molecules
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The reaction is powered by a photocatalyst that transfers energy from light into the molecules, allowing the transformation to occur.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
Over time, they can release inflammatory signals and other molecules that weaken the skin's ability to repair itself.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
Once the unwanted pathways were blocked, the molecules were able to fold into the strained ring structure needed to form housanes.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
If you kept dividing an apple into smaller and smaller pieces, you would eventually reach molecules, then atoms, and later the tiny particles inside atoms such as protons, quarks, and gluons.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
Most of the known pheromones are small, simple molecules, active in extremely small concentrations.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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