Sentences with phrase «for accelerated expansion»

An Oxford team found that the evidence for accelerated expansion doesn't meet the certainty standards required by physicists to declare a discovery.

One of them accounts for so - called dark energy, which comprises about 70 per cent of the total energy of the universe and is responsible for its accelerated expansion.

In a new study published in The Quarterly Review of Biology, Dr. Karen Hardy and her team bring together archaeological, anthropological, genetic, physiological and anatomical data to argue that carbohydrate consumption, particularly in the form of starch, was critical for the accelerated expansion of the human brain over the last million years, and coevolved both with copy number variation of the salivary amylase genes and controlled fire use for cooking.

And perhaps a new theory of gravity would be a better explanation for the accelerated expansion of the universe that has inspired a belief in dark energy.

The map also reaffirms the need for dark energy to account for the accelerating expansion of the universe.

Not exact matches

To accelerate its plans for global expansion, in February Hitachi splurged nearly 260 billion yen on the railway and signaling units of Italian defense and aviation company Finmeccanica, marking one of the company's priciest - ever acquisitions.

If GDP growth had not been artificially boosted by credit expansion, then it is hard to understand why Beijing has been trying urgently to get credit growth under control for over five years but has not even been able to prevent it from accelerating.

Our goal is to complement the current strategic interest of Chiesi Farmaceutici in the space of rare diseases by investing in early stage opportunities and accelerate the expansion of the Chiesi network in the US among universities, venture capital investors, rare disease patient organizations and start - ups developing treatments for rare diseases.

, which we announced this morning, will accelerate the expansion of our delivery network and amplify our diner acquisition efforts, raising consumer awareness of online ordering and driving more volume for all restaurants across our platform,» Grubhub CEO Matt Maloney told CNBC in a statement.

Chiesi Ventures also aim to accelerate the expansion of the Chiesi network in the US among universities, venture capital investors, rare disease patient organizations and entrepreneurial companies developing treatments for rare diseases.

Chiesi Ventures also aims to accelerate the expansion of the Chiesi network in the US and EU among universities, venture capital investors, rare disease patient organizations and entrepreneurial companies developing treatments for rare diseases.

Chiesi Ventures also aim to accelerate the expansion of the Chiesi network in EU and the US among universities, venture capital investors, rare disease patient organizations and entrepreneurial companies developing treatments for rare diseases.

The evidence also suggests, however, that any expansion is likely to be relatively weak except for a 1 - 2 quarter bounce of inventory rebuilding, and that the sustainability of any upturn may be cut short by accelerating debt problems.

Lululemon is also working hard to reign in quality - control issues and to hone its supply - chain skills, and it is setting the stage for an accelerated global expansion next year.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

X-ray inspection expert accelerates global expansion Tampa, Florida, February 2013 — 2012 was a year of robust growth for global...

-- Phase one Pilbara iron ore expansion to 290 Mt / a has been accelerated and is now scheduled for completion during the third quarter of 2013.

The two leaders have pushed for the expansion of the accelerated classes throughout the city with more testing, and have pointed out neighborhoods in the South Bronx and central Brooklyn that were, until recently, without G&T programs.

As the cosmos expanded, matter gradually spread out, and its gravitational grip weakened, hitting a balance with dark energy about 5 billion years ago, causing the expansion to coast at a steady rate for a while, neither accelerating nor slowing down.

In 2011, Schmidt, Riess and Perlmutter shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for groundbreaking measurements revealing that the expansion of the universe is accelerating.

Research carried out two decades ago, however, showed that this expansion is accelerating, which suggests that Einstein's Constant may still have a part to play in accounting for dark energy.

It does not explain the perplexing phenomenon of dark energy, which is accelerating the expansion of the universe, nor does it account for dark matter, the invisible material that outweighs visible galaxies five to one.

In the late 1990s, scientists realized to their shock that the universe's expansion is accelerating, and apparently has been for more than half its lifetime.

Brian Schmidt, an astrophysicist at the Australian National University Mount Stromlo and Sliding Spring Observatories in Canberra who won the 2011 Nobel Prize in physics for his role in the discovery that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, was born to parents who were undergraduates at the University of Montana in Missoula.

If the space - time jitter is there, Hogan says it could underpin entirely new explanations for why the expansion of our universe is accelerating, something traditionally attributed to the little understood phenomenon of dark energy.

General relativity provided the underpinning of the Big Bang and introduced the concept of a cosmological constant, the model for the «dark energy» thought to be causing the expansion of the universe to accelerate.

DARK energy, the mysterious force thought to be responsible for the fact the universe's expansion is accelerating, might come from a series of exotic fields.

For decades, scientists had been trying to link mainstream physics» understanding of viscosity with a related concept: cosmic viscosity, which tells us about the universe's resistance to accelerating expansion.

For instance, the theory might explain why the expansion of the universe seems to be accelerating rather than diminishing.

Now, it turns out that the unknown forces behind the rate of this accelerating expansion — a mathematical value called the cosmological constant — may play a previously unexplored role in creating the right conditions for life.

The bright light from a supernova explosion, where the distance to the galaxy that hosts the supernova is well established, is the «candle» of choice for astronomers measuring the accelerated expansion of the universe.

Contrary to all expectations, the universe's expansion is apparently accelerating, so the inwards gravitational tug of both normal and dark matter is being trumped by the effect of another substance so exotic no one knows for certain what it might be.

But it could also describe last year's Nobel Prize in Physics, for which three researchers representing two teams totaling 51 scientists were recognized for uncovering the accelerating expansion of the universe.

It is already charged with hunting for the fabled Higgs boson, extra dimensions and supersymmetry, but physicists are now adding even more elaborate phenomena to its shopping list — including vanishing dimensions that could explain the accelerating expansion of the Universe.

Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt and Adam Reiss share the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics for their observations that type Ia supernovae indicate that the expansion of the universe is accelerating.

The team's result confirms the accelerated cosmic expansion using a completely different approach, which strengthens the case for dark energy.

There were several observations that suggested the accelerated cosmic expansion, including distant supernovae for which the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded.

ML: What we know is that dark energy, which was discovered in 1998, seems to be responsible for the present accelerating expansion of the universe.

Three scientists won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics for their 1998 discovery that the expansion of the universe was accelerating.

Particle physics and cosmology make up the big topics of interest for many young scientists at the 66th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, with lectures by the pioneering researchers who won Nobel Prizes for their work in the cosmic microwave background radiation, neutrino mass, and the accelerating expansion of the universe.

Building on the expansion of the ambassador hub programme, the «Digital Badge» initiative will empower teachers as they look to accelerate young people, making sure they develop the right skills for future employment and success.

This article illustrates the need for new strategies for the expansion of global education and Telco organizations in order to accelerate the development of villages throughout the world.

The new design and R&D facilities in Europe will accelerate Chery's plan for global expansion.

We look forward to helping the OpenTable team accelerate their global expansion, increase the value offered to their restaurant partners, and enhance the end - to - end experience for our collective customers across desktop and mobile devices.»

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This expansion is the perfect way to build on the momentum following our recent fleet - wide renovation, providing us with the much needed capacity to match the accelerating demand for our intimate style of yacht cruising,» said Andy Todd, chief executive officer of Xanterra Parks & Resorts, owner of Windstar Cruises.

This incredible line - up reflects the strong support for PS4 among developers and publishers, and has led the platform's accelerated momentum and expansion.

Due to the relentless and accelerating pace of expansion of cities and the demand for new buildings, the buildings tend to be similar to each other, characterised by the extreme homogeneity and by a predominantly uniform design environment built.»

From a global perspective, we are faced with daunting challenges as documented in World Resources, 1996 - 97: the accelerating confluence of population expansion, increased demand for energy, food, clean drinking water, adequate housing, the destructive environmental effects of pollution from fossil fuels and nuclear waste, plus the growing divergence between the haves and have - nots and the potential for ensuing conflicts.

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