natural disasters?

Economic income and Gross Domestic Produce (GDP) is often a very useful indicator of vulnerability of an institution (may that be a country, communtiy or household) to a natural disaster. Economic income can...
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In a doppler shift why does a moving source show no increase in speed of the mechanical waves emitted?

I'll first ask the student to explain the difference between a moving source and moving observer, prompting them until they get something like this(asking them to draw a diagram if needed)- When the observer...
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