respiration
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For the first time, researchers say they can more reliably predict how nitrogen pollution will influence soil respiration across the planet.
From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026
What remained unclear was why some studies found that nitrogen increased soil respiration while others found the opposite effect.
From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026
There is no treatment; doctors can offer only supportive care, such as hydration, artificial respiration or dialysis.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
"We propose that the system found in Captorhinus represents the ancestral condition for the kind of rib assisted respiration present in living reptiles, birds, and mammals" said Reisz.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026
Nearly every cellular function—metabolism, respiration, cell division, self-defense, waste disposal, secretion, signaling, growth, even cellular death—requires proteins.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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