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molecular

[muh-lek-yuh-ler] / məˈlɛk yə lər /
ADJECTIVE
microscopic
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"Proteins are the cell's molecular machines, and many of them need sugar tags added in just the right way to fold correctly, travel to the right place and do their jobs," Gentry said.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

As parts of these clouds collapse under gravity, they create dense regions known as molecular cloud cores where new stars begin to take shape.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

The surface of the protein is exceptionally smooth, lacking the molecular pockets that standard drugs require to bind to and turn the switch off.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Their work showed how molecular mechanisms involving synapses and the immune system can produce distinct connectivity patterns that can be detected using fMRI.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

This strategy, which also works well in chemistry and molecular biology, is so identified with science in the minds of many people that experimentation is often held to be the essence of the scientific method.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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