Sentences with phrase «extremely active research»

Changes in DNA methylation in brain cells has been an extremely active research area since these epigenetic changes were shown to alter the expression of genes needed to form and maintain long - term memories.

Not exact matches

Scientists from the UT research institute MESA + have now managed to equip these light chips — which were already known for their extremely low losses — with new «active» functionalities, such as generating, strengthening, and modulating light.

I want to make the committee an extremely active player in science policy, particularly in terms of how to stretch the science research dollars at a time of obvious austerity, and reauthorize both NASA and the Commercial Space Act so that the two are coordinated.

Therapies applying this paradigm to clear β - amyloid protein (Aβ) plaques and soluble aggregates from patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an extremely active field of research, with multiple active and passive Aβ vaccines currently in human clinical trials.

«The research environment here is extremely active and stimulating,» Zhu said.

«Based on my research, we have established two active ingredients that work extremely well: oil of lemon eucalyptus and DEET,» she tells Health.

Like Michael points out, active investing is practiced today by extremely smart, extremely hard - working people with access to the best research and resources money can buy.

For the entire Northern Hemisphere, there is evidence of an increase in both storm frequency and intensity during the cold season since 1950,1 with storm tracks having shifted slightly towards the poles.2, 3 Extremely heavy snowstorms increased in number during the last century in northern and eastern parts of the United States, but have been less frequent since 2000.11,15 Total seasonal snowfall has generally decreased in southern and some western areas, 16 increased in the northern Great Plains and Great Lakes region, 16,17 and not changed in other areas, such as the Sierra Nevada, although snow is melting earlier in the year and more precipitation is falling as rain versus snow.18 Very snowy winters have generally been decreasing in frequency in most regions over the last 10 to 20 years, although the Northeast has been seeing a normal number of such winters.19 Heavier - than - normal snowfalls recently observed in the Midwest and Northeast U.S. in some years, with little snow in other years, are consistent with indications of increased blocking (a large scale pressure pattern with little or no movement) of the wintertime circulation of the Northern Hemisphere.5 However, conclusions about trends in blocking have been found to depend on the method of analysis, 6 so the assessment and attribution of trends in blocking remains an active research area.