Sentences with phrase «tiny channels in»

«Blood penetrates the tiny channels in the coral skeleton which then dissolves, allowing new bone to form in its place, often in as little as three weeks.»

The newly described nemertides attack tiny channels in cell walls that control the amount of sodium flowing in and out of the cell.

For this latest research, they wanted to design an experiment that would mimic the tiny channels in which bacteria thrive in nature.

Not exact matches

Needless to say, this is completely inadequate to capture even a tiny share of the flaws in existing legislation known to members of the executive branch, or even the flaws that judges specifically address as requiring remedies in court opinions (although sometimes judges would send us courtesy copies of their opinions identifying legislative problems in hope of securing legislative action through proper channels).

To glimpse the oldest light in the universe, simply tune an old television between channels: the tiny specs dancing on the screen result from the antenna being bombarded relentlessly by photons that were emitted shortly after the big bang, some 13.8 billion years ago.

Finding out involves passing a sample of blood through a microfluidic device, in whose tiny channels cancer cells can be captured and identified.

«What David's group can do is grow populations of cells in a very miniaturized state in ways that they can reach out and talk to each other through tiny channels, but yet they stay distinct,» den Boon says.

Ion channels are proteins found in a cell's membrane, which create tiny openings in the membrane that regulate the movement of specific ions.

The approach consists of a device filled with tiny channels and cavities that DNA molecules can move in and out of, resulting in some of the familiar Tetris shapes, like the «L,» the square, and the zigzag (illustrated above: a DNA molecule, in red, occupies four cavities in a zigzag).

It's printed in a layered lattice, which leaves tiny channels throughout the organ that act like blood vessels and allow nutrients to be dispersed through the tissue.

If the thorny devil puts its foot in a puddle, a network of channels in the scales carries the water to its mouth like tiny straws.

In the present experiment, the interest is in seeing how normal and supercurrents flow through tiny channels from one superconducting STO panel to another through a narrow passagIn the present experiment, the interest is in seeing how normal and supercurrents flow through tiny channels from one superconducting STO panel to another through a narrow passagin seeing how normal and supercurrents flow through tiny channels from one superconducting STO panel to another through a narrow passage.

The result could be useful for understanding the movement of water when squeezed inside tiny channels, for instance, in carbon nanotubes or cell membranes.

He further explains that most previous work primarily used tiny magnets to open ion channels by pushing or pulling them in the right manner.

But this physician - scientist's insights on health and sickness come from studying some of the smallest structures in the brain: tiny channels, no more than 10 nanometers across, in the walls of neurons.

They found that when the potassium channel is open, water molecules quickly bind to tiny cavities within the protein structure, where they block the channel in a state that prevents the passage of ions.

Microfluidic devices are tiny chips that can sort out disease biomarkers, cells and other small structures in samples like blood by using microscopic channels incorporated into the devices.

So what in the world were tiny respiratory channels doing in a wing membrane of a morpho dragonfly?

The study looked at mouse neurons in wells connected by tiny channels that allow growth of axons — the long fibers that neurons use to communicate.

These would be the size of semiconductor chips, with nanoscale channels to capture tiny samples of DNA and test them with tiny amounts of reagents, all in parallel.

Long stripes of magnetic domains appear in the magnetic material on one side of a tiny channel.

The existing technique, which uses micro - or nano - pores to detect and separate particles, can only detect tiny volumes of material at a time in a single channel, limiting...» More...

Sodium channels in the cells that line the tiny capillaries in our lungs play an important role in keeping those capillaries from leaking and potentially worsening conditions like pneumonia, scientists report.

Or that the tiny front - quarter windows and the character line in the profile are designed to channel wind to the driver's and passenger's chests and shoulders, which Mazda says is a good, pleasant kind of wind.

Tiny Brains attempts to channel the time before online where we just sat around and played with friends and family by our televisions and Spearhead did a wonderful job capturing it in this slightly flawed, but overall enjoyable experience.

In recent years multiple TV shows, documentaries and popular news channels have shined a spotlight on the tiny house movement.

Offbeat Spaces, the Youtube design channel, tips us to this very clever 200 square foot tiny house, built by the Yestermorrow Design / Build School in Warren, Vermont.

And while these three tiny cones outputted satisfyingly clear and sophisticated sounds (the tinkle of glass from a broken window in The Dark Knight gave the impression that the pane had been shattered in our living room), the lack of rear channels kept us from being fully immersed in the film's audio.