matrices
Britishnoun
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In this scenario, life's earliest steps took place inside surface-attached gel matrices, which are sticky, semi-solid materials similar in some ways to modern microbial biofilms.
From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026
“Now, the authors say that spacetime coordinates are matrices, but what does that mean for the experimentally tested Standard Model whose quantum fields live in classical spacetime?”
From Salon • Nov. 13, 2024
The researchers note that each lab's culture media can include its own recipe of growth factors, whereas extracellular matrices tend to have the same array of growth factors, but at varying concentrations.
From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024
The findings showed that using different commercial matrices did not produce significant changes in the organoids' gene expression patterns or drug responses, but did have some effect on the tissues' growth rate.
From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024
Proteins also form the structural components of the cell: filaments of hair, nails, cartilage, or the matrices that trap and tether cells.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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