Thesaurus / zap
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With a small electric zap used as an activation stimulus, the cells were able to divide as normal.
THE FIRST ENDANGERED AMERICAN ANIMAL HAS BEEN CLONEDVANESSA BATES RAMIREZFEBRUARY 19, 2021SINGULARITY HUB This isn’t relegated only to how much space you have for these kitchen appliances but has more to do with how much food you need to heat during a single zap session.
THE BEST MICROWAVES: THIS WAY FOR BUTTERY POPCORN AND TEMPTING LEFTOVERSPOPSCI COMMERCE TEAMJANUARY 22, 2021POPULAR SCIENCEIn 2020, we heard endless ideas for gadgets and gizmos to zap viruses and help keep people safe.
CES GOES FULL PANDEMIC WITH SMART MASKS, STICKERS TO DETECT COVID AND THE BIGGEST WIFI UPDATE IN YEARSGEOFFREY FOWLER, HEATHER KELLY, DALVIN BROWN, RACHEL LERMANJANUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAs the number of laser zaps increased, the mouse’s GPS place cell network “remapped,” in that he stopped licking as much in the previous goal zone.
HOW DO WE REMEMBER PLACES? THIS STUDY USED LASERS AND VR TO POINT THE WAYSHELLY FANNOVEMBER 10, 2020SINGULARITY HUB Remarkably, mice given the electrical zaps showed less amounts of pro-inflammatory chemicals in their blood—dubbed cytokines—than those without the stimulation.
WE NEED NEW, SAFER WAYS TO TREAT PAIN. COULD ELECTROACUPUNCTURE BE ONE?SHELLY FANAUGUST 18, 2020SINGULARITY HUB Forrester drew a careful bead on it, went zap again with the pointed finger, and blasted the rock into dust.
PAGAN PASSIONSGORDON RANDALL GARRETTOne little zap would do it, and Alvin Sherdlap would encumber the Earth no more.
PAGAN PASSIONSGORDON RANDALL GARRETTFlix was with him, and Adams, who was heading the column, could hear the shouts of the Zappo Zap.
THE POOLS OF SILENCEH. DE VERE STACPOOLEHe sat now in what little shadow there was, watching the figure of the Zappo Zap.
THE POOLS OF SILENCEH. DE VERE STACPOOLEThey seized on the tent, the Zappo Zap laughing and with teeth glinting in the sun.
THE POOLS OF SILENCEH. DE VERE STACPOOLESYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 18, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO ZAP
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