Sentences with phrase «little molecule»

It is not only the acid in your stomach that breaks down your food — many little molecules in your body, called enzymes, help with that too.

Only when I started reading about people suffering from thyroid side effects from following low carb did I started seriously thinking about that pesky little molecule.

These harmful little molecules are highly reactive and attack our structural proteins as well as cause production of assorted inflammatory proteins.

Polymers are made by chemically reacting a lot of little molecules together to make one long molecule, like a string of beads.

- Hannah Waters — How One Little Molecule Influences Earth's Climate - David Bressan — In Search of the Lost Land of Gold (and mummified baboons too)- Janet D.

A seemingly humdrum little molecule has found itself responsible for not just one but two positive feedback loops, one moderating climate and the other gathering animals across the food web.

For example, there might be a big pile of chicken meal in a warehouse next to a big pile of pork meal, so naturally the air currents will blow one onto the other, and a very very sensitive test (like the DNA tests used in the study) will find even a few little molecules that might happen to drift from one to another.

It is difficult to remove every little molecule of capsaicin from hands and cutting boards because skin and wood tends to absorb the substance and it is not miscible with water.

The little molecules are called monomers and the long molecules are called polymers.

More to explore Biology for Kids; Enzymes, from Ducksters Enzymes: The Little Molecules That Bake Bread, from Scientific American Catalase, from PDB - 101 Enzyme - Catalyzed Reactions — What Affects Their Rates?

So his team developed what are essentially add - ons for traditional phase change materials, or, «little molecules that undergo a structural change when light shines on them.»

«This little molecule,» Szalavitz writes, «may unlock the intricate mystery of what drives us,» which helps to explain its role in everything from initiating action to addiction.

With this little molecule, the specific fiber organization really matters to metastasis.»

There is a lot of research to support such a stellar report card for this little molecule too, so its benefits are not at all theoretical, but on solid ground in the scientific realm.

Creatine has to do with a little molecule called ATP.

Looking at this little molecule for a few moments may be reductionist, but understanding how a food provides its benefits not only helps us better understand how to produce, prepare, and use that food, but also helps us identify other foods that may offer similar benefits.