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  • noun Plural form of coacervate.

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  • Nor do any computational models resolve the formation/evaporation of aqueous aerosols, coacervates, or thermals at the metrical level that the processes actually happen.

    Some Links to Pielke Jr « Climate Audit 2006

  • "Metabolism First" hypothesis to explain the origin of life, thus strengthening the primary role of cells as small drops of coacervates (evolutionary precursors of the first prokaryote cells).

    Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2010

  • Stewart says this synthetic glue is based on complex coacervates, an ideal but so far unused method for making injectable adhesives.

    unknown title 2009

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