assay
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After measuring ethanol levels using an enzymatic assay, the team estimated daily alcohol intake for several nectar-feeding species based on their caloric needs.
From Science Daily β Mar. 25, 2026
To measure individual circadian phases, Prof. Dr. Achim Kramer developed the BodyTime assay.
From Science Daily β Jan. 3, 2026
Dash, whose team includes former software engineers from Moderna, automates common laboratory tests such as Elisa, or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, which is used for tasks such as evaluating a drug’s safety and efficacy.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 23, 2025
We set up an inhibition assay in test tubes.
From Salon β Dec. 16, 2024
How can one assay the total impact of the unprecedented calamity that gave rise to the world we live in?
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Secondly, recent assays have extended mineralisation outside the existing Bramaderos Resource, analyst Peter Kormendy says.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 4, 2026
“With only a handful of assays outstanding, we see limited scope for the December Quarter resource update to disappoint on grade or continuity,” Shaw says.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 4, 2026
These assays, which are tests to mimic how well a virus attaches to a cell, allowed the researchers to precisely track how the altered H5N1 hemagglutinin interacted with human-type receptors.
From Science Daily β Dec. 5, 2024
To address this, Geschwind used advances in single-cell assays, a technique that makes it possible to extract and identify the genetic information in the nuclei of individual cells.
From Science Daily β May 23, 2024
If such a haplogroup turned up in Pena’s assays, it could write a new chapter in the early history of Native Americans.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Then the curtains will close on Morgan’s particular view of this famously inscrutable family, assayed by so many indelible actors.
From Los Angeles Times β Nov. 27, 2023
On the other hand, transformation is often assayed by incorporating an antibiotic-resistance gene in the plasmid to be transferred into the host organism.
From Textbooks β Jun. 9, 2022
As the components of these natural toxins continue to be assayed by evolving technologies, the number of promising molecules is also growing.
From New York Times β May 3, 2022
By using the best of four reaction conditions, 187 additional products were produced and assayed that bound to CHK1; the colour of the dots reflects the affinity ranking of the compounds.
From Nature β Apr. 22, 2018
A sloop’s crew assayed flight in their longboat, but they were overtaken.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
"The refined bullion is analysed to the highest levels of accuracy, on various methods of gold assaying," says James Jose, managing director at CGR.
From BBC β Mar. 28, 2024
But assaying information — weighing it, analyzing it, separating the gold from the pyrite — still depends on old-fashioned human judgment.
From Washington Post β Dec. 24, 2021
Word reaches us that Mr. Ben Schwartz has accepted an engagement at the Paramount Studios of Hollywood, California, where he will be assaying the role of Sonic the Hedgehog.
From Slate β Aug. 9, 2018
Bowie often had the intensity of a lizard assaying a stranger.
From Time β Jan. 11, 2016
Other substances are also used, but more commonly in assaying than in metallurgy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
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