respiration
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In “Grass Breathing,” Mendieta, hidden beneath squares of sod, uses her own respiration to animate the earth above.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
These enzymes are essential for aerobic respiration because they convert oxygen into water.
From Science Daily • Feb. 18, 2026
Unlike previous missions, these landers will have sensors specifically designed to "measure seafloor respiration", Sweetman explained.
From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026
The study, titled "Leucine inhibits degradation of outer mitochondrial membrane proteins to adapt mitochondrial respiration," was published in Nature Cell Biology.
From Science Daily • Nov. 3, 2025
Nearly every cellular function—metabolism, respiration, cell division, self-defense, waste disposal, secretion, signaling, growth, even cellular death—requires proteins.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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