Sentences with phrase «tiny structures within»

Carnitine acts as a kind of shuttle bus, loading up fatty acids and transporting them into tiny structures within the cell called the mitochondria, where they can be burned for energy.

In his original work, Zhang was able to enlist a complex of molecules known as photosystem - I (PS - I), the tiny structures within plant cells that carry out photosynthesis.

They were partly inspired by studies on the confinement of electrons in tiny structures within semiconductors called quantum wells, quantum wires and quantum dots («How to build better lasers», New Scientist, 11 January).

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Costa and Jin implanted tiny electrodes in each mouse's brain to record the activity of neurons within the striatum, a structure deep in the brain known to be involved in motor commands.

It is the material's very special crystal structure that does the trick, in connection with an astonishing new physical effect; in countless tiny cages within the crystal, cerium atoms are enclosed.

So scientists investigated their 3D structure using x-ray nanotomography, a way of peering within tiny structures without destroying them.

As it turned out, he didn't need the slices, because the CT scans revealed two football - shaped lobes of fat contained within two sets of «lips» — tiny structures located in the nasal passage just below the blowhole.

Some aim to reverse the age - related decline in the functioning of mitochondria — the multitude of tiny power - producing structures within cells.

Nestled within an ancient chunk of Martian meteorite lay tiny structures that resembled fossilised bacteria.

Tiny structures — like loops or cylinders — within the rings divert the incoming waves around the object, preventing both reflection and absorption.

They found that when the potassium channel is open, water molecules quickly bind to tiny cavities within the protein structure, where they block the channel in a state that prevents the passage of ions.