nucleus
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Some galaxies host an active galactic nucleus, an intensely bright region powered by a supermassive black hole that is actively pulling in surrounding matter.
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Once generated, retinoic acid activates a receptor inside the cell nucleus, launching a signaling cascade that changes gene activity.
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“Even if there is some post-crackdown splintering, the nucleus of the regime now has even more incentive to stick together.”
Instead, it bends into loops and forms distinct compartments within the cell nucleus.
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They succeeded in making radioactive thorium nuclei absorb and release photons in a controlled way, similar to how electrons behave inside atoms.
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