Sentences with phrase «in response to external stimuli»

One example: robotics made with soft, flexible structures that can change shape in response to external stimuli.

During his postdoc, Barboiu entered the field of molecular machines, molecular assemblies able to perform mechanical movements in response to external stimuli.

The research focused on a compound called neuroprotectin D1 = protectin D1 (NPD1 = PD1), a bioactive lipid produced by cells in response to external stimuli.

To see whether roosters simply crow in response to external stimuli or according to a circadian rhythm — an internally driven, cyclical pattern of behavior that occurs over a 24 - hour period — the team put one group of birds into a room with continuously dim lights and tracked the birds» crowing over the course of a month.

Nagoya, Japan — Stimuli - responsive materials alter their own properties in response to external stimuli, such as photo - irradiation, heat, pressure and electricity.

The aim of this project is to explore whether the genome three - dimensional (3D) structure acts as an information store that modulates transcription in response to external stimuli.

While stress often occurs in response to an external stimulus (like an argument with your spouse), anxiety tends to be more of an internal state.

Its conceptual departure point is the male cremaster muscle, which controls testicular contractions in response to external stimuli.

With it, they want to determine the firing patterns of specific neuron groupings in response to external stimuli which, in turn, will be used to «elicit sensory percepts in the visual or somatosensory cortices.»

This is of interest because a cell's genetic material is housed in the nucleus, and this is the location where different genes get turned on and off in response to external stimuli, such as the presence of lipids from fatty foods.