(1) If the Bicep2 result stands, the observation will be touted as evidence for cosmic inflation, the rapid expansion of the universe around a trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second after the big bang.
(2) "The Lib Dems are either cosmically ill-informed or seeking to pull the wool over the eyes of many thousands whose jobs depend on a thriving shipyard," he said.
(3) Our planet, though tiny, could be cosmically important.
(4) The determination of permissible exposure to x-rays of our patients' during by diagnostic radiology was measured by ionometer, and compared with cosmic, natural and technical x-rays.
(5) This FAA- and NASA-sponsored study of cosmic radiation doses recieved by United States residents flying in commercial jet aircraft is the most extensive to date and combines computer calculations with experimental data.
(6) The discovery , which provides the first direct evidence of cosmic inflation – the long-held idea that in the fraction of a second after the big bang the universe underwent a massive growth spurt – was made by studying the polarisation pattern of the radiation left over from the universe's early years, the so-called cosmic microwave background (CMB).
(7) The conformer energies of both the free bases and the piperidinium salts can be quantitatively predicted by molecular mechanics calculations using the COSMIC force-field, in which the electrostatic interactions are calculated by a simple Coulombic model with the partial atomic charges in the molecules given by the CHARGE2 routine, and an effective dielectric constant of five.
(8) Scientists have found the first solid evidence for cosmic neutrinos, ghostly particles created in violent events in the far reaches of the universe.
(9) This paper deals with the changes in per capita and collective dose equivalent in Taiwan in the past three decades based on the measured terrestrial and cosmic radiation levels and the population distribution as well.
(10) These findings suggest a high biological effectiveness of heavy ions of galactic cosmic rays.
(11) 3M discs and the rough corundum discs caused significantly more surface roughness of the Cosmic surface.
(12) Researchers at Harvard University called a press conference in March to reveal that they had spotted the cosmic signature of ripples in space left over from the spectacular expansion of the early universe.
(13) Concentration of the radio nuclide beryllium-7, produced by cosmic rays, was measured in waters collected from both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
(14) The effect of cosmic radiation on air-dry lettuce (Lactuca sativa) seeds was investigated.
(15) Therapeutic 'dry' immersion (modified 'dry' immersion technique suggested earlier for simulation of the weightlessness state in cosmic research) was used in multiple-modality treatment of 15 patients with drug-resistant edematous syndrome of different origin.
(16) She's one of three immortal entities (together with Mrs Which and Mrs Whatsit) embroiled in a long struggle against the evil Black Thing, a cosmic cloud of darkness.
(17) Natural background radiation, from cosmic rays and sources in the air and rock, reaches 2 to 3 millisieverts per year.
(18) This is indicative of a significant contribution of galactic cosmic radiation to the radiobiological effect.
(19) He joined forces with two other teams with similar aims and in late 1982 Nasa agreed to go ahead with their plans, scheduling the collaboration's proposed cosmic background explorer (Cobe) satellite for launch in 1988 on a space shuttle.
(20) Nicholas Brady's text updated the science a bit, and Purcell created some gloriously crunchy dissonances resolving to broad, bright harmony as he praised Cecilia, the embodiment of music, and her role in creating cosmic harmony out of atomic chaos: "Soul of the World!
Osmic
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, osmium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a valence higher than in other lower compounds; as, osmic oxide.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results suggest that the conversion of the HRP-TMB reaction product to an electron-dense form during osmication is intimately associated with the pH of the phosphate buffer and the total time of osmication.
(2) In agreement with previous findings osmicated cat 'C'-terminals failed to reveal synaptic complexes in regions possessing the subsynaptic cistern ('cisternal regions').
(3) The epitopes recognized by these mAbs were adversely affected by these fixatives; therefore, pre-embedding immunogold staining was employed, prior to fixation, osmication, dehydration and embedding.
(4) Aldehyde-fixed tissues are cut into sections with an automatic sectioner, incubated cytochemically osmication if required, then embedded in epoxy resin between fluorocarbon coverglasses which are supported by a platform specially designed for this purpose.
(5) The only complaint from the patient, months after the osmic acid injection, was a strong metallic taste on the tongue.
(6) They were studied with the prolonged osmication technique.
(7) With the polygalacturonase--gold complex, differences in the labelling distribution were noted according to the fixation procedure indicating, therefore, that osmication of the tissues could greatly interfere with the localization of the specific enzyme binding sites.
(8) We speculate that either oxidative polymerization of DAPA or Schiff's base formation with protein after aldehyde formation is responsible for the latter reaction, which is made permanent for ultracytochemical localization by osmication at a later step.
(9) This model has been tested by tracing the profiles of vesicles within the PTA network and comparing their size and shape frequency distributions with those of osmicated synaptic vesicles.
(10) The lingual gingival and the alveolar mucosa of mandible of the house musk shrew (Suncus murinus) were stained by methylene blue vital staining or osmic acid staining, and mounted as whole thickness preparations.
(11) Various methods of dissection, fixation, osmication, sectioning and staining were tested in order to develop an acceptable technique for preparing 9, 10, 11, and 12-day-old rat otocysts for electron microscopic study.
(12) Eleven patients had never received osmic acid injections in this particular joint, whereas 18 had had such injections 1-24 months prior to surgery.
(13) The inferior medullary velum and tela choroidea were removed intact from the fourth ventricle, post-osmicated, dehydrated, critical point dried, coated with palladium-gold and examined in a Cambridge Stereoscan S4 scanning electron microscope.
(14) Thin 100-nm sections were then cut and stained from the osmicated blocks for ultrastructural studies.
(15) A category of large boutons forming synapses with the soma and proximal dendrites of spinal motoneurons was studied in glutaraldehyde-fixed, non-osmicated tissue stained with uranyl acetate and lead citrate.
(16) The "sebum" secretion was evaluated in caucasian, black, yellow and mullato people of different ages by the osmic acid technique utilizing a semi-quantitative scale of score ranging from 0 to 9 points.
(17) After 18 hours of growth on selective serum-agar medium C diphtheriae cultures with different toxicogenic activity, and also diphtheroid and Hoffmann's baccillus cultures were removed, washed of the remnants of the nutrient medium and fixed under cold conditions by two combined methods (with glutaric aldehyde-osmic acid--uranyl acetate, and potassium permeanganate--uranyl acetate).
(18) The organization of the granule is somewhat altered when osmication is omitted from the fixation procedure.
(19) Sequential treatments of osmicated specimens with tannic acid pH 7.0-9.0, and uranyl acetate, pH 4.1, enhanced the density of the elastin intensely, increased collagen staining moderately, but hardly increased the density of nuclei and microfibrils.
(20) The reaction product even at this stage prior to osmication is highly visible.