Sentences with phrase «by our biology more»

«Weight is controlled by our biology more than our willpower.»

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In Australia and Asia, the following universities and colleges have extensive evolutionary biology departments manned by more of the most gifted biological scientists in the World; Monash University in Melbourne, The University of New South Wales, Kyoto University in Ja.pan, Peking University in China, Seoul University in Korea, the University of Singapore, National Taiwan University, The Australian National University, The University of Melbourne, and the University of Sydney.

Whereas the dichotomy of subject and object has been challenged by experiments in modern physics, a Cartesian dualism still provides the philosophical background of modern molecular biology and, more recently, sociobiology.

Though I think the issues raised by biology and medicine are important; I fear that this area may receive more than its share of attention because of the resources it can command.

Unfortunately, efforts to push forward a careful alliance of theology with evolutionary biology are often obscured by the more sensational spats going on between IDT defenders and creationists on the one side, and evolutionary materialists on the other.

As Provine summarized the matter, «The destructive implications of evolutionary biology extend far beyond the assumptions of organized religion to a much deeper and more pervasive belief, held by the vast majority of people, that non-mechanistic organizing designs or forces are somehow responsible for the visible order of the physical universe, biological organisms, and human moral order.»

If one were to assess sexual orientation by behavior rather than biology, one would be more inclined to Freud's view that our sexuality is polymorphous: heterosexual and homosexual and what all, through a fascinating range of fact and fantasy.

The ethical principles which hitherto we have regarded as an appendage, superimposed more or less by our own free will upon the laws of biology, are now showing themselves — not metaphorically but literally — to be a condition of survival for the human race.

The fact that, by a slightly more sophisticated development of modern biology, we have come across an evolutionary mechanism which can produce the same effect is, I think, not without importance in relation to mind.

Waddington's paper in Towards a Theoretical Biology follows on from one by Brian Goodwin («A Statistical Mechanics of Temporal Organization in Cells») in which Goodwin looks at the question of how ordered systems like cells, and still more macro-organisms, supervene on the movements of their constituent molecules, and how one is to close the gap between molecular biology and cell physiology.

Being now called upon by biology to consider the effects of synthesis, it is beginning to perceive that, parallel with the phenomenon of corpuscular disintegration, the Universe historically displays a second process as generalized and fundamental as the first: I mean that of the gradual concentration of its physico - chemical elements in nuclei of increasing complexity, each succeeding stage of material concentration and differentiation being accompanied by a more advanced form of spontaneity and spiritual energy.

It seems to me, therefore, that the metaphysical background of process thought is far more germane to the evolutionary picture provided by biology than is the mechanistic philosophy, implicit or explicit, that so often accompanies evolutionary theory.

Or consider the explanations for religious belief proposed by evolutionary psychologists, now recognised by most philosophers of biology as involving more theoretical assumptions than empirical evidence.

The metaphysical background of process thought is far more germane to the evolutionary picture provided by biology than is the mechanistic philosophy.

Yet it is clear that it is in this direction — towards a more temporalist biology, utilizing a mathematics more suited to the «sinuousities» (CE 212 - 213) of life — he believed biology could most profitably proceed.20 An adequate answer is suggested, however, by Bergson's statement in Mailer and Memory (quoted above) that levels of consciousness (hence breadths of duration) in each organism are precisely commensurate with the organism's capacity for movement — more precisely, for its capacity to employ a wide behavioral repertoire, coupled with necessity of having to choose between specific acts.

If you want to know why modern psychologists find that motherhood is more defined by psychology than biology, go here.

My kids especially love that each year contains work in each of the science disciplines (many classical - approach history programs do biology one year, chemistry the next, etc.) The format is not step - by - step, so this curriculum requires a bit more planning than some others, but it's well worth the effort.

Studies done by the Touch Research Institute in Miami, the first scientific center to study the biology of touch and its effects on health and development, have shown that premature infants who are massaged for 15 minutes three times a day gain more weight and are able to be released from the hospital sooner than those who are not massaged.

By using protocols within the sensory, biology - physical expression, creative self - expression, nutrition and attachment - relationship lenses, we successfully learned to honor what Sarah knew to be true for herself, and we provided her with more knowledge and supports that she needed to further know and support herself.

By turning cell biology into an engineering discipline, CCC aims to develop new chemicals and materials for medical and consumer applications, while at the same time training a more diverse research and manufacturing workforce.

Not that that's necessarily the very first way Darwinian systems began, but at some point they had to transition into a system more related to modern biology where cells are all bounded by membranes.

They'd be transformed by synthetic biology, a young field of engineering that crafts building materials from DNA and cells rather than more traditional biological materials, like trees.

Michael Baum, a biologist at Boston University, got a more detailed look by studying ferrets, whose biology is well understood.

«When the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research was first founded, we set up a model that would make biology more rational by understanding the molecular pathways of disease,» Elton says.

The researchers — led by Brett Sandercock, professor of biology — discovered that wind turbines have little effect on greater prairie chickens, and that these grassland birds are more affected by rangeland management practices and by the availability of native prairie and vegetation cover at nest sites.

He was even more amazed by the power of molecular biology.

Its proponents seek to make biology more quantitative by relying on mathematics, engineering, and computer science to build a more rigid framework for linking disparate findings.

The work, which was propelled by technologies that enable the detailed analysis of even a handful of cells, opens a critical window on the biology of the disease and suggests a strategy for the development of more precise, powerful treatments.

A July 2010 report released by Global Industry Analysts speculates that the global synthetic biology market will be worth more than $ 4.5 billion by 2015.

The recent sharp, decade - long rise in biology majors, for example, was preceded by an even longer but more gradual decline, whereas mathematics and computer science have been on a roller - coaster ride that features a PC - driven peak in the mid-1980s and a recent resurgence.

In my early years, I spent more time in the molecular biology lab, but I gradually moved into the biomaterial engineering lab as I got fascinated by the possibilities of combining biomaterials and cell biology.

Many young scientists at the basic research end of the spectrum will admit that they were initially attracted more by the desire to investigate fundamental questions in biology than to work specifically on cancer.

«By learning more about how these cells work, we are one step closer to understanding the disease states in which these cells should be studied,» said Cagla Eroglu, an assistant professor of cell biology and neurobiology at the Duke University Medical Center, who led the research.

I have always been fascinated by biology in general, but more specifically ancient animals and plants.

More recently, reductionism has been counterbalanced by the emergence of «systems biology,» which I expect to reanimate the crucial link between basic science, clinical research, and medical practice.

It also hints at why proteins were eventually preferred by evolution over nucleic acids as catalysts in biology: proteins offer much more ability to «tune» their «jiggling and wiggling» and their response to chemical reactions.

By adding fundamentals of biology to their computer science training, more than a few native computer scientists are contributing — and preparing themselves to contribute — to the advancement of the life sciences (among other fields), laying foundations for new branches of study.

«As we find genes involved in Tourette syndrome and understand more about its biology, we move closer to our ultimate goal of developing treatments to help children affected by the disease.»

It was far more important to us to have biology professors read our study than anyone else, and so to make that happen, we wanted to put the paper in a place that was likely to be found by our target audience.

The study, led by Amy Russell, associate professor of biology at Grand Valley, reveals that the Hawaiian hoary bat migrated to the islands from the Pacific coast of North America in two separate waves more than 9,000 years apart.

«Combining exhaustive computational modeling with synthetic biology is more efficient and powerful than building networks one - by - one» says the corresponding author Mark Isalan.

By shedding light on subtle distinctions in tumor biology, these findings offer clues to designing more effective anticancer treatments to precisely target tumors in individual patients.

«We will also encourage postdocs to develop some level of independence by having more than one mentor,» says Sharon Milgram, a professor of cell and developmental biology and faculty adviser for the UNC Office of Postdoctoral Services.

Based on the results published in this paper, and with the aim to study the biology and epidemiology of Leishmania in a clinically more relevant context, Dr. Gerald Späth established the international consortium «LeiSHield», that coordinates a concerted effort between partner teams of the Institut Pasteur International Network and beyond, which was initially supported by a seeding fund from the Institut Pasteur International Direction, and is now funded by a 1.7 million euro grant from the EU H2020 program.

And will mean scientists can do research for more of the year, can reach areas they've never been able to penetrate before, and will be able to bring back huge amounts of data on the ocean and marine biology,» Osborne said during a speech in Cambridge, according to a ScienceInsider post by Daniel Clery.

If you share my view that technology drives history more than any other factor, then you will probably agree that the 21st century is going to be significantly shaped by the outcome of a single question: Will synthetic biology achieve radical success or not?

Studies headed by U. of I. plant biology professor Donald Ort aim to make plants» upper leaves lighter, allowing more sunlight to penetrate to the light - starved lower leaves.

So it could be RNA or DNA like we have in modern biology or it could be some related kind of material; and we are also thinking about some kind of cell envelope or cell membrane — not that that's necessarily the very first way Darwinian systems began, but at some point they had to transition into a system more related to modern biology where cells are all bounded by membranes — so we're thinking about how to assemble these two components and get them to interact with each other.

After comparing contemporary survey data with 40 years of historical benchmarks, Cascade Sorte, assistant professor of ecology & evolutionary biology at UCI, and colleagues from around the U.S. report that the blue mussel numbers have declined by more than 60 percent along the gulf coastline, which stretches from Cape Cod north to the Canadian border.

The small, stumpy Y chromosome — possessed by male mammals but not females, and often shrugged off as doing little more than determining the sex of a developing fetus — may impact human biology in a big way.