Sentences with phrase «in sea of»

«The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences was born out of the notion that we were living in a sea of chemicals,» says Gwen Collman, a program manager at the institute who works with Perera today.

In this context, the mesons of the nuclear interaction theory become plasmons, which are collective excitations in the sea of electron - positron pairs in the vacuum.

Octopuses and their relatives (cuttlefish and squid) represent an island of mental complexity in the sea of invertebrate animals.

«But,» said Stahle, «we live in a sea of coincidence — something like that is hard to prove.

Driven to Distraction 27 January 2006 In a busy laboratory, it can seem as if you are drowning in a sea of information and distractions.

After investigating seismic waves observed during the earthquake in the Sea of Okhotsk, the researchers found the initial quake triggered four other powerful shocks, one of magnitude 7.8, one of magnitude 8.0 and two of magnitude 7.9.

In that sea of alien suns the stars of Alpha Centauri — among the brightest in the southern skies — shine like a familiar and beckoning beacon.

But there is hope that periodic flows will bring back willow, mesquite, and cottonwood trees, revive insects and dormant crustaceans, give respite to birds migrating on the Pacific Flyway, and ease strains on fisheries in the Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California).

So he left for Mexico following a vague report of hammerheads gathering in the Sea of Cortez.

The 20 km long Mingulay Reef Complex in the Sea of Hebrides, off Scotland, at a depth of 128 m and on the 30 km long Stjernsund in Northern Norway, at 220 m depth.

Back in the 1980s, hammerheads were hundreds strong in the Sea of Cortez, a gulf between the Baja peninsula and the mainland.

The first scientist to study sharks in the Sea of Cortez was Peter Klimley, the legendary University of California, Davis marine biologist often called «Dr. Hammerhead.»

If you figure out what's most important to you ahead of time and consider only the options that match your priorities, you can keep from foundering in a sea of too many choices.

In the sea of graphene (over an iridium crystal), electrons» spin - orbit interaction is much lower than that created by intercalating a Pb island.

«Hodgkin lymphoma is unusual among cancers in that it consists of a small number of tumor cells in a sea of inflammatory cells and immune system cells, including T cells that don't work very effectively.»

The missile that North Korea fired on Sunday (Feb. 12), which traveled 300 miles (500 km) before splashing down in the Sea of Japan, was a land - based version of the KN - 11, according to the North Korean news service.

The ICBM was launched from Sain Ni, North Korea, north of Pyongyang, and traveled east about 1,000 kilometers before splashing down in the Sea of Japan, according to the Pentagon.

Project Kaisei is at its core a commercial endeavor, funded in part by international recycling companies that see opportunity in a sea of debris thought to be twice the size of Texas.

However, two population segments recently were added as endangered by the IUCN — one in the Sea of Arabia, the other in Oceania — and it is likely that one or more of the newly identified populations in the North Pacific may be considered endangered, Baker said.

There are only about 200 students on the NIH campus, and they can easily get lost in the sea of over 2500 postdocs, 1200 principal investigators, and countless administrators, technicians, and support staff.

If you are lost in a sea of options or just plain lost, don't panic — from brain scans to burger flipping, we can help you navigate your way to career clarity.

Layout of the network of acoustic transponders (French in red, German in yellow) in the Sea of Marmara, on either side of the submarine segment of the North Anatolian fault (NAF), whose assumed trace is shown by the dashed line.

But no one had seen large numbers of them in action until 2007, when Benoit - Bird — an Oregon State University oceanographer — found a way to use sonar to probe the 3,000 - foot depths of the squid's stomping grounds in the Sea of Cortez.

«We are an island of 10 million people in a sea of Islamists.

These lanky amphipods can grow up to about 5 centimeters long and are found in the Sea of Japan.

They know that they need to find a way to stand out in the sea of scientists or use the event to gain future exposure to the company with the idea of leading to a future job offer.

If they were to relocate to the U.S., Marshallese speakers would find themselves suddenly in a sea of English.

Conservation policies had restricted access to ancestral lands, reducing the settlement to an island in a sea of game reserves.

«The new intake of Tory MPs is conspicuous not for being a clone army of Cameroons, but for a flotilla of mavericks (Rory Stewart, Zac Goldsmith) in a sea of traditional Tories.

According to a White House pool report, Cuomo and Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, were the most noteworthy figures in a sea of mourners that mostly consisted of Delaware officials.

«The Liberal Democrats are likely to lose out more than the other main parties because their seats are yellow islands in a sea of red or blue; changing the boundaries is more likely to bring in hostile territories, their majorities tend to be smaller than Labour or Conservative MPs and their Lib Dems trade a lot on incumbency and constituency service.

In his remarks, Jackson, standing in a sea of blue - and - white supportive placards, stressed his experience on the council of listening to families, working with teachers and students, and helping to negotiate budget and land - use deals.

«We were in a sea of like minded, peaceful people, all walking to make a statement and support all people.

«We are sinking in a sea of debt... We need to show the political leadership and take difficult decisions.»

Labour, looking inwards as it chose its new leader, let the Tories and Liberal Democrats win the argument by portraying the nation as sinking in a sea of debt.

But why is DCCC going after Gibson and Reed — two rank and file Republicans who haven't caused much of a stir save for Reed's ill - advised swim in the Sea of Galilee?

Niagara Falls landlord Ralph Pescrillo swims in a sea of debt and complaints and owes millions in taxes and bills.

New York — now a deep blue island in a sea of red — will be leaning on its local leaders to guard against the most savage incursions of a Trump administration, and it will be partially up to the governor's cerebral fixer to get the job done.

Things later became rather chaotic, and, in a sea of human bodies, I found myself outside the cordon.

The missile, believed to be an ICBM by the Pentagon based on initial assessments, was launched from Sain Ni in North Korea and flew roughly 620 miles before landing in the sea of Japan.

He has publicly championed tenants» rights, rent stabilization and affordable housing over the years, but has also earned a reputation among real estate executives as a pragmatist in a sea of reflexively pro-tenant Assembly members.

She had a head start because she had run for re-election in 2009 (she was the lone Democratic bright spot in a sea of GOP victories in Nassau County), but raised $ 1.4 million in the six weeks leading up to the Jan. 15 reporting date.

And as a democracy in a sea of instability and dictatorships, it's a beacon of hope for the whole world.

For months, the campaign has been unhappy, and at times embarrassed, by the antics of Republicans in the House ranging from the kerfuffle over lawmakers skinny dipping in the Sea of Galilee to Rep. Todd Akin's incendiary comments about «legitimate rape.»

Even well - run operations can drown in a sea of constituent communications, and it's hard to see how a staff cut would do anything but make the situation worse.

Organizations and candidates should treat their website as an messaging beacon in a sea of noise and misinformation.

The scheme has been a disaster for schools, resulting in numerous cases of teachers unable to actually teach children because they have been drowned in a sea of paperwork.

In a sea of mass emails, what ways of reaching Congress actually work?

«He's running himself into a ditch of non-relevance and swimming in some sea of delusion on granduer, and why waste out time on such a character.

Warning delegates that Britain is «sinking in a sea of debt», the shadow chancellor berated Mr Brown for offering more unfunded commitments in his leader's speech in Brighton last week.