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

This breakdown is driven by biological activity, including predation, clumping of particles, and microbial respiration.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 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

Back in Bithynios, where sustained respiration rendered a bachelor eligible, men of equivalent age had successfully asked for the hand of a girl like me.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides