Example Sentences

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The researchers found they could accomplish this by "cloaking" the proteins with a negatively charged ion, so they would join with the positively charged lipids electrostatically.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2024

“It means these electrostatically sensitive hairs might be more ubiquitous than even I thought.”

From Science Magazine • May 20, 2024

In June 2020, for example, United Airlines said that it would disinfect cabins by spraying an electrostatically charged mist between each flight.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2022

Peter Tsai, the inventor of the electrostatically charged filter used in face masks, has emerged from retirement to help boost filter production and reuse.

From Nature • Sep. 10, 2020

The machines are built to effect the segregation of the precious contents gravitationally, electrostatically, pneumatically, and by amalgamation with mercury.

From The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines by Hoskin, Arthur J.