protective
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The gap represents the minimum energy required to break a Cooper pair and plays a protective role by stabilizing the superconducting state against disturbances.
From Science Daily
According to Ford’s biographer Richard Norton Smith, they feared their protective resources might be stretched dangerously thin in such a downtrodden place—a concern no doubt magnified by two earlier assassination attempts against the president.
For stars such as Nacua, the challenge is to strike a balance between being accessible and protective of their teams.
From Los Angeles Times
A new study published on Dec. 16 in Environmental Science & Technology Letters reports that some firefighter protective gear contains brominated flame retardants, chemicals that may pose health risks to firefighters.
From Science Daily
“Mom has definitely got a nice maternal hold and is very protective of the baby,” said Prebble, animal keeper of the zoo’s western lowland gorillas.
From Los Angeles Times
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