Osmotic pressure is the force water exerts on the semi-permeable membrane (plasma membrane) surrounding the cell. Water moves across the plasma membrane in response to an unequal distribution of ...

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How do guard cells change their volume to control this opening and closing? They do so by changing the osmotic pressure of their vacuoles, which then either take up or lose water, and consequently ...

Desalination of seawater with reverse osmosis (RO) membranes is a key technology for addressing water scarcity issues around ...