metabolism
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Their metabolic rate also remained largely unchanged, while metabolism slowed in the calorie-restricted animals.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
Fat metabolism – women have higher fat stores and burn it more efficiently, giving them a steady energy source for longer.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Their results pointed to an unexpected conclusion: metabolism does not simply support brain development in the background.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Because glucose supplies some of the raw material needed to produce glycoconjugates, the team suspected that changes in glucose metabolism or hyperglycemia might alter how this protective layer is assembled.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
If sugar was sugar was sugar—if the metabolism of lactose was no different from that of glucose—then one might have expected bacteria fed on the glucose/lactose mix to exhibit the same smooth arc of growth.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Fish, mobile snails, sea urchins, and bivalves such as clams, oysters, and mussels all require faster metabolisms to support movement and, in many cases, predatory lifestyles.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
The higher temperatures promote algae growth by allowing their metabolisms to shift into overdrive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
The authors also contest Herculano-Houzel's assumption that one can predict different dinosaurs' metabolisms, aging rates and other life history traits based on the existing data.
From Salon ● May 4, 2024
All of that pressure means hard-won energy would be quickly spent if it weren’t for the creatures’ slow metabolisms.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2023
We really can't blame the crocodiles for their metabolisms.
From The Forest Monster of Oz by Bob Evans
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