Is there a difference between polarity and hydrophobicity? Hydrophobicity means aversion to water which results because of increase in entropy of the system due to the water-"solute" interaction As already pointed out in by inf3rno, polarity of a molecule is because of its net dipole moment It is true that polar molecules can dissolve in water (because they can interact with water via van der Waals' forces especially Keesom and Debye forces) CO 2
biochemistry - Why dont the heads of phospholipid bilayers repel . . . Your question is rooted in a misundertsanding of the hydrophobic effect Hydrophillic and hydrophobic molecules do not repel but, rather, attract one another through van der Waals interactions The tendency of hydrophobic molecules to aggregate in aqueous solution (ie the hydrophobic effect) is, instead of some repulsive force, actually driven entropically I don’t think I will go into this
Can the dead be brought back to life by viruses? Rabies is also called "Hydrophobia", furthermore Rabies has quite destructive effect on nervous system Werewolves are not "rabid", werewolves are people who transform into wolves (or other way around) and there is a LOT about people-turning-into-animals and animals-turning-into-people in every mythology of every nation ethnics tribe
zoology - Algae identification - Biology Stack Exchange I collected some fibre-like algae from a local swamp to isolate and observe under the microscope, but I can't understand whether this is Spirogyra since it's missing the spiral structures inside the
What causes leaves to be hydrophobic? - Biology Stack Exchange This is due to presence of a hydrophobic chemical called as cutin present at the the aerial surfaces of plants Cutin is one of two waxy polymers that are the main components of the plant cuticle, which covers all aerial surfaces of plants The other major cuticle polymer is cutan, which is much more readily preserved in the fossil record, [1] Cutin consists of omega hydroxy acids and their