mechanisms
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Biologists are also turning to mechanisms – how brains work – to recognize consciousness in non-human animals.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
My research had found that corporate governance mechanisms, such as board of directors and active shareholders, tend to complement and balance each other to drive a company’s performance.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
A nonscientific layman like me would think that the scientific community would already have mechanisms like this in place.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
The egomania and the fabulism are coping mechanisms that will grow more extreme under pressure.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
De Caus in 1615 played with a very simple steam engine, and working steam engines require simple feedback mechanisms.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
