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Re:Ask HN: What scientific phenomenon do you wish someone wo... by Retric on Sunday April 26, 2020 @08:04PM (#22991509)
Cells are tiny and the speed of sound is how fast air molecules move. Proteins are also not bouncing around as fast but it’s very still quick relative to their size. Next, often there are multiple copies of each component. That’s half the story, larger cells also have various means to clump things together to improve the odds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endoplasmic_reticulum

PS: Speed of sound is 343 m/s, diameter of a cell nucleus is ~ 0.000006m to give an idea.

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Re:Ask HN: What scientific phenomenon do you wish someone wo... by garmaine on Sunday April 26, 2020 @09:09PM (#22991940)
Speed of sound in water is faster.
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Re:Ask HN: What scientific phenomenon do you wish someone wo... by Retric on Sunday April 26, 2020 @10:22PM (#22992298)
Yep, and speed of sound is lower than the average speed of individual molecules. But, I was aiming for an intuitive understanding rather than accuracy involving brownian motion etc.
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