fixation
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But researchers and advocates say that Kennedy’s continued fixation on autism’s origins — and his frequent, inaccurate claims that childhood vaccines are somehow involved — is built on fundamental misunderstandings of the complex neurodevelopmental condition.
From Los Angeles Times
Much of this inorganic carbon fixation is carried out by microscopic life.
From Science Daily
"It is quite remarkable that we are now able to take a receptor from barley, make small changes in it, and then nitrogen fixation works again," says Kasper Røjkjær Andersen.
From Science Daily
Meanwhile, Sioux City has been dubbed Sewer City for its fixation on the sanctity of its public works.
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria generate an enzyme called nitrogenase, sometimes referred to as the "fixer" because it carries out nitrogen fixation.
From Science Daily
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