quiescent

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

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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.

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

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

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But not by much: The cluster’s gas was surprisingly quiescent, not the maelstrom theorists had predicted.

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