curvature
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Isla, 14, from Plymouth, was diagnosed with scoliosis, or curvature of the spine, about 18 months ago and has had to wear a brace for 20 hours a day since.
From BBC
These two approaches struggle to coexist when particles move through curved spacetime while also influencing that curvature.
From Science Daily
In the High North, satellites orbiting the equator can often be obscured by the curvature of the Earth, meaning fewer visible satellites than elsewhere on the planet.
"We can change the biochemical composition, the thickness of the membrane, the tension and curvature, the size -- all kinds of parameters that we know have an influence on the embedded protein," Walz says.
From Science Daily
The researchers also connect geometric torsion to the curvature of spacetime on large scales.
From Science Daily
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