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Is there a nuclear decay process that yields an isotope of Au? If so, could we say we've solved the old alchemical quest of deriving precious from nonprecious metals?

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I was reading about the Intracluster Medium (ICM) on Wikipedia and I don't understand that something that contains only .01 particles per cubic centimeter can be 10-100 megakelvins in temperature.

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Were the other Martian probe landings as complicated and dangerous as Curiosity?

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Have we ever put a spacecraft in orbit around a Lagrange point before? Have we ever discovered a natural Lagrange sattelite?

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How is electricity converted to motion?

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How does [this](http://i.imgur.com/oxI6T.jpg) work?

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Have we devised a convincing mechanism for an ATP-couple enzymatic reaction? One that clearly depicts how the energy transfer from Pi cleavage transfers to other bond changes?

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How does a bacteria manufacture membrane-bound proteins without an endoplasmic reticulum or a similar organelle?

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I am a bacteria. How do I manufacture a transmembrane protein, like ATP synthase, without any membrane-bound organelles?

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I am a bacteria. How do I manufacture trans-membrane proteins, such as ATP Synthase, without the help of membrane-bound organelles such as an Endoplasmic Reticulum?

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Is there a nuclear decay process that yields an isotope of Au? If so, could we say we've solved the old alchemical quest of deriving precious from nonprecious metals?	835
I was reading about the Intracluster Medium (ICM) on Wikipedia and I don't understand that something that contains only .01 particles per cubic centimeter can be 10-100 megakelvins in temperature.	3
Were the other Martian probe landings as complicated and dangerous as Curiosity?	1
Have we ever put a spacecraft in orbit around a Lagrange point before? Have we ever discovered a natural Lagrange sattelite?	1
How is electricity converted to motion?	1
How does [this](http://i.imgur.com/oxI6T.jpg) work?	1
Have we devised a convincing mechanism for an ATP-couple enzymatic reaction? One that clearly depicts how the energy transfer from Pi cleavage transfers to other bond changes?	1
How does a bacteria manufacture membrane-bound proteins without an endoplasmic reticulum or a similar organelle?	1
I am a bacteria. How do I manufacture a transmembrane protein, like ATP synthase, without any membrane-bound organelles?	1
I am a bacteria. How do I manufacture trans-membrane proteins, such as ATP Synthase, without the help of membrane-bound organelles such as an Endoplasmic Reticulum?	1