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Size Matters
After my last post on the nanotubular nature of water vapor in plants I was thinking about both the nature of the hydrogen bond and the...
Kalle Lintinen
Nov 16, 20232 min read
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The Vapor Tube
Today I decided to show you a mostly cosmetic update on my water vapor nanotube post . The major reason for this is that my last post had...
Kalle Lintinen
Nov 15, 20232 min read
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A Square Wave of Water
Inspired by my last post on the transport of water vapor in plants, I decided to take a crack at the geometry and topology of this...
Kalle Lintinen
Nov 13, 20232 min read
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Making Water Flow
I decided to talk about something quite different in today’s post. The topic of the day is the flow of water. While it might sound like...
Kalle Lintinen
Nov 9, 20233 min read
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Assume a Conical Monolignol
Sometimes even half-baked ideas can become good, if they’re based on a logical principle. This is what happened with my yesterday’s idea...
Kalle Lintinen
Nov 7, 20232 min read
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Assume a Cylindrical Monolignol
My post for the day deals with the agony of striving for perfection but living in a very imperfect world, with imperfect tools and...
Kalle Lintinen
Nov 6, 20233 min read
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The Power of Flexing Cellulose
In my last post on lignin, I introduced the hypothesis that it’s the movement of cellulose that causes monolignol toroidosomes to knot...
Kalle Lintinen
Nov 4, 20233 min read
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The Theory of Everything is Under Review!
I just received the knowledge that after a brief period of the Theory of Everything manuscript being under consideration, it is currently...
Kalle Lintinen
Nov 3, 20232 min read
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The Theory of Everything is the Elementary Particle of Energy
I submitted a manuscript for the theory of everything to Scientific Reports a few weeks ago. It is currently under peer review.
Kalle Lintinen
Nov 2, 20234 min read
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Toroidosome Knotting and the Quest for the Activation Energy
In my last post I rather confidently exclaimed that I had figured out the way to knot two monolignol toroidosomes. While there would be...
Kalle Lintinen
Nov 1, 20232 min read
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The Knotted Lattice of Life
While my last post was about the quest for the structure of the lignin lattice, today I go back to the ancient days of the time before...
Kalle Lintinen
Oct 29, 20233 min read
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Yes, Strings Attached
Today I’m going to share with you my first 3D-musings of the way monolignol toroidosomes entangle into a hexagonal lattice. The curious...
Kalle Lintinen
Oct 25, 20233 min read
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Nanotubular Bonding
Today I’m trying something a bit more challenging than before. I’m going to talk about chemical reactions. For over a year I’ve talked...
Kalle Lintinen
Oct 24, 20234 min read
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The Monolignol Helix
It’s surprisingly frustrating knowing exactly what you need to do but finding that learning to do it just takes time. It’s like learning...
Kalle Lintinen
Oct 22, 20233 min read
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Switching to Lignin
Now that I’ve submitted my Theory of Everything -manuscript, I feel like taking a pause from the topic for a while. If I get a rejection...
Kalle Lintinen
Oct 22, 20232 min read
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It’s Resubmitted!
Today’s post is a quickie. Just as I feared my case wasn’t strong enough for the manuscript to be accepted for peer review in Nature. The...
Kalle Lintinen
Oct 21, 20232 min read
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It’s Submitted!
I’ve just surprised myself. I decided to submit the Theory of Everything -manuscript! Today I came to the conclusion that there was no...
Kalle Lintinen
Oct 19, 20232 min read
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Thank You, Mr. Waterman
In today’s post I’d like to share with you some physical chemistry regarding the self-assembly of lignin. And here we get to the exciting...
Kalle Lintinen
Oct 18, 20233 min read
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The Final Version of the Theory of Everything (Hopefully)
As I write this I know I'm probably not 100 % honest, but I'm not too far off either. I've written finished both the manuscript of the...
Kalle Lintinen
Oct 16, 20231 min read
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Of Rotating Lattices
As I’m writing this post, I’m confident that I will very soon be submitting my Theory of Everything -manuscript. The only thing left, as...
Kalle Lintinen
Oct 14, 20232 min read
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