surroundings
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Walz's lab focuses on producing detailed images of macromolecular complexes, especially proteins found in cell membranes that help cells communicate with their surroundings.
From Science Daily
Alexis de Tocqueville compared the recovery of the ancien régime’s laws and methods to rivers that, having gone underground, re-emerge “at another point in new surroundings.”
"Darkness has no power where light arrives, and therefore we implore everyone to be that light in their surroundings. Don't allow evil to come. The best way to banish evil is to shine a light."
From BBC
AGNs emit light across the electromagnetic spectrum and can drive strong jets and winds into their surroundings.
From Science Daily
Another involves variations in the gas streaming into a galaxy from its surroundings.
From Science Daily
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