Sentences with phrase «like dormant state»

They are the most abundant form of life on Earth, but viruses — or their seed - like dormant state, known as virions — are outliers in our search for life on other planets.

Not exact matches

Room temperature is perfect for most herbs but if you want them to slow down growth (like when you go on vacation) a cooler place (like the basement) can help them enter a more dormant state.

They stay in a dormant, «cryo - like» state until they come into contact with the skin.

It's the humidity and pH of your skin that takes them out of their dormant state — sort of like an animal - shaped sponge in a capsule — and have a longer - lasting impact as the lipids actually repair the damaged cells, rather than simply filling in the empty space.

Cocooned adult fleas can enter into a quiescent (dormant - like) state for up to 5 months.

Between 2004 and 2009, wind energy capacity in the United States grew by 423 %, while solar energy capacity expanded by 150 %.30 Yet over the same time frame, nuclear energy managed to increase by only 1 percent.31 By 2020, wind energy will grow by another 82 %, while nuclear power is only on track to expand by 10 %.32 A clean energy standard would help lift the dormant U.S. nuclear industry off the mat while also ensuring that the market for traditional renewables, like wind and solar, continues to grow through aggressive state mandates.