The phrase "acquire the capacities" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the process of gaining skills, abilities, or competencies in a particular area.
Example: "To succeed in this role, you must acquire the capacities necessary for effective leadership."
Alternatives: "develop the skills" or "gain the abilities".
CSCs can also acquire the capacities of migration and invasion via epithelial-mesenchymal transition [7], [8], therefore resulting in cancer metastasis.
Another problem is learning about the mechanisms by which influenza A viruses, all of which are believed to be endemic in wild waterfowl, their natural hosts, acquire the capacities to switch hosts, produce diseases in these new hosts, and in some cases, establish the ability to propagate directly between them.
(3) The PHA otherwise demonstrates in its Annual Plan that it has the capacity, or will acquire the capacity, to successfully operate a Section 8 homeownership program.
Thus, it appears that due to associative learning processes environmental cues can acquire the capacity to trigger placebo effects affecting the clinical status of the patients.
Then, during the new government's first week in office in January, Mr. Amaral caused a furor when he argued that Brazil should acquire the capacity to produce a nuclear weapon.
A senior official in the left-wing government that took power last week has set off a furor here and alarmed neighboring countries by arguing that Brazil, Latin America's largest nation, should acquire the capacity to produce a nuclear weapon.
Aid sent money into basic health, education and agriculture, providing stability at a fundamental community level and allowing stretched societies a moment to pause … while helping governments acquire the capacity they needed to govern".
These results suggest that postmitotic cortical cells do not need Pax-6 to acquire the capacity to migrate and differentiate, but that Pax-6 generates a cortical environment that permits later-born precursors to express their full developmental potential.
The legality of autonomous weapon systems (AWS) under international law is a swiftly growing issue of importance as technology advances and machines acquire the capacity to operate without human control.
"The acts of cannibalism," write U.N. investigators, "particularly concerning the Pygmies' internal body parts such as the heart and liver, can be considered to be pure fetishism aimed at helping the perpetrators to acquire the capacity and ability of the victims to hunt and live in the forest".
