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Your picture of a detergent molecule/micelle and the statement/description of a detergent molecule are contradictory to each other. The illustration says the heads are hydrophobic and tails hydrophilic, but the written statement says they are similar to the lipid membrane of a cell with hydrophilic heads and hydrophobic tails. Clarification or correction? Thank you.



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The activity can be viewed at: How Do Viruses React To Soap?

Thank you for flagging this problem with the diagram. The labels on the diagram were reversed and have been corrected: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/stem-act ... ills-virus

We apologize for any confusion.

Amy
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