quiescent

When cells shift from active to quiescent states, the presence and abundance of certain proteins important to metabolism change.

Through most of their lives, these black holes are quiescent, sitting quietly while matter orbits around them, and having little impact on the galaxy as a whole.

Rather, it’s a list of the Israeli prime minister’s long-held and often contradictory positions on the Gaza conflict — committed to writing to keep his government together, the Israeli population quiescent, and Washington at bay.

Grossniklaus' team has now shown that the quiescent egg cell is also in this phase.

Thanks to this setup, they could observe that particles tend to oscillate as they settle in quiescent air.