Science behind the Spice

[nemafakei]

I'm working on a solution to this; I'd be grateful for any help anyone (esp biochemists and similar) can offer.

I think the following are true:

Wormsign is N-fixing - that is, static is created by moving around, therefore creating lightning, oxidising Nitrogen in the air to nitrites in the worm, which are then converted to nitrates and proteins - the esential process that

These proteins and enzymes can then be used by sandtrout, to use the water and CO2 (created by respiration, raw materials unknown - alkenes?)

I'm not convinced that the Arrakeen lifecycle uses glucose; I'm also considering other substances, primarily hydrocarbons and similar, but I don't have the technical knowledge in this field to be sure of anything.

Please excure lack of subscripts here.

[TMA_1]

would yo u like the stuff from the DE? they go so far as showing the melange molecule.

[nemafakei]

I have a downloaded copy - but it's hard to read... I'll look it up. Thankyou for telling me it's in there...

[AlteaDeo]

even if we could reproduce spice with those theory, don't dream about folding space :) lol

[The_Sadukar]

If you ever produce spice, then how do we konw that it gonna make people live longer, not to mention fold space. it could just be another regular spice

[Emperor Harkonnen]

hey it's just a book. I don't think Herbert thought about this when he wrote dune

[AlteaDeo]

would be cool though ;0

*dreaming*

;)

[Emperor Harkonnen]

I agree. It would have been really cool.

think about it...why if we had real spice and it was a part of our everyday life

[Caid Ivik]

So, spice is a drug created by various mixed plants ::) . But what science is behind it, I don't know. Fernao Maglhaes lost his life for it.

[nemafakei]

Ah... he found water of life?

[Dunenewt]

So, spice is a drug created by various mixed plants ::) . But what science is behind it, I don't know. Fernao Maglhaes lost his life for it.

Who's that?

[Caid Ivik]

You don't know him? Portuguese marine traveler, whose ships made first trip around the Earth in 16th century. He haven't found water of life... but enraged some muslims on Molokai and found a javelin in his chest.

[AlteaDeo]

oh! I just didn't know him with that spelling ;)

In french, it's like Ferdinand de Magellan ;) or something like that ;)

[dczx]

I think that the two structures at the top of the melange molecule are there for taste. They are either sucrose or some kind of sugar.

[lowzeewee]

chilli n pepper is spice

[AlteaDeo]

sob... ::)

[Inhuien]

So, spice is a drug created by various mixed plants ::) . But what science is behind it, I don't know. Fernao Maglhaes lost his life for it.

Thats spice is it... is it really ::)ROTFLMAO

[Sardauker-Kirov]

Maybe it is a plant that is capable of surviving the hot air and the cruel sun, who knows....

But it could be a nickname of the substance.

I just think it's a bit strange how spice can create things, like clothes, weapons etc.