Sentences with phrase «trigger chain reactions»

The process of oxidation releases free radicals, which can trigger chain reactions leading to the death or damage of cells.

Space junk is dangerous because one collision could trigger a chain reaction of objects hitting each other, resulting in a thick cloud of debris that would make space travel extremely dangerous.

«The imposition of sweeping tariffs would trigger a chain reaction of negative consequences for the U.S. economy, provoking retaliation; stifling U.S. agriculture, goods, and services exports; and raising costs for businesses and consumers,» said the letter.

A group of 46 US industry and trade associations made a final plea to Trump in a letter earlier this week, arguing that «the imposition of sweeping tariffs would trigger a chain reaction of negative consequences for the US economy.»

Again, this triggered a chain reaction from half a dozen other students.

This triggered a chain reaction and the vibe around the club is different!

At the first corner (a super-fast S - bend) Jody Scheckter and John Watson made contact, triggering a chain reaction of collisions which collected seven drivers - Scheckter, Watson, Mario Andretti, Patrick Tambay, Arturo Merzario, Didier Pironi, and Nelson Piquet.

On the latest episode of Transfer Talk, Jim White says he expects Aubameyang's move to Arsenal to trigger a chain reaction of other moves

The email was sent at 4.20 pm on 11 July 2011, the day after the News of the World closed and seven days after the Guardian disclosed that the tabloid had hacked the voicemail messages of the missing Surrey schoolgirl Milly Dowler, triggering a chain reaction of further revelations and political outcry.

The study found that when a protein (neuregulin - 1) attaches to the ErbB4 receptor, it triggers a chain reaction that ultimately determines neurotransmitter levels in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus.

A catalyst is added that severs these bonds and triggers a chain reaction.

This process can even trigger a chain reaction.

We need to go back to the earliest events that trigger the chain reaction that ultimately results in disease so we can focus new therapies on the cause, not the consequences.»

By triggering the chain reactions responsible for the allergic symptoms of asthma, eczema or allergic rhinitis, these cells have an essential role in allergy.

The shrapnel destroys more satellites and triggers a chain reaction, generating yet more high - speed debris.

Since it so easily triggers a chain reaction, the yawn reflex opens a window onto mood transmission, an essential part of empathy.

A violent electrical storm raked the night sky, and there were fears that the blast would generate enough heat to ignite the atmosphere, triggering a chain reaction that would encircle the globe in a sea of fire.

But after five days of treating the injury with opiods, the glial cells triggered a chain reaction, including spinal cord imflammation.

Introducing Nanog into aged stem cells triggered a chain reaction that helps those cells regain their former regeneration abilities.

This triggers a chain reaction of damage and imbalance referred to as oxidative stress.

This triggers a chain reaction of T2Rs all the way down your digestive tract, revving up your digestive organs for a new wave of half - chewed food.

Hence, the stimulation of our sweet receptors triggers chain reactions in our body that are specifically tailored for sugar.

They bump into neighboring molecules and steal an electron, making them, in turn, unstable, thus triggering a chain reaction that leads to disaster.

The ketogenic diet is informed by the mindset that if your body is in a state of ketosis, you are going to trigger a chain reaction wherein your body is burning up fat faster than you can supply it.

Sometimes noisy tags trigger a chain reaction of barking!

The aldosterone triggers a chain reaction that can cause your dog to go into shock.

«An availability cascade is a self - reinforcing process of collective belief formation by which an expressed perception triggers a chain reaction that gives the perception of increasing plausibility through its rising availability in public discourse.

One common scenario in rear - end collisions is multi-car accidents in which the first vehicle strikes another car, and the force pushes that vehicle into another motorist, at times triggering a chain reaction that can involve multiple vehicles.

Criticism and the sarcastic remarks that imply contempt trigger a chain reaction that often leads to a bitter end.

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When an impulse — anything from a conversation to a presentation to a policy — reaches another individual, it triggers an idea and sets off a chain reaction for creative productivity.

Chain reactions happen with transfers one transfer at one club can trigger several transfers and there's been very little movement.

In GVHD, donor cells trigger an immune response that attacks normal tissues, leading to a chain reaction of cellular and molecular responses that increase morbidity and mortality in these patients.

These can then trigger normal proteins to also misfold, producing a chain reaction that clogs the brain with abnormal proteins and so causing diseases such as vCJD.

Instead, following exposure to chemotherapy, GSTO1 binds to a protein called the ryanodine receptor 1, or RYR1, that triggers the release of calcium, which causes a chain reaction that transforms ordinary breast cancer cells into cancer stem cells.

Unless there is immediate medical intervention, this can trigger a molecular chain reaction in the intestines and other organs — leading to diarrhea, hypothermia, respiratory distress and shock.

For one thing, there's a chance that enough plutonium could congregate to trigger a nuclear chain reaction, or criticality — the self - sustaining cascade of atomic fission that releases massive amounts of energy.

Experiments conducted in mice and in human ALS cells reveal that when RIPK1 is out of control, it can spark axonal damage by setting off a chemical chain reaction that culminates in stripping the protective myelin off of axons and triggering axonal degeneration — the hallmark of ALS.

They produce a hormone, called abscisic acid, or ABA, that binds to a protein, called a PYL receptor, triggering a chain of reactions that eventually closes the plant's pores on its leaves.

It has also triggered an ecological chain reaction there, resulting in, among other impacts, record numbers of rabies cases.

The compound 4 - ethyloctanal starts a hormonal chain reaction in the female's brain, which triggers ovulation, researchers report online today in Current Biology.

In fact, they showed that targeting a single location on the genome was enough to trigger the natural chain reaction that led to reprogramming the cell into an iPSC.

It's not entirely clear how muscle building process happens, but it is believed that muscle breakdown and muscle synthesis trigger the release of enzymes that are responsible for starting a chain reaction in the organism, resulting in increased protein synthesis or protein breakdown.

For a long time, scientists have tried to prove that nine of the Ten Plagues described in the Old Testament point to a serious breakdown of the climate, triggering an ecological chain reaction.

One step triggers the next in a chain reaction until the final task is complete.

Trigger environmental chain reactions to fry your enemies alive — set goop ablaze, detonate explosives, launch enemies into hazards and more!

Trigger masterful chain reactions and watch the chaos unfold.Win levels to move to the next district and towards your ultimate goal: The destruction of Explodz mega-factory.

Some of the extended bits that Fadem pulled off in that time: sitting down on a rubber stool, kicking a hole through a stage that would eventually collapse in full, slamming a weird sort of metal gate / screen - door combination affixed to the building's wall, jumping into the East River and then reappearing inside of a barrel of vaseline that was treated to looked like toxic sludge, hurling himself into a pile of cardboard boxes and then sounding the world's most pathetic airhorn, addressing the performance's one heckler with a drawn - out gesture involving his middle finger, drinking a number of glasses of water in rapid succession before moving to a sort of thick, clear liquid that he repeatedly spit up and attempted to drink again (I heard an audience member worry that this would trigger a series of chain - reaction vomiting in the audience.

Breakup of the Larsen B Ice Shelf triggered by chain reaction drainage of supraglacial lakes (pages 5872 — 5876) Alison F. Banwell, Douglas R. MacAyeal and Olga V. Sergienko Article first published online: 27 NOV 2013 DOI: 10.1002 / 2013GL057694 Key Points Larsen B Ice Shelf rapidly broke ‐ up by chain ‐ reaction drainage of surface lakes Lake ‐ induced stress set fracture spacing small enough for capsize ‐ driven breakup Lake interaction by flexural stress defines an ice ‐ shelf stability tipping point (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2013GL057694/abstract)

The ice age lasted centuries because the eruptions probably triggered a lasting chain reaction in the ocean currents, «affecting sea ice and ocean currents in a way that lowered temperatures for centuries,» says the study's co-author.

As enjoyable as it is to consider the Newtonian implications of iterative and compounding actions and reactions to the chain of events triggered in Monroe's hypothetical «what ifs», exceedingly few of the justice «what ifs» or proposals offered above will result in decimation of judicial precincts or dystopian futures where justice is brutally dispensed by dolphin - guided drones.