Sentences with phrase «microscopic levels of»

Presuming that all touch screens in the near future will have the hardware capability to detect microscopic levels of pressure (which is a whole other feature request), the biggest part of this feature request is software and firmware based.

Looking back on it, I can definitely see the similarities in terms of what it takes to envision, manage, and build complex structures, whether that's accomplished on the enormous scale of a city or on the microscopic level of a semiconductor chip with billions of transistors.

He said glass appeared to be structured randomly, but it was actually quite ordered at the microscopic level of a few atoms.

We are very impressed by Fred Kavli's design of these new awards, which span from the very grand scale of astrophysics to the microscopic level of nanotechnology, and to the level in between: the brain - no doubt the most complex organ created by the biological evolution over a very, very long time... billions of years.

There is a microscopic level of support for the idea that China has banned time travel, though actually that seems to be a ban on TV shows with time travel.

Not exact matches

For instance, he predicts that the «forehead» — the black bar that intrudes into the top of the screen on the iPhone X, where all the cameras and sensors go — is an evolutionary detour on the way to a phone that is all screen, with cameras built right in at the microscopic level.

I do think that being an atheist in light of the complexity of creation (both on an infinite universe - sized level and on a microscopic atomic level) requires some amount of faith in something — even if it is faith in the ability of random pieces of matter to assemble themselves into something complicated.

Furthermore, on the microscopic level the very concept of localizable particle as well as the continuity of trajectory loses its meaning.

CC: It depends on whether you are trying to get space by implementing this scheme at a microscopic physical level, which was what I was trying to do, or implement this on Whitehead's earlier scheme at the level of perceptions.

In the stage that Ford (1:251) has called his «first metaphysical synthesis», Whitehead held that «value» («the intrinsic reality of an event») could exist on a multiplicity of levels, not just a microscopic one (SMW 93).

Evolution occurs at the microscopic level by changes in genes as a result of the survival of the most adapted organisms for the environment in which they live.

While such simplifying assumptions were deemed acceptable in the past, they can no longer be regarded as a correct reflection of the underlying dynamics of any realistic natural system.12 Above all, we have shown the contingent (or probabilistic) nature of all dynamically evolving systems at both the microscopic (atomic and sub-atomic) and macroscopic (terrestrial) levels.

On the microscopic level, when the novelty originating in the mental pole of an actual occasion is largely absent, the power of efficient causation escapes modification by conceptual ideals.

Seriously, when you start getting down to a microscopic level and looking at atoms and molecules and the structures of cells, the world changes.

Made from any number of hundreds of elements, these materials have the capacity to show quantum properties that usually appear only at the microscopic level, but here appear in a material visible to the naked eye.

«At the very microscopic level,» he says, «we have developed techniques like two - photon microscopy, which allows extremely detailed examinations of structures and processes within cells.»

But it's only because it's on the microscopic level that this structure can overcome the problem of maintenance: the molecules that control the wheel and axle reach it by diffusing through the cell's cytoplasm.

In addition, the orange Asupina variety stashes its carotenoids in microscopic sacs during ripening, shifting the chemical equilibrium in the fruit so it can make even higher levels of these substances.

Sionix, an Anaheim, Calif. — based corporation, which manufactures a treatment system that uses microscopic air bubbles to clean water, is testing whether its technology can also reduce levels of metal, namely iron and manganese (both toxic to the body in large amounts) in Santiago Creek near Villa Park Dam in Orange County, Calif..

Intestinal biopsy samples showed mild levels of microscopic inflammation in some of the children with autism, as well as in some of the non-autistic children.

Ranging from the magnesium levels in microscopic seashells pulled from ocean sediment cores to pollen counts in layers of muck from lakebeds, the proxies delivered thousands of temperature readings over the period.

A tenth of a millimeter is relatively small, in contrast, although it's still big on a microscopic level.

«The most interesting materials of the future will probably be assembled at the microscopic level in creative ways,» says Galli.

AFM achieves this level of detail by using a microscopic stylus — similar to a needle on a record player — that barely makes contact with the surface of the material being studied.

Today, this behaviour is very well understood at the microscopic level: magnetism goes back to the angular momentum — the spin — of the electrons in the outer shell of the atoms that build up a solid state crystal.

If you really want to develop a microscopic understanding of atoms, on the most basic level, you need to understand how electrons deal with each other.»

While algae and other microscopic plants, which form the base of the marine food chain, are vital to a healthy ecosystem, too much can cause murky water, reduce sunlight and oxygen levels, and ultimately cause harm to marine life.

However, it had been difficult to understand the mechanism of carrier doping at the microscopic level.

McFarlin and her engineering colleague, William O'Brien Jr., a research professor at the Urbana - Champaign campus, are taking ultrasonic detection of cervical changes to a microscopic level.

A team of marine researchers funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) has discovered a three - way conflict raging at the microscopic level in the frigid waters off Antarctica over natural resources such as vitamins and iron.

The detection of microscopic black holes would shore up the theory by showing that gravity can act at the quantum level, as the model predicts.

«Science shows us the many ways that life is interconnected, especially on the microscopic level, where we see how many organisms depend on close contact with or internalization of other species for food, defense, or reproduction,» said lead author John Burns, a postdoctoral researcher in the Museum's Division of Invertebrate Zoology.

A detailed understanding of the physics of individual atoms interacting with each other at the microscopic level can lead to the discovery of novel emergent phenomena, help guide the synthesis of new materials, and even aid future drug development.

Two billion years ago, around the time atmospheric oxygen levels were rising, one cell engulfed another, and instead of becoming lunch, the ingestee became an Earth - changer and, eventually, a vital part of you: mitochondria.These microscopic cell inhabitants / engines allowed their host cell to suddenly begin to burn oxygen when digesting their food, an energy source that vastly expanded the amount of energy they could harvest from a given morsel of food.

It's basically just Darwin's idea of the survival of the fittest, reduced to a microscopic level — bacteria with these genes survive and outgrow susceptible variants.

At a microscopic level, we are all composed of cells.

We are also able to view live images of tissue in the digestive tract at a microscopic level, enabling earlier and more accurate diagnosis of gastrointestinal cancers.

He added, «One of the tricky parts is understanding how meteorites fracture at the microscopic level, and how the material will eventually burst in the atmosphere,» as meteorites have a complex microscopic structure compared to ordinary rocks and behave in different ways under stress.

Microscopic specks of soot, dirt, acid, and other pollutants are constantly being released into the atmosphere in metropolitan areas (cars, factories, construction sites, etc.), and when these particles come into contact with your skin, they penetrate deep into the layers of the epidermis, causing inflammation, dehydration, and reactions on the cellular level.

While it takes several years for all the cells of an organ to completely turn around, it means that the changes we make in our diet and lifestyle impact us at the most microscopic level.

On a microscopic level, healthy enamel is made of large crystals that are packed tightly together.

No matter how thoroughly you cook your food, there are a lot of processes on the microscopic level going on inside it from the very moment you finish the meal and store the leftovers, including the conversion of healthy nutrients into toxins and the growth of potentially harmful bacteria.

Be sure to choose non-nano zinc oxide to avoid health complications that can arise from manipulation of materials at the microscopic level.

Other presentations could include isolated hypoalbuminaemia, elevated aminotransferase levels (transaminitis), microscopic colitis, symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, recurrent aphthous stomatitis, infertility, neurologic symptoms such as peripheral neuropathy, ataxia and epilepsy with posterior cerebral calcification.

The data reported were based on one patient and, despite 67 years of subsequent studies that failed to establish scientific support for this theory, we are still faced with reluctance to treat men with testosterone supplementation for fear of giving them prostate cancer or fueling prostate cancer already present at a subclinical or microscopic level.

Increased levels of candida often initiate the proliferation of long root - like structures (mycelia and rhizoids) that penetrate the mucosal membranes, creating microscopic breaks in the normal mucosal boundary of the gastrointestinal tract.

When we think of probiotics, we usually imagine the benefits taking place on the microscopic level — healthy bacteria recolonizing and re-balancing the flora in our digestive system.

On a smaller level, UV light and the salt in seawater cause microscopic particles of plastic to emit toxic chemicals such as PCBs and DDT.

Because there can be large amounts of hormone tied into your blood cells, even microscopic levels in your saliva can completely skew your levels.

But back to the microscopic level, for me, Kombucha is a symbol of my conscious desire to invite healthy bacteria and yeast into my body.