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These cavities, called micro-ring resonators, are intricately designed to resonate at specific frequencies, selectively amplifying the desired wavelengths while attenuating others, thereby achieving enhanced coherence in the emitted light.

From Science Daily • Dec. 8, 2023

“Our data confirm that the benefits of vaccination include attenuating disease severity in breakthrough cases,” Barchuk says.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 26, 2021

But some studies are being launched—testing the diabetes drug metformin, for example—with the goal of attenuating hallmark indicators of aging.

From Scientific American • May 25, 2021

Sabin spent years weakening or attenuating the poliovirus by growing it repeatedly in different animals and in cells in the laboratory.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2021

This suggested that phosphorus would be a better carrier of therapeutic radiation than radio-sodium, since the latter distributes itself all through the body as salt, attenuating its effect.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik