Sentences with phrase «as a lubricant beneath»

They reason that with warmer temperatures, there was more water available to act as a lubricant beneath the glaciers, easing their inexorable slide to the ocean.

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The scientists had a hunch that the SLIPS» lubricant layer was physically interfering with the mussels» ability to detect the solid surface beneath it, as they found that their feet contain proteins that are known to sense pressure.
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