nucleus
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In particular, the interaction between the kinase p38 MAP kinase and the protein LaminB1 emerged as a promising target for slowing or preventing the breakdown of the nucleus.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
They are integrating AI agents into existing super apps or trying to turn popular AI chatbots into the nucleus of new everything apps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
This technology allowed the team to isolate the nucleus of individual cells within tumor tissue and determine which genes were active in each cell.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
So the U.S. cleared out its veterans and began building around a nucleus of young players who plied their trade in Europe’s toughest leagues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
After the war the problem of gravitational collapse was largely forgotten as most scientists became caught up in what happens on the scale of the atom and its nucleus.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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Fusion requires heating and compressing nuclear fuel to make superheated plasma in which atomic nuclei combine, releasing energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Under normal circumstances, Purkinje cells inhibit deep nuclei cells.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026
Atomic nuclei are the compact centers of atoms, made up of protons and neutrons.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 9, 2026
According to the team's calculations, these ultraheavy nuclei may lose energy more slowly than protons or lighter nuclei while crossing intergalactic space.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 9, 2026
One fission can quickly become hundreds as neutrons spin off from each split and hit more nuclei.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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She saw him start a dozen nucleuses of fires; saw them advance till they halted at the edge of the burned ground, beyond the wagon, so that it stood safe in a vast black island.
From The Covered Wagon by Hough, Emerson
Many words ending in us that formerly were written with only the Latin plural, are now given an English plural also; as, focuses, foci; cactuses, cacti; sarcophaguses, sarcophagi; convolvuluses, convolvuli ; funguses, fungi; nucleuses, nuclei.
From Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking by Bechtel, John Hendricks
Hall, Price, and Kelsey headed in with straggling wagons to form the nucleuses of their columns; but the morning wore on and the Missourians, now under Woodhull, had not yet broken park.
From The Covered Wagon by Hough, Emerson
"So far I have done nothing but nucleuses," said Olive, as they sat down.
From The Captain's Toll-Gate by Stockton, Frank Richard
"Gee whiz, nucleuses aren't so easy to be, that's one thing," Pee-wee muttered to himself as he bent his aimless way in the direction of Barrel Alley.
From Pee-Wee Harris Adrift by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese
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