mouse
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In early mouse embryos, blocking E-cadherin caused dying cells to remain uncleared.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026
Lenny Merryman, who runs the daily operations of Man & Machine, a keyboard and mouse retailer, is waiting for a few thousand dollars from FedEx and DHL.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Faber: That’s $180, while your average gaming mouse is probably about $60.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Human and mouse metabolism can differ substantially, as can the distribution of fat tissue and responses to medications.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Plunging his hand into his cape, he drew out a mangy brown mouse.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
The idea first emerged from experiments in Yong's laboratory using mice.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
In mice, researchers found that ImP reaching the brain increased the accumulation of abnormal beta amyloid and tau proteins, two major hallmarks associated with Alzheimer's disease.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
Even with that delay, mice that received either intervention showed better motor recovery, smaller lesion volumes, improved glymphatic flow, and lower levels of inflammatory cytokines in the brain.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
At the same time, glucosamine-treated mice developed worse deficits in "social memory" -- or memory of recognition -- compared with the other animals.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
A couple of old screech owls swooped up a hedgerow, looking for mice.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
For one, the dock occasionally disappeared when I opened a full-screen Chrome tab in laptop mode, and it didn’t pop up when I moused around the bottom of the screen.
From The Verge ● Aug. 31, 2022
I have moused and clicked through a few, mostly ones I could watch without covering the screen whenever the children walked by.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2020
Jamie videoed her dance routine and then they ran it in slow motion and moused it into shape, speeding up moves or slowing them down, repositioning legs, arms and head.
From Nature ● Mar. 17, 2015
I moused over his photo gallery and started clicking through.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2013
“I used to own a bookstore,” Alan said, then held up a finger and moused over to his photo album and brought up the thumbnails of his old bookstore.
From Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow
He was moved out of the department's central London building during the Covid pandemic and in 2020 he formally retired from his mousing duties.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025
Typing and mousing for long periods is stressful for the finger and wrist muscles as well as the forearms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025
When mousing in snow, the fox's long snout also allows it to reach its prey earlier, as mice are very sensitive to movements in their environment and can quickly escape.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2024
If the DeskPad feels like overkill, try Logitech’s $19.99 Desk Mat, a soft-cloth mat with a nice mousing feel in an assortment of soft colors.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
It ain’t nowhere near’s sly nor quick as a cat; it ain’t no good at all at mousing nor catching holt of birds without a lot of help.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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