Other molecules clinging to DNA can produce striking differences between two organisms with the same genes.
In its liquid state, water molecules cling to one another through so-called hydrogen bonding, constantly making and breaking bonds as they jumble about.
When a water droplet hits the leaf, it simply can't penetrate between the nano-bumps, and instead, the H2O molecules cling together forming a ball, that rolls off when the leaf is tilted.
But for tiny creatures, surface tension the force created when water molecules cling together becomes dominant, allowing insects and other small animals to walk effortlessly over ponds and other liquid bodies.
The material is more porous than silica gel, giving it a larger surface area for water molecules to cling to.
Their amount basically explodes within one minute after a sip of sweet tea, which scatters the optimal concentrations of sugar over the whole oral cavity, infiltrating sugar molecules into every cling.
That foam contained perfluorooctane sulfonate, or PFOS, an invisible, flavorless industrial chemical that clings to water molecules.
So when something deforms the water surface, the displaced water molecules work to return to their minimum-energy configuration unless the intruder itself attracts water molecules, in which case the water clings like glue.
The microbicide, PRO 20000, is a polymer of naphthalene sulphonate, which Dr. McCormack described as "a large sugary molecule with a charge on it" that clings to receptors on the shell of the virus.
All of them clinging to existence by one molecule: oxygen". Heaton is a seven-year veteran at First Lutheran Hospital, a skilled member of the surgical teams that keep the center's revenue-producing operating rooms booked solid.
A vast temperature span over which water molecules can pool and cling as the liquid assets we love best.
