The phrase "acts on reducing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing actions or measures taken to decrease or diminish something, such as a problem or an issue.
Example: "The organization acts on reducing waste in its operations to promote sustainability."
Alternatives: "works towards decreasing" or "focuses on minimizing".
C21 NEW YORK/REGION B1-8 Senato to Act on Reducing Cigarettes' Fire Risk The State Senate is expected to pass a bill to require tobacco companies to make cigarettes less of a risk for fires.
With an analogous construction we may hypothesize that natural selection acts on CDS reducing, preferentially, the sequences coding for amino acids not strictly essential for protein function.
Efficient cellulose hydrolysis requires the cooperative action of endoglucanases (E.C. 3.2.1.4), which hydrolyze the cellulose polymer internally, exposing reducing and non-reducing ends, and exoglucanases or cellobiohydrolases (E.C. 3.2.1.91), which act on the reducing or non-reducing ends, releasing mainly cellobiose.
The belt acts to reduce stress on the muscles and spine.
He thinks that the erosion of landslides caused by the torrential rains acts to reduce the weight on any fault below, allowing it to move more easily.
A distinctive design element is a large trapezoid-shaped opening near the top of the tower, which acts to reduce the wind load on the building.
On February 19, William Carlos Ives of the Supreme Court of Alberta dealt the government another blow when he struck down key provincial legislation, including one act reducing the interest paid on the province's bonds by half (though this was only a technical defeat, since the government had been defaulting on its bond payments since the previous April).
Molycorp's plan for an initial public offering, on the New York Stock Exchange, coincides with new interest in Washington on whether the United States should act to reduce its dependence on China for rare earth elements.
Our data suggest that at least some POMC neurons may act on faster timescales to reduce the drive to seek food.
The investigative documentarians should stop worrying about Navy ships and radar tapes and start asking the aviation administration why it has not acted to reduce this hazard on Boeing jetliners.
