The phrase "a method to turn" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a technique or approach for changing or transforming something.
Example: "We developed a method to turn raw data into actionable insights for our clients."
Alternatives: "a technique to convert" or "a process to change".
Researchers at the US Mayo Clinic demonstrated a method to turn cancerous breast and bladder cells benign, according to their study published in the Nature Cell Biology.
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have created a method to turn one video into the style of another.
It's not ubiquitous, to be sure, but it's a method to turn bits into atoms that will become increasingly important in a post manufacturing world.
One of the most sought-after prizes in embryonic stem (ES) cell research is a method to turn the cells into pancreatic beta cells.
Other Intel tricks include a method to turn the processor off when it's not being used, as well as another that actively regulates the amount of power consumed based on processor activity.
It is also considering proposing rules, this year, that would require a standard method to turn off the engine so the driver does not have to insert a key into the ignition.
To verify their discovery, they used a standard lab method to turn the gene off: they added a single strand of RNA that matched the messenger RNA.
The authors used Galerkin-type series and a modification of the spectral method to turn partial differential equations (versus time) into ordinary differential equations for coefficients of the spectral series.
One sure-fire method to turn off your network is to scream your message at them.
But in a pair of papers published in 2014, Bodenmiller and Bendall simultaneously demonstrated methods to turn a CyTOF analyzer into a mass spec imager, enabling a kind of high-throughput single-cell proteomics spatial analysis.
In "The Story of Marie and Julien" (Koch Lorber Films), from 2003, Jacques Rivette — a principal New Wave filmmaker and a crucial early advocate of Hitchcock — uses austerely classical methods to turn a story of crime and erotic obsession into a web of otherworldly mystery.
