mechanisms

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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

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

—Use incognito or private browsing mode, which prevents cookies from persisting between sessions and makes it harder for sites to recognize you as a returning visitor, though many sites have tracking mechanisms other than cookies.

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

We are really not all that good at preventing disease or preserving health—not yet anyway— and we are not likely to be until we have learned a great deal about disease mechanisms.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas