denature

This property depends heavily on both the amount of protein in the beer and how these proteins denature.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2025

It is thought that acids in the stomach denature the virus, said Michael Imperiale, a microbiologist and immunologist at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024

“We need to take a step back and decide: Are we willing to denature nature for our toys and our various games we play with her?”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2022

Enzymes are also suited to function best within a certain pH and salt concentration range, and, as with temperature, extreme pH, and salt concentrations can cause enzymes to denature.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013

Florence read her poem seven or eight times, the deepening pleasure of her expression being evidence that repetition failed to denature this work, but on the contrary, enhanced an appreciative surprise at its singular merit.

From Gentle Julia by Gilbert, C. Allan

However, when further testing was conducted — virus isolation — they were able to show it was inactivated virus that had been denatured by heat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2024

Now that most of the paint is gone, spray the chair with denatured alcohol and scrub with more steel wool to clean off any residue.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

To manufacture the sponge, Mohammad Peydayesh, a senior scientist in Mezzenga's Group, and his colleagues denatured whey proteins under acidic conditions and high temperatures, so that they aggregated into protein nanofibrils in a gel.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024

Along the way, he encounters other animals but, more consequently, kind and cruel people whose treatment of him reflects the denatured world that we have made.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2022

Hundreds of pounds of denatured iron that alchemists would have fought over The mayor nodded eagerly and singsonged, “Dig a pit that’s ten by two. Ash and elm and rowan too.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Antonoff, an occasional tabloid presence thanks to his relationships with actresses Lena Dunham and Margaret Qualley, isn’t alone in his flair for slightly denaturing sounds familiar to any music fan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2022

This denaturing of celebrity — the discovery of something long suppressed behind varnish — has been a hallmark of the last few weeks.

From New York Times ● May 7, 2020

Only an appreciation of nature as a collection of specific threatened habitats, rather than as an abstract thing that is “dying,” can avert the complete denaturing of the world.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 30, 2015

Denaturation is often reversible because the primary structure is preserved if the denaturing agent is removed, allowing the protein to resume its function.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013

In refining our sugar a similar denaturing process 'is carried on.

From Vitality Supreme by Macfadden, Bernarr