mechanism

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"The temporal ratchet mechanism fundamentally alters our view of how cytokinesis works," emphasized Jan Brugués, corresponding author of the study.

From Science Daily

According to Chinni, this mechanism may contribute more iron than melting ice shelves do.

From Science Daily

The change was emphatically backed by the Rugby Football Union's Council, with 51 votes in favour of switching away from a traditional promotion and relegation mechanism and only four against.

From BBC

Taken together, topics like these are known as psi, the scientific study of “processes of information or energy transfer that are currently unexplained in terms of known physical or biological mechanisms.”

From Literature

There is potentially leverage at the investor level through the use of derivatives and other mechanisms.

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