The phrase "are adapted to detect" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing systems, devices, or organisms that have been modified or evolved to identify specific stimuli or signals.
Example: "The sensors are adapted to detect changes in temperature and humidity levels in the environment."
Alternatives: "are designed to sense" or "are modified to identify".
"Just as Web sites are adapted to detect whether it's a mobile device, I expect that you'll begin to see Web sites that are adapted for viewing on a television screen," said Mr. Perlman, the WebTV founder, who is now nurturing media tools and content through his business incubator, the Rearden Companies.
One possible reason could be that smaller specimens produce sounds of higher frequencies and are adapted to detect sounds of similar-sized conspecifics.
In these plants KAI2-type genes expressed in the seeds are adapted to detect strigolactones exuded by the roots of host plants, and so trigger germination [ 17].
The results indicate that the sensor has a suitable sensitivity and dynamic range for routine detection of PCa circulating tumor cells and can be adapted to detect other biomarkers/cancer cells.
The following methods can be adapted to detect the negative analogue of each template, so we only describe the detection of the templates as shown in Section 3.1.
Such sensors, made of carbon nanotubes, could also be adapted to detect other molecules, including glucose.
The technology could also be adapted to detect the forging of identification cards like passports or immigration documents.
It could be adapted to detect cardiac markers for example, to rapidly diagnose a heart attack or a stroke.
The reported CNTFET-based biosensor could be adapted to detect a variety of proteins for in vitro diagnostics.
The Columbia scientists believe that their tool could ultimately be adapted to detect many viruses and bacteria, including the Vibrio cholerae bacterium, which causes cholera.
Although this assay was designed for the selection of catalysts active in DNA hydrolysis, it can be adapted to detect most types of substrate cleavage reaction.
