uncouple
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WSJ: We’ve all got questions but the one that I’m most interested in is this theme that was bubbling at Davos, which was the uncoupling of Europe from the U.S. politically, economically, technologically.
The measurements showed that when iron is scarce, as much as 25% of the proteins that capture light become "uncoupled" from the structures that convert that energy into usable chemical forms.
From Science Daily
If you uncouple your net worth from your self-worth, navigating finances becomes less sensitive.
From MarketWatch
Others behaved more like the older toxic compounds, producing dangerous levels of uncoupling.
From Science Daily
Mitochondria in brown fat can shift from making fuel to generating heat through a molecule called uncoupling protein 1.
From Science Daily
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