building block

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This design allowed the researchers to see whether the brain reused the same neural patterns, or cognitive building blocks, whenever tasks shared certain features.

From Science Daily

"The most convincing scenario is that most of the building blocks of Earth and Theia originated in the inner Solar System. Earth and Theia are likely to have been neighbors."

From Science Daily

A Treasury source said: "Extending the DLR to Thamesmead will deliver much needed new homes, new jobs and quicker commutes - the building blocks for boosting growth, putting more pounds in pockets."

From BBC

Nvidia's GPUs, originally designed for gaming systems, have become the essential building blocks of artificial intelligence applications, with tech giants scrambling to secure them for their data centers and AI projects.

From Barron's

A key finding from the study is that the planetesimals forming within these bands were not the solar system's original building blocks.

From Science Daily